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PARRY1 has recently concluded that evaporation is insignificant as compared with radiation and convection in determining the equilibrium temperature of small animals in direct sunlight, except in unusual circumstances. While this is probably true for insects and spiders, in which evaporation of water is severely restricted at low temperatures, isopods and millipedes are known to evaporate water more rapidly, and I am prompted to report the following preliminary field observations on the body-temperature of Ligia oceanica.
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Parry, D. A., J. Exp. Biol., 28, 445 (1952).
Edney, E. B., J. Exp. Biol., 28, 91 (1951).
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EDNEY, E. Body-Temperature of Arthropods. Nature 170, 586–587 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170586a0
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