Published 1981 | Version v1
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A technique for studying digestion by grasshoppers using a 103Ruthenium-labelled marker

Creators

  • 1. Inst. of National Resources, P.O. Box 375, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
  • 2. Pretoria Univ. (South Africa)

Description

103Ru-labelled tris (I,10-phenanthroline) ruthenium (II) chloride has proved to be a convenient marker in investigating digestion in grasshoppers. Assimilation efficiencies and the retension time of the food in the gut were measured. It is surmised that the technique described in this paper will be applicable to studies of a variety of chewing herbivorous insects. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Oikos
Journal Volume
36
Series
Oikos.
Journal Page Range
207-210
ISSN
0030-1299

INIS

Country of Publication
Denmark
Country of Input or Organization
Denmark
INIS RN
12607480
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
DIGESTION; GRASSHOPPERS; PHENANTHROLINES; RUTHENIUM 103; TIME DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; INSECTS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INVERTEBRATES; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; RUTHENIUM ISOTOPES