| effects of dehydration rate on physiological responses and survival after rehydration in larvae of the anhydrobiotic chironomid. | strategies to combat desiccation are critical for organisms living in arid and semi-arid areas. larvae of the australian chironomid paraborniella tonnoiri resist desiccation by reducing water loss. in contrast, larvae of the african species polypedilum vanderplanki can withstand almost complete dehydration, referred to as anhydrobiosis. for successful anhydrobiosis, the dehydration rate of p. vanderplanki larvae has to be controlled. here, we desiccated larvae by exposing them to different dryin ... | 2008 | 18652833 |