As descendants of social cockroaches, termites have an intriguing biology that makes them highly suitable study subjects in a wide variety fields, such as eusocial evolution, ageing mechanisms, wood decomposition, ecosystem engineering, and pest management. This special section presents four studies ranging from the role chemical compounds foraging behaviour food digestion to genetics physiolog...

Physiology may play an important, if not essential role, in a liberal arts education because it provides a context for integrating information and concepts from diverse biological and extra-biological disciplines. Instructors of physiology may aid in fulfilling this role by clarifying the core concepts that physiological details exemplify. As an example, presented here are the core principles t...

The ubiquitous trade-off between survival and costly reproduction is one of the most fundamental constraints governing life-history evolution. In numerous animals, gonadotropic hormones antagonistically suppressing immunocompetence cause this trade-off. The queens of many social insects defy the reproduction-survival trade-off, achieving both an extraordinarily long life and high reproductive o...

Methylene blue (MB) is a disinfectant used in aquaculture to prevent and treat fish diseases. However, the release of MB can pose risk receiving water bodies. Zooplankton are most sensitive organisms among aquatic life. Hence, this study examined acute chronic toxic effects on zooplankton using Daphnia magna (D. magna) as test organism provide basic data for assessment. The results show that 48...

This volume presents, in 14 chapters by different authors, the formal papers presented at a symposium held at the University of Liverpool in July 1954. The title of the book is taken from the sub-title of the symposia on comparative endocrinology of vertebrates. Each chapter is followed by a page or so of discussion so almost all of the 58 participants at the symposium contributed. Each chapter...

Despite the crucial role of carbon transport in whole plant physiology and its impact on plant-environment interactions and ecosystem function, relatively little research has tried to examine how phloem physiology impacts plant ecology. In this review, we highlight several areas of active research where inquiry into phloem physiology has increased our understanding of whole plant function and e...

Those facts which should be included in any good textbook of physiology are reviewed, together with a systematic consideration of the subject matter of general physiology, the neuro-muscular mechanisms, the circulation, respiration, metabolism, excretion, reproduction, and the internal secretions. The book does not afford the more detailed information necessary for the advanced worker. Moreover...