Aestivation

1. Metabolic Depression: A Historical Perspective
Philip C. Withers, Christine E. Cooper

2. Metabolic Regulation and Gene Expression During Aestivation
Kenneth B. Storey, Janet M. Storey

3. The Connection Between Oxidative Stress and Estivation in Gastropods and Anurans
Marlize Ferreira-Cravo, Alexis F. Welker, Marcelo Hermes-Lima

4. Nitrogen Metabolism and Excretion During Aestivation
Y. K. Ip, S. F. Chew

5. Aestivation in Mammals and Birds
Fritz Geiser

6. Metabolic Rate Suppression as a Mechanism for Surviving Environmental Challenge in Fish
Jeffrey G. Richards

7. Energy and Water in Aestivating Amphibians
José E. Carvalho, Carlos A. Navas, Isabel C. Pereira

8. Effects of Aestivation on Skeletal Muscle Performance
Rob S. James

9. Morphological Plasticity of Vertebrate Aestivation
Stephen M. Secor, Jean-Herve Lignot

10. Water Management by Dormant Insects: Comparisons Between Dehydration Resistance During Summer Aestivation and Winter Diapause
Joshua B. Benoit

11. Diapause and Estivation in Sponges
Stephen H. Loomis

12. Aestivation in the Fossil Record: Evidence from Ichnology
Daniel I. Hembree

Keywords: Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, general