... scavenging) and tissue contents of organic osmolytes were obtained from gill tissue of each individual. Univariate and multivariate analyses indicated that inter-individual variation in cumulative thermal stress is a predominant driver of physiological variation. Thermal history over the outplant period...

.... The large osmotic and ionic gradients maintained by both limno-terrestrial and marine species are indicative of a powerful ion-retentive mechanism in Tardigrada. Moreover, our data indicate that cryptobiotic tardigrades contain a large fraction of unidentified organic osmolytes, the identification of which...

...René Motais; Bruno Fiévet; Franck Borgese; Federico Garcia-Romeu ABSTRACT In response to swelling, cells recover their initial volume by releasing intracellular solutes via volume-sensitive pathways. There is increasing evidence that structurally dissimilar organic osmolytes (amino acids, polyols...