Modeling embryo development and emergence of Boophilus annulatus (Acari: Ixodidae). Academic Article

abstract

• Guanine accumulation in Boophilus annulatus (Say) at 15 temperatures (3-42 degrees C) showed embryonic development from 9 to 42 degrees C. Guanine concentrations steadily increased over the period of development. Eggs at 17-36 degrees C achieved hatch (requiring 54-12 d, respectively), and eclosion dates were estimated for larvae developing at 12 degrees C (day 172) and 14 degrees C (day 154) using linear regression. Development rates from 12 to 36 degrees C are described by a six-parameter biophysical model for poikilothermic organisms which defines three temperature development phases characterized by low-temperature (TL, 284.7 degrees K or 11.7 degrees C) and high-temperature (TH, 307.7 degrees K or 34.7 degrees C) enzyme inactivation and a linear region (RHO25, 0.049 day-1) of no temperature inhibition. A model of emergence distribution was derived by fitting a Weibull function to a single distribution representative of the normalized emergence distribution at each temperature.

authors

• Longnecker, Michael
• Teel, Pete

published proceedings

• J Med Entomol

author list (cited authors)

• Strey, O. F., Teel, P. D., Ring, D. R., & Longnecker, M. T.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Strey, OF||Teel, PD||Ring, DR||Longnecker, MT

publication date

• January 1991

publisher

• Oxford University Press (OUP)  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Medical Entomology  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Guanine
• Models, Biological
• Regression Analysis
• Temperature
• Ticks

PubMed Central ID

• 2033609

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1093/jmedent/28.1.165

start page

• 165

end page

• 173

volume

• 28

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1093%2Fjmedent%2F28.1.165