Water evaporation as a function of temperature, humidity, air velocity and body size in inactive terrestrial pulmonate Theba pisana.

ABSTRACT: The conservation of water is of great importance to terrestrial snails in order to survive in arid environments. However, evaporation of body water does occur, and it is unclear whether snails are able to actively reduce the evaporation or whether increased environmental temperature inevitably leads to increased evaporation. Physically, the quantity of evaporating water is largely determined by the temperature, the relative humidity and the velocity of the surrounding air, as well as the surface area of the evaporating body. Theba pisana, a widespread Mediterranean land snail, is exposed to a wide range of ambient temperatures. For this species the experimentally recorded evaporation rate per mass was tested as a 'response' variable to the 'explanatory' variables temperature, relative humi

SUBMITTER: Zimmermann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12232781 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature