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IN carrying out investigations on the respiration of insects, with particular reference to the action of the spiracles and the factors which control their activity, one is struck by the divergence of the results recorded by previous workers. It appears that they have tended to look upon the spiracles only in connexion with gaseous exchange (oxygen and carbon dioxide). Respiration, however, also entails a water metabolism.
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GREEN, T. Function of the Spiracles of Insects. Nature 129, 582 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129582a0
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