In other words WARMER air can hold MORE WATER
WATER POTENTIAL GRADIENT -- plants
Water LOSS must equal Water GAIN
Losses? Gains? for Plants? Animals?
SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS:
Animals
Namib Desert Darkling Beetle
Tiger beetles
Plants:
Sagebrush:
Ocotillo:
Organisms with
Similar approaches: Saguaro and Camels
Different approaches:
Scorpions:
Cicadas:
Water/Salt Balance in Aquatic Environments:
Marine Environments:
Osmoconformers
Osmoregulators:
Sharks
Bony Fish / Mosquitos
Fresh Water Environments:
Osmoregulators (only):
Bony Fish / Mosquitos
