… on cold hardiness are available for intertidal molluscs, they are scarce for freshwater and
terrestrial ones. Molluscs often exhibit intermediary levels of cold hardiness, … of cold hardiness …

… conditions that affect the development of cold hardiness in P. canaliculata. We further compare
the factors influencing cold hardiness among molluscs inhabiting different environments. …

… During cold periods, ectotherms are confronted with the problem of subzero temperatures. …
literature on insect cold hardiness is extensive, few works are concerned with molluscs, par…

… It increases its cold hardiness before winter. However, the physiological mechanism of cold
hardiness in molluscs is poorly understood, especially in freshwater molluscs. In this study, …

… Cold hardiness is thus a critical life history trait in the maintenance and development of a
species in a cold-… Cold hardiness is a widely studied aspect of ecophysiology, usually …

… , which had never experienced cold weather revealed the same response as Japanese
snails to cold stress: enhancement of cold hardiness after cold acclimation. Cold-tolerant snails …

… Considering that the amount of ice formed in tissues is the limiting factor for survival, two
factors are important in the approach of cold tolerance in molluscs: the rate of cooling in the …

… laeve in regions with cool summers (including zonal tundras) is accounted for not so much
by the high rate of ontogeny as by its significant cold hardiness and ability to winter at different …

… increased rates reducing cold-hardiness. … is important for survival of littoral molluscs. 4.
invertebrates … but the decrease in coldhardiness occurred within a week when cold acclimated …

… However, only the most general properties of cold resistance … and genetic mechanisms
underlying coldhardiness in a few model … All of these molluscan species are freeze-intolerant. …