Suitable Light Regimes for Filming Termites in Laboratory Bioassays
Laboratory bioassays require strategies to minimize stress and keep animals alive as long as the test demands. Sometimes, however, experimental procedures seem notoriously stressful as, for instance, when exposing termites to the illumination needed for video recordings. Being a condition opposed to...
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| author | Yuri Carvalho de Carvalho Lara Oliveira Clemente Marco Paulo Guimarães Og DeSouza |
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| description | Laboratory bioassays require strategies to minimize stress and keep animals alive as long as the test demands. Sometimes, however, experimental procedures seem notoriously stressful as, for instance, when exposing termites to the illumination needed for video recordings. Being a condition opposed to what termites naturally experience, light might easily stress such insects or might not affect them at all, as they are blind. Here we check for the effects of distinct light regimes on the survival of termites confined in a typical bioassay setup involving footage. The survival of Cornitermes cumulans (Termitidae: Syntermitinae) workers kept in the dark, or subjected to infrared or to cold white light was compared, finding no statistical difference in their survival in these three treatments. While pointing directions for further research on the reasons for such results, we conclude that video recordings of C. cumulans termite workers can be conducted under infrared or cold white LEDs, as these light regimes do not affect the survival of tested individuals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ca11edd0c8240fc958e1c6aa626f4ad2022-12-21T22:38:47ZengUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaSociobiology0361-65252447-80672018-03-0165110.13102/sociobiology.v65i1.2095Suitable Light Regimes for Filming Termites in Laboratory BioassaysYuri Carvalho de Carvalho0Lara Oliveira Clemente1Marco Paulo Guimarães2Og DeSouza3Federal University of ViçosaFederal University of ViçosaFederal University of ViçosaFederal University of ViçosaLaboratory bioassays require strategies to minimize stress and keep animals alive as long as the test demands. Sometimes, however, experimental procedures seem notoriously stressful as, for instance, when exposing termites to the illumination needed for video recordings. Being a condition opposed to what termites naturally experience, light might easily stress such insects or might not affect them at all, as they are blind. Here we check for the effects of distinct light regimes on the survival of termites confined in a typical bioassay setup involving footage. The survival of Cornitermes cumulans (Termitidae: Syntermitinae) workers kept in the dark, or subjected to infrared or to cold white light was compared, finding no statistical difference in their survival in these three treatments. While pointing directions for further research on the reasons for such results, we conclude that video recordings of C. cumulans termite workers can be conducted under infrared or cold white LEDs, as these light regimes do not affect the survival of tested individuals.http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/2095Cornitermes cumulansinfraredLEDIsoptera |
| spellingShingle | Yuri Carvalho de Carvalho Lara Oliveira Clemente Marco Paulo Guimarães Og DeSouza Suitable Light Regimes for Filming Termites in Laboratory Bioassays Sociobiology Cornitermes cumulans infrared LED Isoptera |
| title | Suitable Light Regimes for Filming Termites in Laboratory Bioassays |
| title_full | Suitable Light Regimes for Filming Termites in Laboratory Bioassays |
| title_fullStr | Suitable Light Regimes for Filming Termites in Laboratory Bioassays |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suitable Light Regimes for Filming Termites in Laboratory Bioassays |
| title_short | Suitable Light Regimes for Filming Termites in Laboratory Bioassays |
| title_sort | suitable light regimes for filming termites in laboratory bioassays |
| topic | Cornitermes cumulans infrared LED Isoptera |
| url | http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/2095 |
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