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The fresh-water limpetAncylus fluviatilis, living in European brooks, was found to have relatively greater carbohydrate and lipid fractions in winter than in summer. During starvation in the winter stage, lipid reserves are diminished first, followed by the carbohydrate reserves. Protein is degraded at nearly equal rates throughout the experiments. Specimens suffering from starvation are not found in the field during winter. Lipid reserves are mainly deposited in the midgut gland, whereas the carbohydrate reserves are distributed more equally among different tissues.A. fluviatilis must feed continuously during the winter period. The results are discussed in relation to data from other Basommatophora.
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Streit, B. Changes in protein, lipid, and carbohydrate content during starvation in the fresh-water limpetAncylus fluviatils (Basommatophora). J Comp Physiol B 123, 149–153 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00687843
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