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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | (AR)Scaling of standard metabolic rate in estuarine crocodiles Crocodylus porosus |
Author: | Seymour, R. Gienger, C. Brien, M. Tracy, C. Manolis, C. Webb, G. Christian, K. |
Citation: | Journal of Comparative Physiology B: biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology, 2013; 183(4):491-500 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 0174-1578 1432-136X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Roger S. Seymour, C.M. Gienger, Matthew L. Brien, Christopher R. Tracy, S. Charlie Manolis, Grahame J.W. Webb and Keith A. Christian |
Abstract: | Standard metabolic rate (SMR, ml O2 min−1) of captive Crocodylus porosus at 30 °C scales with body mass (kg) according to the equation, SMR = 1.01 M0.829, in animals ranging in body mass of 3.3 orders of magnitude (0.19–389 kg). The exponent is significantly higher than 0.75, so does not conform to quarter-power scaling theory, but rather is likely an emergent property with no single explanation. SMR at 1 kg body mass is similar to the literature for C. porosus and for alligators. The high exponent is not related to feeding, growth, or obesity of captive animals. The log-transformed data appear slightly curved, mainly because SMR is somewhat low in many of the largest animals (291–389 kg). A 3-parameter model is scarcely different from the linear one, but reveals a declining exponent between 0.862 and 0.798. A non-linear model on arithmetic axes overestimates SMR in 70 % of the smallest animals and does not satisfactorily represent the data. |
Keywords: | Crocodile metabolic rate scaling allometry |
Rights: | © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00360-012-0732-1 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP0882478 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP0882478 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00360-012-0732-1 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Earth and Environmental Sciences publications |
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