METABOLIC RATES OF WINTERING BLANDINGS TURTLES, EMYDOIDEA-BLANDINGII

Authors
GRAHAM TE BUTLER BO
Citation
Te. Graham et Bo. Butler, METABOLIC RATES OF WINTERING BLANDINGS TURTLES, EMYDOIDEA-BLANDINGII, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology, 106(4), 1993, pp. 663-665
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology,Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10964940
Volume
106
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
663 - 665
Database
ISI
SICI code
1096-4940(1993)106:4<663:MROWBT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
1. Aquatic VO2 of three adult Blanding's turtles (Emydoidea blandingii ) wintering at 3 degrees C on the bottom of a small Massachusetts pond was 0.342 +/- 0.012 mu l O-2/g/hr ((x) over bar +/- SE). 2. This mode rate rate of metabolism, compared with that of other species at low wa ter temperature, is probably correlated with the physical characterist ics of the hibernation site and the amount of movement demonstrated by wintering animals.