Title: Oxygen debt in reptiles: Relationship between the time required for repayment and metabolic rate
Abstract: 1. The increase in O2 consumption in a 5 g lizard (Anolis carolinensis) after feeding and after maximal work was compared with that in a kilogram alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) treated similarly. 2. The amount of extra O2 consumed/kg was the same in both. At the peak, there was a 2.6 fold increase in both animals following exhaustive work. Oxygen usage was elevated for 2 hr in the lizard and for 12 hr in the alligator, in inverse proportion to their respective metabolic rates. 3. Although the extra oxygen consumed was the same. feeding increased metabolic rate at the maximum by 300% in the alligator and by only 40% in the lizard.
Publication Year: 1980
Publication Date: 1980-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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