Heat transfer and body temperature in ...
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| Title | Heat transfer and body temperature in non-thermoregulatory teleost |
| Author(s) | E. Stevens, F. Fry |
| Journal | Canadian Journal of Zoology / Revue Canadienne De Zoologie |
| Date | 1974 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Start page | 1137 |
| End page | 1143 |
| Abstract | Coefficients of temperature change in relation to body size are given for three species of fish native in Lake Huron, subjected to a sudden drop in ambient temperature of about 5C. These observations together with published data provide cooling coefficients for fish and aquatic reptiles over a weight range of 1–5000 g. The slope of the regression-log cooling coefficient on log body weight is about −0.6. The hypothesis offered is that the magnitude of the slope in question results from the temperature measured being close to the center of a body of constant thermal conductivity, retaining essentially the same proportions throughout growth.In addition, various observations of excess deep-body temperatures were collected in relation to weight for poikilothermal fish and aquatic reptiles, all presumed to be in thermal equilibrium with their environment. A double logarithmic plot of deep body temperature on weight in this case has a slope of about 0.4. The relation between these two slopes appears to be satisfactorily explained by the general observation that the slope of a double logarithmic plot of metabolic rate per unit weight on body weight has a slope of about −0.2. |
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