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BIOL 1070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Aptenodytes, Kilogram, Torpor

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8 Dec 2016
School
University of Guelph
Department
Biology
Course
BIOL 1070
Professor
Shoshanah Jacobs

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Bo d y s ize a n d s u rfa c e are a. For e xa mple , the la rge r the a nima l, the gre a te r its a bs olute re quire me nts a re for ga s e s a nd nutrie nts . An e le pha nt ne e ds more food a nd oxyge n e a ch da y tha n a mous e doe s . Thus , a bs olute re quire me nts go up with body s ize . Howe ve r, gra m for gra m, a mous e us e s up more oxyge n pe r unit of body ma s s tha n a n e le pha nt. Re la tive (pe r gra m or kilogra m) me ta bolic re quire me nts go down with body s ize .

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