Abstract:
Data on the resting metabolic rate, body mass and body temperature data for a range of vertebrate and invertebrate taxa culled from the literature for a comprehensive study of scaling relationships.
The data are global in extent.
Funding:
BAS Core Funding
Keywords:
mass, metabolic rate, scaling, temperature
Clarke, A., & Johnston, N.M. (2025). A compilation of metabolic rate, body mass and body temperature (where available) data for a range of vertebrate and invertebrate species (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/8d9ffd4a-16c0-4d48-9fc9-02988676ef78
| Access Constraints: | Under embargo until publication of associated article. |
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| Use Constraints: | Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. |
| Creation Date: | 2025-05-07 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | UK Polar Data Centre |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Andrew Clarke |
| Role(s) | Investigator, Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Nadine M Johnston |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Reference: | Associated publications: (in prep) The contribution of Metabolic Theory to ecology. Ecological Monographs References: Scaling of metabolic rate with body mass and temperature in teleost fish. Journal of Animal Ecology, 68 (5): 893 - 905, 1999. Doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00337. |
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| Quality: | With the exception of the data for teleost fish, data were extracted from the literature, relying on quality control by the original compiler. The fish data were edited to exclude data where fish were active, or where the range of body mass was too small for scaling parameters to be determined with precision. | |
| Lineage: | Data for mammals, birds, reptiles, echinoderms, cephalopods and cnidarians were from previous compilations available in the published scientific literature. Data for fish were compiled from published studies, validated and collated. The data are global in extent. |
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| Data Collection: | The data have not been processed other than converting original units to SI where appropriate. For publication the data were analysed using Minitab (version 16) and R (version 4.4.2). |
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| Data Storage: | There are two files, both in csv format. The first has metabolic rate data. The columns are: Ref (unique number for each data record) Phylum Class Species Live body mass (g) Body temperature (Celsius) Metabolic rate Metabolic rate units (W or mW) Score indicating which data were used when there are more than one record for a species (1 = used, 0 = not used) The second has the references used in the published paper, including the appendix. The columns are: Authors Date Reference type (journal article, book, book section) Title Journal name (if relevant) Journal volume (if relevant) Journal issue (if relevant) Journal or book pages Doi (where available) Book editor (where relevant) Book published (where relevant) |
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