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Table 2 The air temperature (RMR & CMR) or water temperature (AMR & MMR) that hatchling oxygen consumption was measured at for each species, location and activity level

From: Ontogeny and ecological significance of metabolic rates in sea turtle hatchlings

 

Olive ridley

Flatback

Leatherback

Loggerhead

Green

 

Australia

Australia

USA

USA

aUSA

bMalaysia

RMR

Closed: 25 °C

Closed: 25 °C

Open: 23.5 ± 0.6 °C

Open: 24 ± 0.8 °C

Closed: 27.5 ± 1.2°Cb

Open: 23.9 ± 0.5°Ca

CMR

  

Open: 23.5 ± 0.6 °C

Open: 24 ± 0.8 °C

Open: 23.9 ± 0.5°Ca

AMR

  

Closed: 22.5 ± 0.2 °C

Open: 22.5 ± 2.7 °C

Closed: 28.8 ± 0.6 °C

Open: 23.6 ± 1.5 °C

Closed: 28.4 ± 0.9°Ca

Open: 24.6 ± 0.7°Ca

MMR

Closed: 26.3 ± 0.4 °C

Closed: 26.3 ± 0.4 °C

  

Closed: 26.6 ± 1°Cb

  1. Only green turtles were tested from two different locations, denoted with superscript letters