Effects of Environmental Temperature on Oxygen Consumption in Arctic and Temperate-Zone Mammals
- 1 January 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Physiological Zoology
- Vol. 27 (1) , 21-28
- https://doi.org/10.1086/physzool.27.1.30152276
Abstract
A constant pressure respiro-meter was used to measure O2 consumption under varying environmental temperature conditions. The animals studied were the arctic ground squirrel, Citellus barrowensis; the golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus; and the guinea pig, Cavia porcellus. Decrease in environmental temperature from 25[degree] to 15[degree]C. significantly increased the O2 consumption of the guinea pig and hamster. Within a temperature range of 25[degree] - 5[degree]C there was no significant difference in the O2 consumption of the arctic ground squirrel.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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