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A compilation of metabolic rate, body mass and body temperature (where available) data for a range of vertebrate and invertebrate species
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
Simple
- Date (Creation)
- 2025-05-07
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-05-07
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-05-07
- Date (released)
- 2025-05-07
- Edition
- 1.0
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.5285/8d9ffd4a-16c0-4d48-9fc9-02988676ef78
- Codespace
- doi
- Unique resource identifier
- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02058
- Codespace
- https://data.bas.ac.uk/
- Other citation details
- Please cite this item as: 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
- Credit
- No credit.
- Status
- completed Completed
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded As needed
- Maintenance note
- completed Completed
- Theme
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- mass
- metabolic rate
- scaling
- temperature
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations
- Use constraints
- license License
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- None
- Unique resource identifier
- url
- Codespace
- url
- Association Type
- crossReference Cross reference
- Spatial representation type
- textTable Text, table
- Metadata language
- engEnglish
- Character set
- utf8 UTF8
- Topic category
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- Biota
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- Supplemental Information
- It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
Distributor
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
- Name
- text/csv
- Units of distribution
- bytes
- Transfer size
- 174080
- OnLine resource
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- dataset Dataset
- Statement
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Methodology:
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.
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).
Data 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.
- File identifier
- 8d9ffd4a-16c0-4d48-9fc9-02988676ef78 XML
- Metadata language
- engEnglish
- Character set
- utf8 UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
- dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-05-07
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
- ISO 19115:2003(E)
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