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A quantitative interpretation of the metabolism-size relationship in animals

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Experimental studies with carp supported our hypothesis, that the regular decrease in the mass-specific rate of resting metabolism with increasing body mass may be explained principally by a combination of a decrease in the mass-specific rate of tissue metabolism, and an increase in the relative size of organs and parts of low metabolic activity with increasing body mass.

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  1. Department of Fisheries, Kyushu University, 46-04, Hakozaki, 812, Fukuoka, Japan

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Itazawa, Y., Oikawa, S. A quantitative interpretation of the metabolism-size relationship in animals. Experientia 42, 152–153 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01952441

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