Accounting for body condition improves allometric estimates of resting metabolic rates in fasting king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus

A Fahlman; Lewis Halsey; Patrick Butler; DR Jones; A Schmidt; S Durand; G Froget; CA Bost; Anthony Woakes; C Duchamp; Y Handrich

doi:10.1007/s00300-005-0096-z

Accounting for body condition improves allometric estimates of resting metabolic rates in fasting king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus

A Fahlman, Lewis Halsey, Patrick Butler, DR Jones, A Schmidt, S Durand, G Froget, CA Bost, Anthony Woakes, C Duchamp, Y Handrich

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Abstract

We describe a method that allows prediction of resting metabolic rate (RMR, ml O₂ center dot min^-1) in adult male and female king penguins on shore by measuring body mass (M_b) and the length of the foot, flipper and beak. This method is accurate, underestimating measured RMR (n=114) by 4% in a data set consisting of 44 birds (33 males and 11 females). Measurement error was unbiased with respect to fasting duration and can therefore estimate RMR during any stage of fasting. This new method provides significant cost and logistical savings when estimating RMR during fieldwork, allowing RMR of a large number of birds to be measured quickly. These findings suggest the possibility that the use of M_b and morphometrics will allow development of general and specific equations to estimate RMR in other species.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	609-614
Number of pages	6
Journal	Polar Biology
Volume	29
Issue number	7
Early online date	11 Jan 2006
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0096-z
Publication status	Published - Jun 2006

Keywords

Structural Size
Rest Metabolic Rate
Morphometric Measurement
King Penguin
Male Bird

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Ecophysiology of the King Penguin and its usefulness as a Bio-Monitor of Marine Resources in the Southern Ocean.
Butler, P. & Woakes, A.
Natural Environment Research Council
4/03/02 → 3/09/06
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Fahlman, A., Halsey, L., Butler, P., Jones, DR., Schmidt, A., Durand, S., Froget, G., Bost, CA., Woakes, A., Duchamp, C., & Handrich, Y. (2006). Accounting for body condition improves allometric estimates of resting metabolic rates in fasting king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus. Polar Biology, 29(7), 609-614. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0096-z

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Accounting for body condition improves allometric estimates of resting metabolic rates in fasting king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus

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