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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 273: R2097-R2104, 1997;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 273, Issue 6 2097-R2104, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Thermal relations of metabolic rate reduction in a hibernating marsupial

X. Song, G. Kortner and F. Geiser
University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.

We tested whether the reduction of metabolic rate (MR) in hibernating Cercartetus nanus (Marsupialia, 36 g) is better explained by the reduction of body temperature (Tb), the differential (delta T) between Tb and air temperature (Ta), or thermal conductance (C). Above the critical Ta during torpor (Ttc) of 4.8 +/- 0.7 degrees C where the Tb was not regulated, the steady-state MR was an exponential function of Tb (r2 = 0.92), and the overall Q10 was 3.3. However, larger Q10 values were observed at high Tb values during torpor, particularly within the thermoneutral zone (Q10 = 9.5), whereas low Q10 values were observed below Tb 20 degrees C (Q10 = 1.9). The delta T did not change over Ta 5-20 degrees C, although MR fell, and therefore the two variables were not correlated. Below the Ttc, Tb was regulated at 6.1 +/- 1.0 degrees C and MR increased proportionally to delta T. Our study suggests that MR in torpid C. nanus is largely determined by temperature effects and metabolic inhibition. In contrast, delta T explains MR only below the Ttc and C appears to affect MR only indirectly via changes of Tb, suggesting that delta T and C play only a secondary role in MR reduction during hibernation.


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