20.500.12556/DiRROS-20419 Metabolic rates of groundwater species as a function of body mass and temperature Research on the metabolic physiology of groundwater species, particularly regarding oxygen consumption rates (OCR), has made significant advancement, revealing valuable insights into the adaptations of exclusively groundwater-dwelling (stygobitic) species. However, a comprehensive understanding of how these metabolic rates scale with body mass and respond to temperature changes remains elusive. This study aims to bridge this gap by reviewing published data on OCR across a variety of groundwater organisms to elucidate patterns of metabolic rates in relation to body size and temperature. We employed a combination of literature review and quantitative analyses, focusing on the allometric scaling of OCR with body weight and the effect of temperature on metabolic rates. Our findings indicate that OCR scales with body weight in an allometric pattern, with an inter-species slope of 0.80, suggesting non-isometric scaling. Furthermore, our analysis showed that stygobitic species’ metabolic rates are less responsive to warming than those of non-stygobitic species at low to moderate temperatures. However, at higher temperatures, metabolic rates in stygobitic species decline faster than in non-stygobitic taxa, highlighting a potential vulnerability to global climate change. This study contributes to our understanding of the metabolic strategies of groundwater species, underscoring the need for further research to fully grasp the eco-evolutionary implications of these findings for groundwater conservation. allometry Arrhenius equation ectotherms metabolism oxygen consumption rate respiration stygobiont alometrija Arrheniusova enačba metabolizem dihanje stigobionti true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2024-09-13 10:05:16 2024-09-13 10:05:17 2024-09-14 03:34:42 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 str. 53-74 Iss. 49 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2024-08-14 591.9 1768-1448 10.3897/subtbiol.49.125131 206878723 https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/125131/ 1 301b8ea3-7196-11ef-9d3a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=28737 RAZ_Di_Lorenzo_Tiziana_2024.pdf RAZ_Di_Lorenzo_Tiziana_2024.pdf 1 90B0B19BB1C9B7ECFC207BABC68F6027 dbdfead4a5a411990a6b78c56887093c8fc3e0c595139fcbe184f9aa1cc4f0e8 5f4ddc59-7196-11ef-9d3a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=28738 Nacionalni inštitut za biologijo 0 0 0