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Calculation of Energetic and Biochemical Equivalents of Respiratory Oxygen Consumption

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The evaluation of metabolic energy loss is the major aim of respiratory studies in ecological energetics and for the construction of energy budgets. The polarographic oxygen sensor is becoming the prominent tool for indirect calorimetry in laboratory as well as in field investigations (Parts II and III). In this context a comprehensive outline of the calculation procedures for conversion of oxygen consumption data to energy equivalents is warranted. A more rigorous treatment of the subject will be presented elsewhere [6].

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  1. Institut für Zoologie, Abteilung Zoophysiologie, Universität Innsbruck, Peter-Mayr-Str. 1A, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    E. Gnaiger

  2. Institute for Marine Environmental Research, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, Great Britain

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Gnaiger, E. (1983). Calculation of Energetic and Biochemical Equivalents of Respiratory Oxygen Consumption. In: Gnaiger, E., Forstner, H. (eds) Polarographic Oxygen Sensors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81863-9_30

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