On the "surface law" and basal metabolic rate

B. F. Gray

doi:10.1016/0022-5193(81)90338-6

On the "surface law" and basal metabolic rate

B. F. Gray^*

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Department of Molecular Sciences

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Abstract

It is shown on a theoretical basis that the existence of a "power law" relationship between body mass M and total metabolic heat generation rate Q of the form Q = kM^α does not uniquely determine the dependence of metabolic rate on body temperature. However, it is shown that a particular assumption for this temperature dependence, successful in other problems, does predict a "power law" similar to the empirical one. At the same time it also accounts satisfactorily for the linear dependence of metabolic rate on ambient temperature.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	757-767
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Theoretical Biology
Volume	93
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5193(81)90338-6
Publication status	Published - 21 Dec 1981

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Gray, B. F. (1981). On the "surface law" and basal metabolic rate. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 93(4), 757-767. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5193(81)90338-6

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