Table 1.
Details of all ERMEs. (VO2 is rate of oxygen consumption expressed in units of l min−1.)
| seal/exp/daya | mass (kg) | lowest inactive daytime prefeeding VO2 | average active prefeeding VO2 | food intake, kg (percentage of body mass) | highest 20 min average VO2 during ERME (time of the start point) | peak MR (multiple of prefeeding baseline) | time since feeding (h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1Tue | 107 | 0.64 | 0.71 | 3.8 (3.5) | 1.31 (23:13) | 2.06 | 2.5 |
| G1Wed | ″ | 0.65 | 0.75 | 8.8 (8.1) | 1.65 (23:59) | 2.56 | 3 |
| G1Thu | ″ | 0.54 | 0.80 | 9.5 (8.9) | 1.73 (23:36) | 3.23 | 2.5 |
| D1Thu | 40.7 | 0.24 | 0.30 | 3.5 (8.7) | 0.81 (23:45) | 3.33 | 2.5 |
| D4Thu | 37 | 0.20 | 0.27 | 1.4 (3.8) | 0.65 (21:48) | 3.20 | 2 |
| X1Wed | 28.6 | 0.23 | 0.30 | 1.2 (4.4) | 0.60 (12:20) | 2.58 | 0 |
| X1Wed/Thu | ″ | ″ | ″ | ″ | 1.01 (01:35) | 4.37 | 9 |
| X1Thu/Fri | ″ | 0.20 | 0.29 | 4.0 (15) | 0.75 (01:16) | 3.74 | 9 |
| X2Tue | 33.3 | 0.23 | 0.31 | 2.3 (7.3) | 0.90 (22:48) | 3.87 | 4 |
| X2Tue/Wed | ″ | ″ | ″ | ″ | 0.74 (01:57) | 3.19 | 6.5 |
| X2Wed | ″ | 0.29 | 0.37 | 2.5 (7.9) | 0.62 (13:28) | 2.16 | 2.5 |
| X2Thu | ″ | 0.23 | 0.38 | 6 (19) | 0.79 (12:26) | 3.44 | 3 |
| ″ | ″ | ″ | ″ | 0.82 (22:05) | 3.75 | 2 | |
| X2Thu/Fri | ″ | ″ | ″ | ″ | 1.13 (01:58) | 4.90 | 5 |
| X3Tue | 41.2 | 0.22 | 0.34 | 1.5 (3.6) | 0.95 (20:05) | 4.27 | 5 |
| ″ | ″ | ″ | ″ | 0.87 (22:42) | 3.89 | 7.5 | |
| X3Tue/Wed | ″ | ″ | ″ | ″ | 0.76 (01:40) | 3.41 | 10.5 |
| X3Wed | ″ | 0.21 | 0.33 | 1.5 (3.6) | 1.23 (20:38) | 5.74 | 5 |
| ″ | ″ | ″ | ″ | 0.90 (21:47) | 4.22 | 6 | |
| X3Thu | ″ | 0.21 | 0.34 | 1.5 (3.6) | 1.43 (20:40) | 6.78 | 5.5 |
| X3Thu/Fri | ″ | ″ | ″ | ″ | 0.90 (01:56) | 4.50 | 11 |
| X4Wed | 45.1 | 0.22 | 0.34 | 1.5 (3.3) | 1.45 (19:24) | 6.72 | 3 |
| W1Tue | 25.3 | 0.31 | 0.41 | 1.75 (6.9) | 1.03 (12:14) | 3.27 | 0 |
| ″ | ″ | ″ | ″ | 0.68 (22:16) | 2.15 | 7 | |
| W1Wed | ″ | 0.33 | 0.46 | 3 (11.9) | 0.80 (10:23) | 2.43 | 0 |
| ″ | ″ | ″ | ″ | 0.73 (10:56) | 2.20 | 0.5 | |
| W1Wed/Thu | ″ | ″ | ″ | ″ | 0.79 (01:02) | 2.40 | 3 |
| W1Thu/Fri | ″ | 0.32 | 0.44 | 3 (11.9) | 0.74 (00:18) | 2.69 | 8 |
| W2Wed | 28.5 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 1.5 (5.3) | 0.59 (19:24) | 2.50 | 10 |
| W3Thu | 32.2 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 1.75 (5.4) | 0.73 (23:11) | 3.25 | 4 |
| A4Tue | 126.8 | 0.33 | 0.52 | 2.04 (1.6) | 0.89 (18:29) | 2.69 | 0 |
| A4Wed/Thu | ″ | 0.34 | 0.45 | 1.95 (1.5) | 1.29 (01:00) | 3.80 | 2.5 |
a
seal/exp/day refer to the identifying codes of each ERME, e.g. A4Thurs means seal A, experiment 4, Thursday.