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. 2011 Nov 2;1(1):37–42. doi: 10.1242/bio.2011024

Table 2. Summary of metabolic, locomotory and thermal parameters for toads from each of 3 sites (see text for sample sizes).

Recovery periods 1, 2 and 3 refer to respiratory gases measured at 5, 10 and 15 min after the treadmill had stopped. Values are means ± 1 standard deviation, and P values are from ANOVAs.

Cairns Borroloola Timber Creek P value
Mass (g) 96.7 ± 18.7 99.5 ± 23.6 109.7 ± 23.3 0.590
SMR (mL O2 h−1) 4.98 ± 1.91 6.68 ± 2.40 8.09 ± 4.03 0.161
Max O2 consumption (mL O2 h−1) 35.9 ± 4.94 29.3 ± 8.63 48.2 ± 6.61 0.113
O2 consumption recovery 1 (mL O2 h−1) 14.5 ± 8.34 18.2 ± 6.41 20.0 ± 6.45 0.264
O2 consumption recovery 2 (mL O2 h−1) 9.23 ± 5.01 7.21 ± 8.07 12.8 ± 5.16 0.242
O2 consumption recovery 3 (mL O2 h−1) 6.75 ± 2.73 10.6 ± 4.47 9.12 ± 1.67 0.392
Max CO2 production (mL CO2 h−1) 44.0 ± 6.38 32.2 ± 6.39 41.5 ± 7.66 0.263
CO2 production recovery 1 (mL CO2 h−1) 18.8 ± 9.29 28.5 ± 7.12 26.2 ± 6.35 0.214
CO2 production recovery 2 (mL CO2 h−1) 17.9 ± 6.52 11.2 ± 7.67 18.5 ± 7.44 0.096
CO2 production recovery 3 (mL CO2 h−1) 9.02 ± 5.01 6.75 ± 6.53 11.5 ± 3.73 0.236
Sprint speed (cm s−1)
15°C 10.0 ± 1.3 9.4 ± 1.2 9.9 ± 0.9 0.601
20°C 23.1 ± 3.1 21.7 ± 5.5 22.0 ± 3.4 0.719
25°C 30.8 ± 6.6 31.0 ± 9.3 27.5 ± 7.5 0.575
30°C 44.1 ± 10.8 40.3 ± 6.5 33.7 ± 13.2 0.180
35°C 33.8 ± 7.3 29.6 ± 6.4 25.7 ± 3.6 0.080
CTmin (°C) 11.3 ± 0.7 10.9 ± 0.7 10.4 ± 0.8 0.273
CTmax (°C) 39.8 ± 1.0 40.0 ± 0.9 39.5 ± 0.5 0.552