Table 1.

Ontogenetic scaling exponents from LSRs of log₁₀ body mass in relation to log₁₀ body length (b_L) and log₁₀ RMR in relation to log₁₀ body mass (b_R) for larvae, juveniles and/or adults of the Atlantic ctenophore Beroe ovata, moon jellyfish A. aurita, Pacific oyster C. gigas, common mussel M. edulis and spiny lobster S. verreauxi; for nauplii, copepodites and adults of the copepod M. brasilianus; and for solitary and aggregate life cycle stages of the salps (pelagic tunicates) Salpa fusiformis and S. thompsoni. Values of b_L and b_R were taken or calculated from published data in the sources listed in the electronic supplementary material, where additional data and methodological information can also be found. Values of b_A for log₁₀ body SA in relation to log₁₀ body mass were estimated from b_L values and scaling exponents of body width versus length (electronic supplementary material). When data for scaling of width versus length were not available, ranges of potential b_A values are given (based on equations (3.1) and (3.2)). Note the parallel changes in b_A and b_R values (shown in italic), regardless of whether decreases or increases in b_R were observed during ontogeny (except possibly for the transition from veliger larvae to juveniles in M. edulis; also see text). Statistically significant ontogenetic shifts in b_L and b_R values occur in all species, except for between solitary and aggregrate life stages of S. thompsoni.

species	stage	bL	bA	bR
Beroe ovata	juveniles	2.92	0.67 (0.67–0.68)	0.62
	adults	2.47	0.80 (0.70–0.81)	0.99
		2.23	0.87 (0.72–0.90)	1.04
		1.78	1.09 (0.78–1.00)	0.86
Aurelia aurita	ephyra larvae	3.14	0.64 (0.64–0.66)	0.63
				0.35
				1.01
	medusae	2.50	0.80 (0.70–0.80)	0.93
		2.72	0.74 (0.68–0.74)	1.11
				1.01
Crassostrea gigas	veliger larvae	2.12	0.95 (0.74–0.94)	0.96
	adults	2.79	0.68–0.72	0.77
Mytilus edulis	veliger larvae	3.49	0.57 (0.57–0.71)	0.90
				0.90
				0.70
				0.59
	juveniles	2.42	0.71–0.83	0.89
	adults	3.17	0.63–0.68	0.66
				0.68
Sagmariasus verreauxi	phyllosoma larvae	2.14	0.91 (0.73–0.93)	1.00
	juveniles	2.99	0.67	0.83
Mesocyclops brasilianus	nauplii	2.15	0.73–0.93	1.08
	copepodites and adults	3.12	0.64–0.68	0.56
Salpa fusiformis	solitary zooids	2.40	0.71–0.83	1.15
	aggregate zooids	2.78	0.68–0.72	0.68
Salpa thompsoni	solitary zooids	2.28	0.72–0.88	0.84
	aggregate zooids	2.41	0.71–0.83	0.92