Table 2.

Weight‐corrected standard metabolic rates (μl O₂/hr) of North American salamander species at each test temperature (TT) and acclimation temperature (AT) ± standard error

Species	TT = 5C		TT = 15C		TT = 25C
	AT = 14C	AT = 22C	AT = 14C	AT = 22C	AT = 14C	AT = 22C
D. carolinensis	28.27 ± 11.29	19.17 ± 7.36	60.27 ± 19.91	85.43 ± 26.53	129.4 ± 28.26	117.53 ± 24.71
D. fuscus	35.02 ± 6.89	34.7 ± 6.92	77.71 ± 16.11	90.33 ± 14.78	128.1 ± 18.28	145.0 ± 26.69
D. monticola	30.37 ± 5.63	18.14 ± 4.26	65.09 ± 6.31	73.91 ± 7.7	111.0 ± 11.09	140.8 ± 13.03
D. ochrophaeus	26.02 ± 3.61	23.99 ± 3.49	64.94 ± 7.65	77.41 ± 9.17	134.4 ± 7.91	140.7 ± 14.63
D. ocoee	29.17 ± 7.65	32.30 ± 4.88	59.81 ± 13.85	71.82 ± 18.02	144.8 ± 30.52	154.3 ± 30.59
D. orestes	27.16 ± 5.88	29.46 ± 3.31	73.05 ± 11.84	60.29 ± 11.39	129.6 ± 19.02	98.96 ± 17.13
P. cinereus	43.13 ± 15.9	24.41 ± 2.91	53.47 ± 7.98	60.1 ± 8.59	137.1 ± 13.9	152.9 ± 16.98
P. cylindraceus	22.15 ± 4.24	29.8 ± 6.45	44.25 ± 6.72	50.30 ± 7.54	110.5 ± 8.75	114.9 ± 12.26
P. glutinosus	22.73 ± 3.55	21.73 ± 3.98	47.19 ± 4.86	49.09 ± 6.2	123.0 ± 15.32	105.1 ± 10.04
P. hubrichti	34.39 ± 9.87	26.88 ± 5.58	38.83 ± 6.19	52.07 ± 20.88	148.9 ± 32.2	133.2 ± 26.37
P. montanus	22.43 ± 4.04	21.14 ± 3.22	53.14 ± 8.35	45.17 ± 7.04	125.8 ± 20.84	93.88 ± 18.12
P. punctatus	19.46 ± 3.31	26.13 ± 6.41	37.33 ± 14.53	43.69 ± 10.89	149.9 ± 30.28	111.4 ± 16.21
P. teyahalee	24.92 ± 6.24	25.29 ± 5.04	48.1 ± 10.19	48.68 ± 10.6	118.2 ± 18.63	119.9 ± 11.8
P. richmondi	21.48 ± 3.43	18.46 ± 7.45	39.71 ± 5.06	24.57 ± 4.55	110.6 ± 12.83	89.19 ± 13.91
P. virginia	31.2 ± 10.07	20.8 ± 6.35	52.24 ± 21.65	46.69 ± 15.51	160.6 ± 43.05	136.7 ± 43.37
P. wehrlei	13.8 ± 4.99	27.58 ± 2.58	30.39 ± 9.39	38.24 ± 6.88	132.7 ± 31.07	123.5 ± 48.23

Weight correction follows formula M = A × W ^b, where M = metabolic rate in μl O₂ consumed per hour, W = body weight in g, and A and b are constants.