Symposium:               Scaling of Metabolic Rate with Body Size: How and Why?

 

Track:                        Thermoregulation and Energetics

Friday, 3:15 PM—5:15 PM, 30 D/E

Chaired:                       Ewald Weibel and Anthony J. Hulbert

 

3:15 PM                       Basal metabolic rate scales with 2/3 power. Craig White. Univ. of Adelaide currently Univ. of Birmingham, UK.

 

3:45 PM                       Maximal metabolic rate and the mitochondria in active muscle. Hans Hoppeler. Univ. of Berne.

 

4:15 PM                       The Universal Fractal Model for 3/4 power law. James H. Brown. Univ. of New Mexico.

 

4:45 PM                       Basal and maximal metabolic rates reflect different physiological states. Charles A. Darveau. Univ. of British Columbia.