Dataset for "Metabolic rates of groundwater species as a function of body mass and temperature"

This is a dataset on the metabolic physiology of groundwater species, particularly regarding oxygen consumption rates (OCR). The data are extracted from published papers. This dataset is associated with publication published in 2024 in the Special Issue of <i>Subterranean Biology</i>: DarCo: Filling knowledge gaps for European subterranean biodiversity towards its effective conservation, <i>Edited by</i> Stefano Mammola and Fabio Stoch (https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.coll.219). The title of the publication, written by Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Nataša Mori and Tatjana Simčič is "Metabolic rates of groundwater species as a function of body mass and temperature".