Data from: Thermal-metabolic relationships in hatchling snapping turtles during simulated seasonal cooling

There is limited information available regarding metabolic rates (MR) in
many species or life stages of turtles. I measured MR (as O2 consumption)
in fasted hatchling snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) at 5 to 25 °C.
 The relationships between temperature and MR (per capita and per
gram wet body mass) were exponential and linearized by Log10
transformations. The relative change in MR over a 10 °C range (Q10) varied
with the ranges of temperatures compared and ranged from Q10, 15 to 5 =
3.6 to Q10, 25 to 15 = 9.6 to 9.9, for per capita and per gram values,
respectively. The high Q10 values observed here demonstrate reductions in
metabolic activity with declining temperatures that are two to three times
the predicted value.  Such a strong thermal dependence of MR
suggests a rapid response to seasonal changes, facilitating energy
conservation during cooling periods and growth during warming periods in
this temperate reptile.