Effects of temperature on scaling of routine metabolic rate, gill surface area, ventilation frequency, cell size and cell metabolic rate in silver carp

The association between temperature and
metabolic scaling varies among species, which could be due to variation in the
surface area (SA) and its scaling.
This study examined the effect of temperature on metabolic scaling and to
verify the links between metabolic scaling and SA scaling at both the whole
body and the cell levels. The routine metabolic
rate (RMR), gill SA (GSA), ventilation frequency (VF), red blood cell SA (SRBC)
and metabolic rate (MRRBC) were determined in silver carp, and their mass scaling exponents were
analyzed at 10°C and 25°C.