Ontogeny and ecological significance of metabolic rates in sea turtle hatchlings

Table 1 Hatchling mass and the number of hatchlings tested (mean ± SD, N) for each species, location, age and respirometry technique in this study

Species	Olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea)	Flatback (Natator depressus)	Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)	Loggerhead (Caretta caretta)	Green (Chelonia mydas)
Population/s	Australia	Australia	USA	USA	^aUSA ^bMalaysia
Frenzy	Closed: 16.5 ± 0.2 g, 74	Closed: 40.4 ± 0.3 g, 80	Open: 44.9 ± 0.7 g, 27	Open: 18.4 ± 0.4 g, 21	Closed: 24.6 ± 0.2 g, 6^a Open: 24.7 ± 0.4 g, 24^a Open: 21.4 ± 0.2 g, 95^b
6 d				Closed: 16.8 ± 0.2 g, 5
7 d			Open: 45.2 ± 1.11 g, 10	Open: 20.9 ± 0.7 g, 10	Open: 26.8 ± 0.6 g, 8^a
12 d				Open: 20.4 ± 0.9 g, 15
20 d			Closed: 68.0 ± 5.5 g, 4
22 d					Open: 28.9 g, 1^a
23 d			Closed: 61.6 ± 3.3 g, 6		Open: 31.2 ± 0.6 g, 6^a
25 d					Open: 37.3 ± 1.5 g, 7^a
26 d					Open: 35.3 g, 1^a
28 d	Closed: 19.4 ± 0.3 g, 70	Closed: 63.3 ± 0.5 g, 79
31 d				Open: 35.4 ± 2.5 g, 3
43 d				Closed: 60.7 ± 7.95 g, 2
44 d			Closed: 99.2 g, 1
45 d			Open: 70.2 ± 1.96 g, 19
50 d			Open: 94.0 g, 1
51 d				Closed: 89.9 g, 2
52 d				Closed: 53.7 g, 1

Only green turtles were tested from two different locations, denoted with superscript letters

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