Use your sketching and writing skills to explain the relationship between metabolic rate (M) and body weight (W): M = aWb . Also generate a graph to explain how the exponent b in the allometric relationship changes between different groups of animals; and what would happen graphically if M is expressed per gram of body weight: M/W =aW(b-1)

Use your sketching and writing skills to explain the relationship between metabolic rate (M) and body weight (W): M = aWb . Also generate a graph to explain how the exponent b in the allometric relationship changes between different groups of animals; and what would happen graphically if M is expressed per gram of body weight: M/W =aW(b-1)

Aquaculture Science

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Chapter9: Fundamentals Of Nutrition In Aquaculture

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