Fig. 3. (A) There was a significant correlation between breathing frequency
(fB) and oxygen consumption
(
O2) of green
turtles during exposure to summer conditions
(fB=-0.496+14.660x
O2
-0.83, r=0.982, P=0.018, N=4). Data
points represent means ± S.E.M. for individual turtles
during exposure to summer conditions before (26-pre) and after (26-post) the
winter simulation. (B) The correlation between fB and
O2 was much
weaker and not significant during exposure to winter conditions
(r=0.514, P=0.375, N=5). Data points represent
means ± S.E.M. for individual turtles after 8 weeks (17-8w)
and 16 weeks (17-16w) exposure to winter conditions.