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.

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