Reporting guidelines for terrestrial respirometry: Building openness, transparency of metabolic rate and evaporative water loss data

Nicholas Wu; Lesley A. Alton; Rafael P. Bovo; Nicholas Carey; Shannon E. Currie; John R. B. Lighton; Andrew E. McKechnie; Patrice Pottier; Giulia Rossi; Craig R. White; Danielle L. Levesque

doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2024.111688

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Reporting guidelines for terrestrial respirometry: Building openness, transparency of metabolic rate and evaporative water loss data

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Reporting guidelines for terrestrial respirometry: Building openness, transparency of metabolic rate and evaporative water loss data

Nicholas Wu, Lesley A. Alton, Rafael P. Bovo, Nicholas Carey, Shannon E. Currie, John R. B. Lighton, Andrew E. McKechnie, Patrice Pottier, Giulia Rossi, Craig R. White, …

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Vol.296, 111688

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2024.111688

PMID: 38944270

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Abstract

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Physiology

Science & Technology

Zoology

Respirometry is an important tool for understanding whole-animal energy and water balance in relation to the environment. Consequently, the growing number of studies using respirometry over the last decade warrants reliable reporting and data sharing for effective dissemination and research synthesis. We provide a checklist guideline on five key sections to facilitate the transparency, reproducibility, and replicability of respirometry studies: 1) materials, set up, plumbing, 2) subject conditions/maintenance, 3) measurement conditions, 4) data processing, and 5) data reporting and statistics, each with explanations and example studies. Transparency in reporting and data availability has benefits on multiple fronts. Authors can use this checklist to design and report on their study, and reviewers and editors can use the checklist to assess the reporting quality of the manuscripts they review. Improved standards for reporting will enhance the value of primary studies and will greatly facilitate the ability to carry out higher quality research syntheses to address ecological and evolutionary theories.

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Title: Reporting guidelines for terrestrial respirometry: Building openness, transparency of metabolic rate and evaporative water loss data
Authors/Creators: Nicholas Wu - Western Sydney University
Lesley A. Alton - Monash University
Rafael P. Bovo - University of California, Riverside
Nicholas Carey - Scottish Government
Shannon E. Currie - The University of Melbourne
John R. B. Lighton - Sable Syst Int, North Las Vegas, NV USA
Andrew E. McKechnie - South African National Biodiversity Institute
Patrice Pottier - Australian National University
Giulia Rossi - McMaster University
Craig R. White - Monash University
Danielle L. Levesque - University of Maine
Publication Details: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Vol.296, 111688
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
Number of pages: 12
Identifiers: 991005776032107891
Murdoch Affiliation: Centre for Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Sustainability; School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 3 Agriculture, Environment & Ecology; 3.35 Zoology & Animal Ecology; 3.35.721 Rodent Ecology
Web Of Science research areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Physiology; Zoology
ESI research areas: Biology & Biochemistry