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  • Title: No evidence for bioenergetic interaction between digestion and thermoregulation in Steller sea lions Eumetopias jubatus.
    Author: Rosen DA, Trites AW.
    Journal: Physiol Biochem Zool; 2003; 76(6):899-906. PubMed ID: 14988805.
    Abstract:
    The increase in metabolism during digestion--the heat increment of feeding--is often regarded as an energetic waste product. However, it has been suggested that this energy could offset thermoregulatory costs in cold environments. We investigated this possibility by measuring the rate of oxygen consumption of four juvenile Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) before and after they ingested a meal in water temperatures of 2 degrees-8 degrees C. Rates of oxygen consumption of fasted and fed animals increased in parallel with decreasing water temperature, such that the apparent heat increment of feeding did not change with water temperature. These results suggest that Steller sea lions did not use the heat released during digestion to offset thermoregulatory costs.
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