Date (Creation)

2025-05-07

Date (Revision)

2025-05-07

Date (Publication)

2025-05-07

Date (released)

2025-05-07

Edition

1.0

Unique resource identifier

https://doi.org/10.5285/8d9ffd4a-16c0-4d48-9fc9-02988676ef78

Codespace

doi

Unique resource identifier

GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02058

Codespace

https://data.bas.ac.uk/

Other citation details

Please cite this item as: Clarke, A., & Johnston, N.M. (2025). A compilation of metabolic rate, body mass and body temperature (where available) data for a range of vertebrate and invertebrate species (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/8d9ffd4a-16c0-4d48-9fc9-02988676ef78

Credit

No credit.

Status

Completed

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Antarctic Survey	Clarke, Andrew		Author
British Antarctic Survey	Johnston, Nadine M.		Author
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre		PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed

Maintenance note

Completed

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords

• EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Biomass
• EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish
• EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
• EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature

Theme

• mass

• metabolic rate

• scaling

• temperature

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Habitats and biotopes
• Oceanographic geographical features

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

no limitations to public access

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

no limitations

Use constraints

License

Other constraints

Open Government Licence v3.0

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

None

Unique resource identifier

url

Codespace

url

Association Type

Cross reference

Spatial representation type

Text, table

Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Biota

Supplemental Information

It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.

Title

European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry

Date (Publication)

2008-11-12

Cited responsible party

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
European Petroleum Survey Group		EPSGadministrator@iogp.org	Publisher

Unique resource identifier

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031

Version

6.18.3

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

Methodology:

Data for mammals, birds, reptiles, echinoderms, cephalopods and cnidarians were from previous compilations available in the published scientific literature. Data for fish were compiled from published studies, validated and collated.

The data are global in extent.

Data collection:

The data have not been processed other than converting original units to SI where appropriate. For publication the data were analysed using Minitab (version 16) and R (version 4.4.2).

Data quality:

With the exception of the data for teleost fish, data were extracted from the literature, relying on quality control by the original compiler. The fish data were edited to exclude data where fish were active, or where the range of body mass was too small for scaling parameters to be determined with precision.

Metadata

File identifier

8d9ffd4a-16c0-4d48-9fc9-02988676ef78 XML

Metadata language

English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Hierarchy level name

dataset

Date stamp

2025-05-07

Metadata standard name

ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata

Metadata standard version

ISO 19115:2003(E)

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre		polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk	Point of contact