Not exact matches
As the largest organ
in the
body, it serves as a first line barrier to prevent infection, protects from injury, regulates our
body temperature, and is a phenomenal mirror
reflecting the state of internal health.
However, two known predators of sea lions — great white sharks and salmon sharks — have counter-current heat exchanges
in their
bodies that make them partially warm - blooded and the tags would have
reflected higher
temperatures.
In green turtles, the lines seem to reflect periods when seas are colder and body temperatures are consequently lower, prompting the turtles to haul out on beaches to warm in the su
In green turtles, the lines seem to
reflect periods when seas are colder and
body temperatures are consequently lower, prompting the turtles to haul out on beaches to warm
in the su
in the sun.
In mammals, resting energy requirements (RER) can be calculated based on the equation RER (kcal / day) = 70kcal ⋅ BWkg0.75 (Kleiber, 1961) and reflects the minimal amount of energy required daily to maintain body weight in the absence of factors such as exercise or environmental temperatures which could increase energy need
In mammals, resting energy requirements (RER) can be calculated based on the equation RER (kcal / day) = 70kcal ⋅ BWkg0.75 (Kleiber, 1961) and
reflects the minimal amount of energy required daily to maintain
body weight
in the absence of factors such as exercise or environmental temperatures which could increase energy need
in the absence of factors such as exercise or environmental
temperatures which could increase energy needs.
In the same way that the
temperature reflects the thermal energy of a
body, the rate of change of
temperature reflects the power entering or leaving a
body.
For instance, he black
body temperature of the Earth is 5.5 °C, and as the Earth
reflects about 28 % of incoming sunlight,
in the absence of the greenhouse effect the planet's mean
temperature would be about -18 °C.