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Divides carbon dioxide production by tissue mass and time to give a mass-specific respiration rate.
Respiration rate
Rate = carbon dioxide volume / (tissue mass x time); micromoles = volume (mL) / 22.4 x 1000
The ratio of carbon dioxide produced to oxygen consumed: 1.0 for carbohydrate, about 0.7 for lipid.
Metabolic rate scales with roughly the three-quarter power of mass, so larger organisms respire less per gram.