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

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

Abstract

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.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.32942/X2402M

Subjects

Animal Experimentation and Research, Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology, Integrative Biology, Life Sciences

Keywords

research design, open science, energy metabolism, flow-through, indirect calorimetry, comparative physiology

Dates

Published: 2024-02-20 00:11

Last Updated: 2024-07-03 22:31

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CC BY Attribution 4.0 International

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English

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