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Comparative physiology

a regulated, reversible lowering of metabolic rate below resting levels that lets animals survive periods of low oxygen, water or food.

In comparative physiology, metabolic depression refers to a regulated, reversible lowering of metabolic rate below resting levels that lets animals survive periods of low oxygen, water or food. This meaning comes from Guppy (1999) in Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.[1]

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Guppy, M., & Withers, P. (1999). Metabolic depression in animals: physiological perspectives and biochemical generalizations. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 74(1), 1-40. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0006323198005258

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