highly significantP < 0.001
Energetic cost of sloughing During the intermoult phase, body mass had a highly significant effect on resting V ̇ C O 2 ( t 16 = 10.6, P < 0.001; Fig. 5 ) with an allometric slope of 0.95 ( V ̇ C O 2 = 0.025 M b 0.95 ; R 2 = 0.95).