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Gary C. Packard shows that #ontogenetic changes in the morphology of eels, lobsters and other aquatic animals are not necessarily accompanied by changes in the pattern of metabolic allometry.

https://journals.biologists.com/bio/article/13/3/bio060317/345084/Discontinuous-biphasic-ontogenetic-shifts-in-the

“While growth by both eels and lobsters doubtless elicits changes in surface area and sites for gas exchange, these changes have no discernable effect on patterns of metabolic allometry."

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