“…Also, in most months larger alligators had relatively high daily minimum temperatures and/or less intense circadian thermal cycles (Table 5). Surface/volume considerations suggest such phenomena, and many authors discuss the relationship between crocodilian size and thermoregulation (Spotila et al, 1973;Smith, 1975Smith, , 1976Grigg, 1977;Johnson et al, 1978;Smith and Adams, 1978;Bartholomew, 1982;Grigg et al, 1998;Grigg et al, 1999). However, we were unable to investigate the social dimensions of thermoregulation, and if larger alligators have more choice of thermal microhabitats, then the effect of size on T b 's may be socially mediated (Seebacher and Grigg, 1997).…”