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TrenchR (version 1.1.1)

surface_area_from_volume: Organism Surface Area from Volume

Description

The function estimates surface area (m2) from volume (m3) for a variety of taxa following Mitchell1976;textualTrenchR.

Usage

surface_area_from_volume(V, taxon)

Value

numeric surface area (m2).

Arguments

V

numeric vector of volume (m3). Can be one or more values.

taxon

character taxon of organism, current choices: "lizard", "frog", "sphere".

Details

All models follow (SA = Ka V2/3) with surface area and volume in meters.

  • Lizards: Norris1965;textualTrenchR:

    \(Ka = 11.0\)

  • Frogs: Tracy1972;textualTrenchR:

    \(Ka = 11.0\)

  • Sphere: Mitchell1976;textualTrenchR:

    \(Ka = 4.83\)

References

See Also

Other allometric functions: mass_from_length(), proportion_silhouette_area_shapes(), proportion_silhouette_area(), surface_area_from_length(), surface_area_from_mass(), volume_from_length()

Examples

Run this code
  surface_area_from_volume(V     = 0.001, 
                           taxon = "lizard")
  surface_area_from_volume(V     = 0.001,  
                           taxon = "frog")
  surface_area_from_volume(V     = 0.001,  
                           taxon = "sphere")

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