surface_area_from_volume: Organism Surface Area from Volume

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Organism Surface Area from Volume

Description

The function estimates surface area (m²) from volume (m³) for a variety of taxa following \insertCiteMitchell1976;textualTrenchR.

Usage

surface_area_from_volume(V, taxon)

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 V^2/3) with surface area and volume in meters.

• Lizards: \insertCiteNorris1965;textualTrenchR:
  
  Ka = 11.0

• Frogs: \insertCiteTracy1972;textualTrenchR:
  
  Ka = 11.0

• Sphere: \insertCiteMitchell1976;textualTrenchR:
  
  Ka = 4.83

Value

numeric surface area (m²).

References

\insertAllCited

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

  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")

trenchproject/TrenchR documentation built on Oct. 10, 2023, 10:12 p.m.