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Sizes of Organisms: The Surface Area to Volume Ratio

Author(s): Lou Gross1, Monica Beals1, Susan Harrell1

University of Tennessee Knoxville

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Summary:
This module introduces surface area-volume ratio in the context of understanding the limits or constraints on organism size. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

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Version 1.0 - published on 15 Feb 2019 doi:10.25334/Q44J03 - cite this

Keywords

  1. Ratios
  2. structure
  3. Surface Area
  4. biomechanics
  5. Geometry
  6. Functions
  7. Volume
  8. OpenStax

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