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Monica Beals, Louis J. Gross, and Susan Harrell
This website shows how the surface area to volume ratio limits the size of organisms. The page presents calculations of this ratio for cubes and spheres and contains graphs that help clarify how the ratio changes as the size of an object changes.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=5587">Beals, M, L. Gross, and S. Harrell. Sizes of Organisms: The Surface Area:Volume Ratio. July 26, 2007.</a>
AIP Format
M. Beals, L. Gross, and S. Harrell, (2007), WWW Document, (http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/area_volume.html).
AJP/PRST-PER
M. Beals, L. Gross, and S. Harrell, Sizes of Organisms: The Surface Area:Volume Ratio (2007), <http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/area_volume.html>.
APA Format
Beals, M., Gross, L., & Harrell, S. (2007, July 26). Sizes of Organisms: The Surface Area:Volume Ratio. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/area_volume.html
Chicago Format
Beals, M, L. Gross, and S. Harrell. Sizes of Organisms: The Surface Area:Volume Ratio. July 26, 2007. http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/area_volume.html (accessed 25 April 2024).
MLA Format
Beals, Monica, Louis Gross, and Susan Harrell. Sizes of Organisms: The Surface Area:Volume Ratio. 2007. 26 July 2007. 25 Apr. 2024 <http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/area_volume.html>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{
Author = "Monica Beals and Louis Gross and Susan Harrell",
Title = {Sizes of Organisms: The Surface Area:Volume Ratio},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {25 April 2024},
Month = {July 26, 2007},
Year = {2007}
}
Refer Export Format
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EndNote Export Format
%0 Electronic Source %A Beals, Monica %A Gross, Louis %A Harrell, Susan %D July 26, 2007 %T Sizes of Organisms: The Surface Area:Volume Ratio %V 2024 %N 25 April 2024 %8 July 26, 2007 %9 text/html %U http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/area_volume.html Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
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