Parameter: Swimming_Speed

Dataset: 
Pleurobrachia bachei morphology and swimming parameters
Parameter: 
speed
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 speed
Short Description:
 speed
Official Name:
 speed
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Speed is a scalar measure of the rate of movement of an object, typically expressed either as the distance traveled divided by the time taken (average speed) or the rate of change of position with respect to time at a particular point (instantaneous speed).

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Swimming_Speed
Supplied Units: 
millimeters per second (mm s-1)
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Description: 

Speed based on tracking changes in the x, y position at the tip of the animal