{
  "name": "Swimmers and the Reynolds number: body length, speed and Re in water and air",
  "desc": "One row per swimmer or group of species: body length and swimming speed as each source gives them, the fluid and temperature used, and the Reynolds number computed for this site or as the source states it",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Ants, Cells & Atoms",
  "url": "https://antscellsandatoms.com/scale/the-syrup-line/",
  "from": [
    "values typed from the sources listed in data_credit; water density and viscosity from water-properties.csv (IAPWS); air kinematic viscosity from Farisenkov et al. 2022"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Ants, Cells & Atoms from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Sizes and speeds: Lisicki M, Velho Rodrigues MF, Goldstein RE, Lauga E 2019, eLife 8:e44907, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44907; Seuront L 2011, PLoS ONE 6:e26283, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026283; Kiørboe T, Andersen A, Langlois VJ, Jakobsen HH 2010, Journal of the Royal Society Interface 7:1591 (abstract), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2010.0176; Volkmer B, Heinemann M 2011, PLoS ONE 6:e23126, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023126; Lauga E, Powers TR 2009, Reports on Progress in Physics 72:096601, https://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/72/9/096601; Calovi DS et al. 2018, PLoS Computational Biology 14:e1005933, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005933; Li G et al. 2021, Communications Biology 4:40, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01521-z; Farisenkov SE et al. 2022, Nature 602:96, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04303-7; retrieved 2026-10-24",
    "Water density and viscosity: International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, IAPWS R6-95(2018) and IAPWS R12-08 (2008), https://iapws.org/technical-guidance/release/viscosity; values computed 2026-10-24; Reynolds numbers computed 2026-10-24",
    "GBIF Secretariat 2023, GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei, CC BY 4.0, accessed 2026-10-24",
    "Volvox rousseletii length: Kimbara R et al. 2019, PLOS ONE 14(8):e0221632, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221632, retrieved 2026-10-25; speed: Ueki N, Matsunaga S, Inouye I, Hallmann A 2010, BMC Biology 8:103, CC BY 2.0, https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-103, retrieved 2026-10-25; Reynolds number is a combined estimate from two studies, computed for this page"
  ]
}