Scaling of swimming speed predicted by mathematical models
| Jet model | Paddle model | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| u=amb | Measured | Predicted | L1 | L2 | Predicted | L1 | L2 |
| b | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.13 | 0.39 | 0.33* | 0.19 | 0.48 |
| a | −1.4 | −1.1* | −1.2 | −1.0 | −3.0* | −3.1 | −2.9 |
u, swimming speed; m, body mass; a, scaling constant; b, scaling exponent (asterisks denote significant difference from measurement); L1 lower limit of 95% confidence interval; L2 upper limit of 95% confidence interval; N=18.