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Property Organism Value Units ID Details
Total area of coral reefs worldwide Biosphere 103320 km^2 100769 http://www.nationmas...
Postsynaptic area Rat Rattus norvegicus 0.03 - 0.1 μm^2 111655 Harris JJ, Jolivet R...
Leaf area index Biosphere 4.3 unitless 100238 Nobel, P. S. "Plant ...
Surface area of earth covered by water Biosphere 3.62e+8 km^2 100542 http://hypertextbook...
"Rule of thumb" for cell area (surface area) Bacteria Escherichia coli 6 µm^2 101792 "Physical Biology of...
Leaf area index Plants 1 Camissonia claviformis: 4.3 Corn canopy: 5.7 Cotton canopy Unitless 107711 Mooney HA, Ehleringer J...
Cell Surface area Bacteria Salmonella typhimurium 6 µm^2 103711 Smit J, Kamio Y, Nikaido...
Area of retina Human Homo sapiens 1094 mm^2 105340 John Moran eye center...
Lung surface area Human Homo sapiens 118 (±11 Table - link) m^2 113659 Coxson, H. O. et al....
Average membrane area Human Homo sapiens lymphocyte ~260 µm^2: neutrophil ~290 µm^2 115185 Schmid-Schönbein GW, Shih YY...
Mature leaf area Tobacco Nicotiana tabacum 5-20 cm^2 111441 Roda, A. L., Oldham, N. J....
Area of cross section of rhodopsin in membrane area Cow Bos Taurus 1500 Å^2 103604 Marsh D. Lateral pressure...
Surface Area of Human Skin Human Homo sapiens 1.6-1.8 link m^2 100578 The Physics Factbook™...
Increase in membrane area during spreading of fibroblasts with the doubling of the cell area in contact with the substrate Mammals 80 % 112510 Sens P, Plastino J. Membrane...
Naked cytoskeleton surface area Mammalian tissue culture cell 3000 µm^2 105912 Luby-Phelps K. Cytoa...
Surface area of earth covered by land Biosphere 1.48e+8 km^2 100541 http://hypertextbook...
Surface area and volume of spermatozoa Human Homo sapiens 106 μm^2 surface area: 22.2 μm^3 volume N/A 106852 Curry MR, Millar JD,...
Molecular area of cholesterol Generic 38 Å^2 106107 Nichols JW, Deamer DW....
Total cross sectional area of capillaries Human Homo sapiens 6000 (Table - link) cm^2 110559 Lauralee Sherwood, Human...
Area of cholesterol on heterogeneous membrane Generic 0.223 nm^2 105805 Edholm O, Nagle JF. Areas...