Possible Dependent Variables
- barotaxis (avoidance, directionality)
- chemotaxis (avoidance, directionality)
- food preference (avoidance, target)
- genetics (inheritable traits, dominance)
- gravitaxis (degree of movement, direction of movement)
- growth and development (fertilization, embryology, maturation)
- habitat selection (avoidance, selection, persistence)
- heart rate (rate, consistency, recovery)
- length (height, length of limbs)
- life stages (time to maturity, time to reproduction)
- longevity (lifetime, survivorship)
- mass (wet mass, dry mass, estimated mass)
- memory & reasoning (trainability, conditioned response, insight)
- metabolism (rate of respiration, eating schedule, diet)
- metamorphosis (timing of phases, length of phases)
- muscle strength (force, duration, speed)
- perception (time, perspective, relationship, position)
- pH sensitivity (movement, survival)
- phototaxis (degree of movement, direction of movement)
- population dynamics (growth rate, growth cycles, growth curve, carrying capacity, predation)
- regeneration (degree of regeneration, time for regeneration)
- reproduction rate (offspring rate, generation time)
- respiration (breathing rate, tidal volume)
- response to environment (response to touch, light, chemicals, etc.)
- social behavior (division of labor, nesting and foraging behaviors, hierarchy)
- temperature (core temperature, surface temperature)
- thermotaxis (avoidance, temperature sensitivity, directionality)
- thigmotaxis (avoidance, directionality)
- weight (overall weight, distribution)