Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj climate: MA migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: MAW food: biCi class:
MRE = 0.052 habitat: 0iMb gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.005 embryo: Mb reprod: Os family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 26 25.95 (0.001777) d age at birth ForsHanl1985
am 305 311.6 (0.02166) d life span for female ForsHanl1985
Lb 0.15 0.1485 (0.01021) cm mantle length at birth ForsHanl1985
Lp 4 3.959 (0.01027) cm mantle length at puberty ForsHanl1985
Li 6.6 7.791 (0.1804) cm mantle length at death sealifebase
Lim 7.5 8.505 (0.134) cm mantle length at death for males sealifebase
Wwi 80.1 81.51 (0.01756) g wet weight at death ForsHanl1985
Wwim 117.6 113.8 (0.03262) g wet weight at death ForsHanl1985
Ni 250 260.3 (0.04102) # fecundity ForsHanl1985

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL time since birth mantle length (0.06162) ForsHanl1985

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Amphioctopus burryi Unit Description
v 0.02 0.01973 cm/d energy conductance
p_M 18 496 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
k 0.3 0.02215 - maintenance ratio
kap 0.8 0.9998 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_G 0.8 0.7999 - growth efficiency
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency

Discussion

  • Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} only
  • End of acceleration is assumed to coincide with puberty

Facts

  • Programmed death (Ref: Wiki)
  • Plantonic stage lasts 4-6 weeks (Ref: ForsHanl1985)

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