Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: ssj climate: MB, Cfb migrate: Mdc phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: MPW, THp food: bjPz, jiCi class:
MRE = 0.083 habitat: 0jMpe, jpFl, jpFp, jpFr, piMd gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.014 embryo: Mpe reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ts 120 123.3 (0.02752) d time since birth at end leptocephalus stage TanaKaga2001
am 4380 4380 (4.859e-05) d life span TanaKaga2001
Ls 6 6.706 (0.1177) cm total length at end leptocephalus stage TanaKaga2001
Lp 30 29.98 (0.0006858) cm total length at puberty Wiki
Li 150 135.7 (0.09517) cm ultimate total length fishbase
Wwb 0.00053 0.000499 (0.05852) g wet weight at birth CastEdwa2017
Wwi 1900 3745 (0.9709) g ultimate wet weight fishbase
Ri 639.3 623.3 (0.02491) #/d maximum reprod rate guess

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL time since birth length (0.05203) GuanWang1994
tLj time since birth length leptocephalus (0.1357) TanaKaga2001
tW time since birth wet weight (0.0773) GuanWang1994

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Anguilla japonica Unit Description
v 0.02 0.007181 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.8049 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 20.52 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.8006 - growth efficiency

Discussion

  • Temperatures were guessed

Facts

  • Tranformation of leptocephali to glass eels occurs at 100 to 140 d after birth at TL 6 cm; juveniles reach E Asian estuaries in winter/spring at TL 55 to 60 mm (Ref: TanaKaga2001)

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