Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj climate: MA migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: MPE food: biPz, bjCi, biD class:
MRE = 0.033 habitat: 0jMcp, jiMb gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.002 embryo: Mp reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
aj 30 30.08 (0.002579) d age at settlement BosGuma2011
tp 365 338.5 (0.07255) d time since birth at puberty BosGuma2011
am 6205 6205 (3.652e-05) d life span guess
Wwb 1.7e-06 1.701e-06 (0.0003677) g wet weight at birth guess
Wwp 3.16 3.27 (0.03477) g radius at puberty Wiki
Wwi 28.6 27.68 (0.03212) g ultimate wet weight BosGuma2011
GSI 0.1 0.1001 (0.0007028) - gonado somatic index Runchen1988

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL Data for different cohorts time since 2008/01/01 radius length (0.04595) BosGuma2011
tL1 Data for different cohorts time since 2008/01/01 radius length (0.02933) BosGuma2011

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Archaster typicus Unit Description
v 0.02 0.01947 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.9587 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 6.62 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.798 - growth efficiency

Facts

  • unlike other sea stars, males mount on females for mating (Ref: BosGuma2011)
  • males is a bit smaller than female (Ref: Wiki)
  • length-weight: wet weight (g) = 0.0007 * (radius in mm)^2.499 (Ref: BosGuma2011)

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