Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj climate: MB, MC migrate: Mo phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: MAE food: biCi class:
MRE = 0.133 habitat: 0iMcp gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.025 embryo: Fc, Fh reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 26 22.7 (0.1271) d age at birth PalmCull2006
ap 365 348.2 (0.04611) d age at puberty TurnBamb1981
am 1825 1827 (0.001035) d life span fishbase
Lb 0.696 0.7885 (0.1328) cm total length at birth PalmCull2006
Lp 6.8 7.704 (0.133) cm total length at puberty PajuLore2000
Li 21 23.96 (0.1409) cm ultimate total length eol
Wwb 0.0022 0.002345 (0.06607) g wet weight at birth PajuLore2000
Wwp 2.26 2.188 (0.03186) g wet weight at puberty PajuLore2000
Wwi 70.4 65.81 (0.06521) g ultimate wet weight PajuLore2000
Ri 18.9 18.81 (0.004805) #/d maximum reprod rate TurnBamb1981

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL time since birth total length (0.1441) MoreMora2003

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Atherina presbyter Unit Description
v 0.02 0.02951 cm/d energy conductance
p_M 18 35.83 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
k 0.3 0.2894 - maintenance ratio
kap 0.8 0.6546 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_G 0.8 0.807 - growth efficiency
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency

Facts

  • W = 0.006536 * L^3.04102 (males), 0.006542 * L^3.04922 (females) (Ref: PajuLore2000)
  • Most female sand-smelts (73%) matured at the end of their first year of life, fecundities ranging on average from 1394 eggs per female for 1+ group fish to 6872 for III+ fish. (Ref: TurnBamb1981)

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