Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std climate: Af, Am, Aw migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: TN food: biCi, biCvf class:
MRE = 0.091 habitat: 0bTd, biFc, biFr gender: Dg order:
SMSE = 0.037 embryo: Tt reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 208 170.6 (0.1796) d age at birth Prit2008
am 1.307e+04 1.307e+04 (0.0003674) d life span AnAge
L0 3.5 3.285 (0.06136) cm egg diameter Prit2008
Lb 4.9 5.159 (0.05277) cm carapace length at birth Prit2008
Lp 33.3 33.33 (0.001037) cm carapace length at puberty guess
Li 44.7 46.02 (0.02954) cm ultimate carapace length Prit2008
L274 27 13.2 (0.5112) cm carapace length at 274 d since L = 8 cm Prit2008
Wwb 15 16.18 (0.0787) g wet weight at birth Prit2008
Wwi 1.17e+04 1.149e+04 (0.01809) g ultimate wet weight Prit2008
Ww61 30 31.99 (0.06637) g wet weight at 61 d since birth Prit2008
Ww122 60 54.83 (0.08622) g wet weight at 122 d since birth Prit2008
Ri 0.08767 0.08773 (0.0007089) #/d maximum reprod rate Prit2008

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL time since birth carapace length (0.0973) Prit2008

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Chelus fimbriata Unit Description
v 0.02 0.01396 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.8639 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 23.96 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.8012 - growth efficiency

Discussion

  • Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} and E_Hb only

Facts

  • Males may be somewhat smaller on average (Ref: Prit2008)
  • Specialized in fish eating (Ref: Prit2008)

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