Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std climate: Cfa, Cfb, Dfa, Dfb, Dfc migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.6 ecozone: TH food: biPp, biD class:
MRE = 0.106 habitat: 0iFp, 0iFl, 0iFm gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.033 embryo: Fbf reprod: Apf family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 8 7.749 (0.03136) d age at birth BoerVijv1994
am 140 147.9 (0.05651) d life span guess
Lb 0.04 0.04236 (0.05907) cm total length at birth guess
Lp 0.085 0.06702 (0.2115) cm total length at puberty Vijv1980
Li 0.17 0.1668 (0.01874) cm ultimate total length nina
Wdi 23.5 25.56 (0.08745) mug ultimate dry weight Mich2005
Ri 2.667 2.613 (0.02022) #/d maximum reprod rate BoerVijv1994

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
Tab temperature age at birth (0.2546) Vijv1980
XLp food density length at puberty (0.3044) BoerVijv1994
tL time since birth length (0.0157) Vijv1980

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Daphnia cucullata Unit Description
v 0.02 0.03627 cm/d energy conductance
p_M 18 1400 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
k 0.3 0.006286 - maintenance ratio
kap 0.8 0.73 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_G 0.8 0.8083 - growth efficiency
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency

Facts

  • parthenogenetic reproduction, continuous moulting; cladocerans reach maturity in 3-8 moults (Ref: nina)
  • weight W = exp(1.586 + 2.963 * ln(L)); the weight (mug) and L the body length (mm) (Ref: Mich2005)

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