Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: stx	climate: ME	migrate: Ml	phylum: Chordata
COMPLETE = 2.5	ecozone: MS	food: bxM, xiCik	class: Mammalia
MRE = 0.037	habitat: 0iMp	gender: Dg	order: Cetartiodactyla
SMSE = 0.004	embryo: Mv	reprod: O	family: Balaenidae

Zero-variate data

Data	Observed	Predicted	(RE)	Unit	Description	Reference
tg	365	368.6	(0.009851)	d	gestation time	AnAge
tx	167.8	167.3	(0.002924)	d	time since birth at weaning	ADW
tp	3650	3673	(0.00629)	d	time since birth at puberty	ADW
am	3.65e+04	3.642e+04	(0.002292)	d	life span	Wiki
Lb	500	506.1	(0.01225)	cm	length at birth	ChriVivi2018
Li	1640	1524	(0.07085)	cm	ultimate length for females	Wiki
Lim	1500	1501	(0.0007146)	cm	ultimate length for males	Wiki
Wwb	2e+06	1.959e+06	(0.02055)	g	wet weight at birth	ChriVivi2018
Wwi	4.7e+07	5.346e+07	(0.1374)	g	ultimate wet weight	Wiki
Ri	0.0009132	0.0009093	(0.004334)	#/d	maximum reprod rate	AnAge

Uni- and bivariate data

Data	Figure	Independent variable	Dependent variable	(RE)	Reference
LV		length	volume	(0.1231)	ChriVivi2018
tL		time since birth	length	(0.03682)	ChriVivi2018

Pseudo-data at T_ref = 20°C

Data	Generalised animal	Eubalaena australis	Unit	Description
v	0.02	0.1025	cm/d	energy conductance
p_M	18	24.6	J/d.cm^3	vol-spec som maint
k_J	0.002	0.002	1/d	maturity maint rate coefficient
k	0.3	0.6379	-	maintenance ratio
kap	0.8	0.8399	-	allocation fraction to soma
kap_G	0.8	0.7998	-	growth efficiency
kap_R	0.95	0.95	-	reproduction efficiency

Discussion

• Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} only
• Growth between birth and weaning could only be captured with a larger energy conductance, else the max assim rate would become very large

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