Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj climate: BSk, Cfa, Cfb migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: TP, THn food: biCi class:
MRE = 0.074 habitat: 0iFc gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.009 embryo: Fv reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 30 30.14 (0.004771) d age at birth BeadGino2008
am 912.5 911.7 (0.0008586) d life span guess
Lb 0.7 0.6266 (0.1049) cm total length at birth BeadGino2008
Lp 1.85 1.846 (0.002222) cm total length at puberty for female BeadGino2008
Li 8 8.656 (0.08194) cm ultimate total length for felmale fishbase
Lim 4.7 4.811 (0.0237) cm ultimate total length for male fishbase
Wwb 0.0031 0.003042 (0.01867) g wet weight at birth BeadGino2008, fishbase
Wwi 7.3 8.018 (0.0984) g ultimate wet weight of female fishbase
Wwim 1.34 1.202 (0.1028) g ultimate wet weight of male fishbase
Ri 1.644 1.581 (0.03795) #/d maximum reprod rate BeadGino2008

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL_f Data for females, males time since birth total length (0.07729) BeadGino2008
tL_m Data for females, males time since birth total length (0.1225) BeadGino2008

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Gambusia holbrooki Unit Description
v 0.02 0.02303 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.8775 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 21.87 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.8022 - growth efficiency

Discussion

  • Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} only
  • mod_1: males have equal state variables at b, compared to females

Facts

  • ovoviviparous, not viviparous, so reproduction is by eggs (Ref: Wiki)
  • leight-weight: Ww (in g) = 0.00977*(TL in cm)^3.18 (Ref: fishbase)

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