Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: stx	climate: MA, MB, MC	migrate: Ml	phylum: Chordata
COMPLETE = 2.5	ecozone: MC	food: bxM, xiCic, xiCvf	class: Mammalia
MRE = 0.036	habitat: 0iMp	gender: Dg	order: Cetartiodactyla
SMSE = 0.004	embryo: Mv	reprod: O	family: Kogiidae

Zero-variate data

Data	Observed	Predicted	(RE)	Unit	Description	Reference
tg	335	350.4	(0.04594)	d	gestation time	AnAge
tx	365	364.7	(0.0006883)	d	time since birth at weaning	ADW
tp	1825	1836	(0.00608)	d	time since birth at puberty for female	Plon2004
tpm	1825	1792	(0.01808)	d	time since birth at puberty for male	Plon2004
am	6935	6942	(0.0009529)	d	life span	Plon2004
Lb	103	97.83	(0.05015)	cm	total length at birth	Plon2004
Lp	215	215.6	(0.002559)	cm	total length at puberty for females	Plon2004
Lpm	197	214.2	(0.08725)	cm	total length at puberty for males	Plon2004
Li	255	247.9	(0.02798)	cm	ultimate length of female	Plon2004
Wwb	1.4e+04	1.429e+04	(0.02072)	g	wet weight at birth	Plon2004
Ri	0.00274	0.00274	(2.459e-05)	#/d	maximum reprod rate	AnAge

Uni- and bivariate data

Data	Figure	Independent variable	Dependent variable	(RE)	Reference
LW		length	weight	(0.1251)	Plon2004
tL		time since birth	length	(0.08159)	Plon2004

Pseudo-data at T_ref = 20°C

Data	Generalised animal	Kogia sima	Unit	Description
v	0.02	0.02876	cm/d	energy conductance
kap	0.8	0.7362	-	allocation fraction to soma
kap_R	0.95	0.95	-	reproduction efficiency
p_M	18	18.6	J/d.cm^3	vol-spec som maint
k_J	0.002	0.002	1/d	maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G	0.8	0.7999	-	growth efficiency

Discussion

• Males are assumed to differ from femals by E_Hp only

Facts

• Kogia can produce ink to evade predation, like cephalopods, (Ref: Wiki)

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