Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std climate: MA, MC, MC migrate: Mo phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: MC food: bpPz, bpCi class:
MRE = 0.042 habitat: 0iMp gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.003 embryo: Mp reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
tp 1679 1639 (0.02397) d time since birth at puberty FranGrig2004
am 5110 5175 (0.01267) d life span FranGrig2004
Lp 80 83.44 (0.04297) cm total fork at puberty FranGrig2004
Li 200 191.4 (0.04279) cm ultimate fork length FranGrig2004
Wwb 0.0064 0.006341 (0.009172) g wet weight at birth Cole2010
Wwi 2.5e+05 2.52e+05 (0.007905) g ultimate wet weight fishbase
Ri 1370 2201 (0.6069) #/d max repoduction rate at FL 963 mm guess

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL_f Data for females, males time since birth fork length (0.05076) FranGrig2004
tL_m Data for females, males time since birth fork length (0.05561) FranGrig2004

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Lampris guttatus Unit Description
v 0.02 0.01814 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.5 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 1230 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.8 - growth efficiency

Discussion

  • Preferred temperature 12.1 C, so body temperature 17 C is assumed
  • Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} only
  • Cole2010 gives an estimated fecundity of 7.2e6 to 9.7e6 eggs for FL 93.6 cm, but 5.7e5 seems to be maximum for optimized kappa, given the other best-fitting parameters.Notice that 8e6 eggs weigh 51 kg, while a fish of FL 93.6 weighs 23 kg. That seems a lot of eggs, even when accounting for partial dehydration
  • The large value for [p_M] that was found, probably relates to the cost of enthermy
  • mod_1: males have equal state variables at b, compared to females

Facts

  • Keeps its body core approximately 5 C warmer than its environment (Ref: Wiki)
  • weight-length Ww in g = 0.02239*(TL in cm)^3.02 (Ref: fishbase)

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