Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: stx climate: MC migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.1 ecozone: MPN food: bxM, xiCvf, xiCic class:
MRE = 0.021 habitat: 0iMp gender: Dg order:
SMSE = 0.002 embryo: Mv reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
tg 365 397.1 (0.08781) d gestation time guess
tx 365 364.8 (0.0006503) d time since birth at weaning guess
am 1.46e+04 1.46e+04 (8.07e-05) d life span guess
Lb 210 208.5 (0.007222) cm length at birth AraiYama2004
Lp 412 413.9 (0.004522) cm length at puberty guess
Li 550 551.4 (0.002591) cm ultimate length for females Wiki
Lim 525 525 (9.047e-05) cm ultimate length for males Wiki
Wwb 7.34e+04 7.174e+04 (0.02268) g wet weight at birth guess
Wwi 1.32e+06 1.327e+06 (0.005549) g ultimate wet weight females Carw1995
Ri 0.00137 0.001372 (0.001592) #/d maximum reprod rate guess

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL time since birth length of root cementum (0.04835) AraiYama2004

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Mesoplodon stejnegeri Unit Description
v 0.02 0.04591 cm/d energy conductance
p_M 18 19.59 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
k 0.3 0.8011 - maintenance ratio
kap 0.8 0.9227 - 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} and E_Hp only
  • Teeth-length in tL data is taken to be propotional to total length, but this is not sure at all
  • Two group layers per year werr assumed, with one per year, the gestation time becomes too long

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