Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std climate: MC migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.2 ecozone: MC food: biPn class:
MRE = 0.074 habitat: 0iMp gender: Hh order:
SMSE = 0.012 embryo: Mp reprod: Os family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 0.33 0.2342 (0.2902) d age at birth FenaGors1983
am 8 8.008 (0.0009722) d life span FenaGors1983
NR 164.6 129.1 (0.216) # total number of eggs at death LombScia2009

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
aL time since birth trunc length (0.06262) FenaGors1983
aLR time since birth total trunc length (0.1075) FenaGors1983
aWd time since birth dry weight (0.3158) FenaGors1983

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Oikopleura longicauda Unit Description
v 0.02 0.06795 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.5521 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.475 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 1300 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.001 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.8074 - growth efficiency

Discussion

  • Reproduction efficiency kap_R has been set to 0.95/2 because the species is simultaneous hermaphroditic

Facts

  • Produces a new house each 2 h (marine snow) (Ref: Wiki)
  • dies at first spawning (Ref: Wiki)

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