Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std climate: Cfa, Cfb, Dfa, Dfb, Dfc migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.7 ecozone: TH food: biPp, biD class:
MRE = 0.133 habitat: 0iFp, 0iFl, 0iFm gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.040 embryo: Tbf reprod: Apf family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
Wdi 21 20.63 (0.01739) mug ultimate dry weight LemkBenk2003

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL_25 LemkBenk2003 data at 25, 20, 15, 10 C time since birth length (0.08147) LemkBenk2003
tL_20 LemkBenk2003 data at 25, 20, 15, 10 C time since birth length (0.04535) LemkBenk2003
tL_15 LemkBenk2003 data at 25, 20, 15, 10 C time since birth length (0.02266) LemkBenk2003
tL_10 LemkBenk2003 data at 25, 20, 15, 10 C time since birth length (0.05891) LemkBenk2003
tN_25 time since birth cumulative # of eggs (0.2378) LemkBenk2003
tN_20 time since birth cumulative # of eggs (0.3022) LemkBenk2003
tN_15 time since birth cumulative # of eggs (0.272) LemkBenk2003
tN_10 time since birth cumulative # of eggs (0.2732) LemkBenk2003
tS_25 time since birth surviving fraction (0.1995) LemkBenk2003
tS_20 time since birth surviving fraction (0.1763) LemkBenk2003
tS_15 time since birth surviving fraction (0.03661) LemkBenk2003
tS_10 time since birth surviving fraction (0.01831) LemkBenk2003
Ttp temperature time since birth at puberty (0.163) LemkBenk2003

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Scapholeberis mucronata Unit Description
v 0.02 0.0365 cm/d energy conductance
p_M 18 1400 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
k 0.3 0.006306 - maintenance ratio
kap 0.8 0.905 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_G 0.8 0.8057 - growth efficiency
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency

Discussion

  • Bad fit of Wdi is ignored, in favour of a typical value for del_M, on the basis of W propto L^1.4, which seems unrealistic
  • tN data has been adusted such that they are monotoneous

Facts

  • dry weight: ln (W in mug) = 3.281 + 1.420 * ln (L in mm) (Ref: LemkBenk2003)

Bibliography

Citation