Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj climate: MB migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: MISE, MPSW food: bjPz, jiCi, jiCvf class:
MRE = 0.154 habitat: 0iMp gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.130 embryo: Mp reprod: Os family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 122 40.9 (0.6648) d age at birth Wiki
tp 365 328.5 (0.09993) d time since birth at puberty Wiki
am 620.5 634.1 (0.0219) d life span Wiki
Li 50 30.34 (0.3931) cm mantle length at death Wiki
Wwb 0.0645 0.06719 (0.04169) g weight at birth guess
Wwi 1.05e+04 1.054e+04 (0.00365) g weight at death Wiki
Ni 300 300.2 (0.0008205) # cum reprod at Li ADW

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
LWw mantle length wet weight (0.1814) ODorAitk2005
tWw time time birth wet weight (0.7604) ODorAitk2005

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Sepia apama Unit Description
v 0.02 0.011 cm/d energy conductance
p_M 18 22.97 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.00121 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
k 0.3 0.2909 - maintenance ratio
kap 0.8 0.9809 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_G 0.8 0.7955 - growth efficiency
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency

Discussion

  • males are assumed not to differ from females, due to lack of data
  • Temperatures are guessed
  • ab is ignored due to inconsistency with other data; perhaps t_0 is large

Facts

  • Only known mass cuttlefish spawning aggregation in upper Spencer Gulf, Australia (Ref: Wiki)

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