Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj climate: MB migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: MISE, MPSW food: bjPz, jiCi, jiCvf class:
MRE = 0.072 habitat: 0iMp gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.016 embryo: Mp reprod: Os family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 122 18.13 (0.8514) d age at birth Wiki
tp 365 370.2 (0.0142) d time since birth at puberty Wiki
am 620.5 622.2 (0.002721) d life span Wiki
Li 50 44.87 (0.1026) cm mantle length at death Wiki
Wwb 0.0645 0.06622 (0.02663) g weight at birth guess
Wwi 1.05e+04 1.112e+04 (0.05915) g weight at death Wiki
Ni 300 302.3 (0.007676) # cum reprod at Li ADW

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
LWw mantle length wet weight (0.234) ODorAitk2005
tWw time time birth wet weight (0.2269) ODorAitk2005

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Sepia apama Unit Description
v 0.02 0.06558 cm/d energy conductance
p_M 18 18.39 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.001034 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
k 0.3 0.3086 - maintenance ratio
kap 0.8 0.9966 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_G 0.8 0.8002 - 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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