Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj climate: MA migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: MC food: bjPz, jiCi, jiCvf class:
MRE = 0.079 habitat: 0iMp gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.021 embryo: Mc reprod: Os family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
am 365 376.8 (0.03243) d life span for female MiyaOta2006
Lp 60 62.29 (0.03811) cm mantle length at puberty sealifebase
Li 100 90.01 (0.09987) cm mantle length at death sealifebase
L300 80 76.76 (0.0405) cm mantle length at 300 d sealifebase
Wwb 0.0141 0.01406 (0.002724) g wet weight at birth GuerGonz2002
Wwi 3e+04 2.863e+04 (0.04576) g wet weight at death sealifebase
Ww300 1.75e+04 1.775e+04 (0.01445) g mantle length at 300 d sealifebase
Ni 4.8e+05 4.893e+05 (0.01944) # cum reprod at death GuerGonz2002

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL time since birth mantle length (0.2003) MiyaOta2006

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Thysanoteuthis rhombus Unit Description
v 0.02 0.02651 cm/d energy conductance
p_M 18 257.2 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
k 0.3 0.04261 - maintenance ratio
kap 0.8 0.74 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_G 0.8 0.8017 - growth efficiency
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency

Discussion

  • Males are assumed not to differ from females
  • Reproductive output is assumed to correspond to death at 330 d
  • Temperatures are guessed

Facts

  • typically lives for 1 yr; planktontic egg masses (Ref: GuerGonz2002)

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