Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj climate: MC migrate: Mo phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: MANW food: bjPz, biCi class:
MRE = 0.063 habitat: 0jMp, jiMr, jpMm gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.008 embryo: Mp reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 8 8.504 (0.063) d age at birth guess
am 8395 8452 (0.006848) d life span fishbase
Lp 43 39.67 (0.07744) cm total length at puberty for females ChanMors1999
Lpm 40 39.58 (0.01052) cm total length at puberty for males ChanMors1999
Li 135 133.2 (0.01346) cm ultimate total length for female fishbase
Lim 133 105 (0.2106) cm ultimate total length for male fishbase
Wwb 0.00022 0.0001992 (0.09432) g wet weight at birth ChanMors1999
Wwp 578 590.1 (0.0209) g wet weight at puberty fishbase
Wwi 2.1e+04 2.233e+04 (0.06329) g ultimate wet weight fishbase
Ri 4.11e+04 3.89e+04 (0.05334) #/d max reoduction rate fishbase

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
LW_f Data for females, males total length weight (0.1278) ClayClay1991
LW_m Data for females, males total length weight (0.1259) ClayClay1991
tL_fm time since birth total length (0.06882) ClayClay1991

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Urophycis tenuis Unit Description
v 0.02 0.03726 cm/d energy conductance
p_M 18 30.75 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002081 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
k 0.3 0.3533 - maintenance ratio
kap 0.8 0.6097 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_G 0.8 0.8017 - growth efficiency
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency

Discussion

  • Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} only
  • I had to add 1 yr to age estimates to arrive at a natural fit for tL data

Facts

  • length-weight: Ww in g = 0.00398*(TL in cm)^3.16 (Ref: fishbase)
  • mostly found at 180 m (Ref: fishbase)

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