Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: stf climate: MB migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: MC food: biCi, biCvf class:
MRE = 0.052 habitat: 0iMcp gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.004 embryo: Mv reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 730 777.2 (0.06472) d age at birth ADW
am 1.095e+04 1.093e+04 (0.002184) d life span ADW
Lb 65 58.82 (0.095) cm total length at birth ADW
Lp 175 171 (0.02292) cm total length at puberty for females ADW
Lpm 170 174 (0.02359) cm total length at puberty for males ADW
Li 325 317.9 (0.02178) cm ultimate total length for females fishbase
Lim 300 323.9 (0.07973) cm ultimate total length for males guess
Wwi 2.087e+05 2.127e+05 (0.01894) g ultimate wet weight fishbase
Ri 0.01781 0.01749 (0.01796) #/d maximum reprod rate ADW

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL_f Data for females, males time since birth total length (0.07232) WaltEber1991
tL_m Data for females, males time since birth total length (0.04395) WaltEber1991

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Carcharhinus brachyurus Unit Description
v 0.02 0.032 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.7099 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 11.67 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.0006615 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.799 - growth efficiency
k 0.3 0.2968 - maintenance ratio

Discussion

  • Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} only
  • The little curvature in tL data gives parameter estimation problems

Facts

  • length-weight: 0.00468*(TL in cm)^3.09 (Ref: fishbase)
  • Preferred temp 27 C,usually 20 - 65 m deep (Ref: fishbase)

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