Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: abj climate: Cfa, Dfa migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: THn food: biCi class:
MRE = 0.046 habitat: 0iFr gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.006 embryo: Fnm reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 8.5 8.892 (0.04609) d age at birth SimoWall2003
am 2555 2559 (0.001596) d life span ChanPars2000
Lp 8 8.64 (0.08005) cm total length at puberty SimoWall2003
Li 15 15.18 (0.01224) cm ultimate total length fishbase, ChanPars2000
Wwb 0.0082 0.008233 (0.004052) g wet weight at birth SimoWall2003
Wwp 3.6 4.635 (0.2876) g wet weight at puberty SimoWall2003, fishbase
Wwi 25.4 25.15 (0.00971) g ultimate wet weight fishbase
Ri 0.3507 0.3555 (0.01381) #/d maximum reprod rate SimoWall2003

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL time total length (0.02868) ChanPars2000

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Noturus phaeus Unit Description
v 0.02 0.08882 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.9394 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 18.85 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.8003 - growth efficiency

Facts

  • length-weight: Ww in g = 0.00575*(TL in cm)^3.10 (Ref: fishbase)
  • length-length: TL = 0.48+1.18*SL (Ref: ChanPars2000)
  • males and females don't differ in growth, but no females found exceeding 3 yrs of age (Ref: ChanPars2000)
  • male guards nest (Ref: SimoWall2003)

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