Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std	climate:	MA	migrate:
COMPLETE = 2.3	ecozone:	MAW	food:	jiCie
MRE = 0.065	habitat:	0jMp, jiMr	gender:	D
SMSE = 0.058	embryo:	Mp	reprod:	O

Zero-variate data
Data	Observed	Predicted	(RE)	Unit	Description	Reference
am	4745	4750	(0.001046)	d	life span	flmnh
Lp	23.5	24.05	(0.02335)	cm	total length at puberty	fishbase
Li	60	56.88	(0.05197)	cm	ultimate total length	fishbase
Wwb	0.000195	0.0002149	(0.102)	g	wet weight at birth	MacK2008
Wwi	5400	5035	(0.06768)	g	ultimate wet weight	fishbase
Ri	2192	2415	(0.1018)	#/d	max reprod rate	guess

Uni-variate data
Dataset	Figure	(RE)	Independent variable	Dependent variable	Reference
tL	see Fig. 1	(0.07946)	time since birth	fork length	AlbuMart2011
LW	see Fig. 2	(0.09471)	fork length	wet weight	AlbuMart2011

Pseudo-data at Tref
Data	Generalised animal	Balistes vetula	Unit	Description
v	0.02	0.007705	cm/d	energy conductance
kap	0.8	0.9	-	allocation fraction to soma
kap_R	0.95	0.95	-	reproduction efficiency
p_M	18	11.9	J/d.cm^3	vol-spec som maint
k_J	0.002	0.002042	1/d	maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G	0.8	0.7991	-	growth efficiency

Facts

• reef-associated; depth range 2 - 275 m, usually 3 - 30 m (ref: fishbase)
• Feeds on molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms, especially the sea urchin Diadema antillarium (ref: arkive)
• No sex difference in growth, but femlaes become older (ref: AlbuMart2011)

Discussion

Bibliography

• [Wiki] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balistes_vetula.
• [fishbase] http://www.fishbase.org/summary/19.
• [arkive] http://www.arkive.org/queen-triggerfish/balistes-vetula/.
• [flmnh] https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/discover/species-profiles/balistes-vetula/.
• [AlbuMart2011] C. Q. de Albuquerque, A. S. Martins, N. de Oliveira Leite Jr, J. N. de Araujo, and A. M. Ribeiro. Age and growth of the queen triggerfish Balistes vetula (Tetraodontiformes, Balistidae) of the central coast of Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Oceonagraphy, 59:231--239, 2011.
• [Kooy2010] S.A.L.M. Kooijman. Dynamic Energy Budget theory for metabolic organisation. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 2010.
• [MacK2008] C. MacKichan Simmons. Gray triggerfish Balistes capriscus, reproductive behaviour, early life history, and competitive iteractions between red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, in the nothern Gulf of Mexico. PhD thesis, Auburn University, 2008.

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Bas Kooijman, 2017/04/01

accepted: 2017/04/01

refer to this entry as: AmP Balistes vetula version 2017/04/01 bio.vu.nl/thb/deb/deblab/add_my_pet/