Predictions & Data for this entry

Zero-variate data
Data	Observed	Predicted	(RE)	Unit	Description	Reference
tj	25	25.54	(0.02158)	d	time since hatch at metam	ADW
tp	1643	1522	(0.07348)	d	time since birth at puberty for females	ADW
tpm	912.5	872.2	(0.04418)	d	time since birth at puberty for males	ADW
am	1.095e+04	1.096e+04	(0.00101)	d	life span	MacNDome2001
Lb	0.2	0.2234	(0.1172)	cm	total length at birth	ADW
Lj	0.8	0.7538	(0.05775)	cm	total length at metam	ADW
Lp	40	44.04	(0.101)	cm	total length at puberty for females	ADW
Lpm	21.5	22.65	(0.05358)	cm	total length at puberty for males	ADW
Li	136.8	120.6	(0.1182)	cm	ultimate total length for females	MacNDome2001
Lim	92.5	87.28	(0.05639)	cm	ultimate total length for males	MacNDome2001
Wwb	0.00022	0.000216	(0.01806)	g	wet weight at birth	ADW
Wwi	3.3e+04	3.4e+04	(0.03021)	g	ultimate wet weight at 152 cm	ADW
Ri	1370	1374	(0.003142)	#/d	maximum reprod rate	fishbase

Pseudo-data at T_ref
Data	Generalised animal	Paralichthys californicus	Unit	Description
v	0.02	0.01553	cm/d	energy conductance
kap	0.8	0.9895	-	allocation fraction to soma
kap_R	0.95	0.95	-	reproduction efficiency
p_M	18	10.33	J/d.cm^3	vol-spec som maint
k_J	0.002	0.0005913	1/d	maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G	0.8	0.7984	-	growth efficiency
k	0.3	0.3	-	maintenance ratio

Subtropical; Weight (g) - Total Length (cm) relationship: W = 0.00814*TL^3.071 (ref: fishbase)
Both eyes can be dextral or sinistral (left or right side of body) (ref: ADW)

Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} and E_Hp only
The reproduction rate seems very small for a big fish with tiny eggs
In view of low somatic maintenance, pseudodata k_J = 0.002 1/d is replaced by pseudodata k = 0.3

The creation of this entry was supported by the Norwegian Science Council (NFR 255295)

[Wiki] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralichthys_californicus.
[fishbase] http://www.fishbase.org/summary/4228.
[ADW] http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Paralichthys_californicus/.
[Kooy2010] S.A.L.M. Kooijman. Dynamic Energy Budget theory for metabolic organisation. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 2010.
[MacNDome2001] L. S. MacNair, M. L. Domeier, and C. S. Y. Chun. Age, growth, and mortality of california halibut, Paralichthys californicus, along southern and central California. Fish. Bull., 99:588--600, 2001.