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parameters for 'animal'

created 2000/11/02 by Bas Kooijman, modified 2009/09/29 not all parameters are required for any particular application warning: length units refer to volumetric lengths multiply by the shape coefficient for physical length suggestion: copy pars_animal first to pars_mydata before changing values then run pars_mydata

mydata = 0; foetus = 0; % for compatibility with pars_my_pet in add_my_pet

global T T_ref pars_T TC pT_Am pT_M k
global n_O n_M w_O d_O mu_T mu_M mu_O mu_E eta_O M_Vb M_Vp M_Vm M_E0 M_Em m_Em p_ref M_V
global f K eb_min ep_min y_E_X y_X_E y_V_E y_E_V y_P_X y_X_P kap kap_R
global jT_X_Am jT_E_Am JT_X_Am JT_E_Am jT_E_M jT_E_J
global vT g kT_M kT_J E_G R_m hT_a s_G a_m
global L_d L_b L_p L_m L_T l_b l_p l_T V_Hb v_Hb v_Hp u_Hb u_Hp U_Hb U_Hp

temperature parameters (in Kelvin)

these pars are not relevant if T = T_1
T    =   293; % K, actual body temperature
T_ref  = 293; % K, temp for which rate pars are given

T_A  =  8000; % K, Arrhenius temp
T_L  =   277; % K, lower boundary tolerance range
T_H  =   318; % K, upper boundary tolerance range
T_AL = 20000; % K, Arrhenius temp for lower boundary
T_AH =190000; % K, Arrhenius temp for upper boundary
pars_T = [T_A T_L T_H T_AL T_AH];

food abundance

values computed in routine statistics depend on this

f = 1.0; % scaled functional response
% this is the food intake relative to the max for individuals of that size

chemical indices (relative elemental frequencies)

notice that these values relate to dry mass wet mass has ten times more H and O, relative to C organic compounds columns: food, structure, reserve, faeces X V E P

n_O = [1.00, 1.00, 1.00, 1.00;  % C/C, equals 1 by definition
       1.80, 1.80, 2.00, 1.80;  % H/C
       0.50, 0.50, 0.75, 0.50;  % O/C
       0.20, 0.15, 0.20, 0.15]; % N/C

% minerals
%   rows: elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
%   columns: carbon dioxide (C), water (H), dioxygen (O), ammonia (N)
%     CO2 H2O O2 NH3
n_M = [1,  0, 0,  0;  % C
       0,  2, 0,  3;  % H
       2,  1, 2,  0;  % O
       0,  0, 0,  1]; % N

parameters that link moles to grams (wet weight), volumes and energy

%   given in vector form for food, structure, reserve, feaces
%   these parameters do not affect the dynamics; just output mapping
d_O = [.1; .1; .1; .1];     % g/cm^3, specific densities for organics
% dry mass per wet volume
mu_X = 525000;                    % J/mol, chemical potential of food
mu_V = 500000;                    % J/mol, chemical potential of structure
mu_E = 550000;                    % J/mol, chemical potential of reserve
mu_P = 480000;                    % J/mol, chemical potential of faeces
mu_O = [mu_X; mu_V; mu_E; mu_P];  %J/mol, chemical potentials of organics

mu_M = [0; 0; 0; 0];           % kJ/mol, chemical potentials of minerals
% C: CO2, H: H2O, O: O2, N: NH3

% molar volume of gas at 1 bar and 20 C is 24.4 L/mol
X_gas = T_ref/ T/ 24.4;     % M, mol of gas per litre at 20 C and 1 bar

conversion parameters

z = 1;       % zoom factor rel to reference L_m = 1 cm to compare species
del_M = .16; % -, shape coefficient to convert vol-length to physical length

primary parameters of the standard DEB model in energy

only p_Am, E_Hb, E_Hp, h_a depend on zoom factor z (interspecifically)

F_m = 6.5;       % l/d.cm^2, {F_m} max spec searching rate
kap_X = 0.8;     % -, digestion efficiency of food to reserve
kap_X_P = 0.1;   % -, faecation efficiency of food to faeces
% kap_X_P does not affect state varables, only mineral and faeces fluxes
v = 0.02;        % cm/d, energy conductance
kap = 0.8;       % -, alloaction fraction to soma = growth + somatic maintenance
kap_R = 0.95;    % -, reproduction efficiency
p_M = 18;        % J/d.cm^3, [p_M] vol-specific somatic maintenance
p_T =  0;        % J/d.cm^2, {p_T} surface-specific som maintenance
k_J = 0.002;     % 1/d, < k_M = p_M/E_G, maturity maint rate coefficient
E_G = 2800;      % J/cm^3, [E_G], spec cost for structure

% life stage parameters: b = birth; i = metamorphosis; p = puberty
% E_H is the cumulated energy from reserve invested in maturation
E_Hb = 1e-3 * 275 * z^3; % J, E_H^b
E_Hj = E_Hb;             % J, E_H^j, no metamorphosis
E_Hp = 50 * z^3;         % J, E_H^p

% aging process
h_a = z * 1e-6;   % 1/d^2, Weibull aging acceleration
s_G = 1e-4;       % -, Gompertz stress coefficient

parscomp          % compound parameters
statistics        % food-dependend quantities
report_animal     % print result to screen
Parameter values 
reference temp, T_ref, K       293 
actual temp, T, K       293 
temperature correction factor, c_T, -         1 
initial reserve mass at growth ceasing at birth, M_E^0, mol  2.619e-06 
initial reserve mass at maturation ceasing at birth, M_E^0, mol  2.605e-06 
initial reserve mass at maturation ceasing at puberty, M_E^0, mol  2.76e-06 
initial reserve mass at f, M_E^0, mol  3.312e-06 
initial reserve energy at f, E_0, J     1.822 
initial dry weight at f, W_d^0, g  9.539e-05 
fraction of reserve left at birth, U_E^b/ U_E^0, -    0.2367 
structural length at birth, L_b, cm   0.07264 
structural mass at birth, M_V^b, mol  1.604e-06 
physical length at birth, L_w^b, cm     0.454 
dry weight at birth, W_d^b, g  6.092e-05 
birth weight as fraction of max, W_b/ W_m, -  0.0003833 
structural length at metamorphosis, L_j, cm   0.07264 
structural mass at metamorphosis, M_V^j, mol  1.604e-06 
physical length at metamorphosis, L_w^j, cm     0.454 
dry weight at metamorphosis, W_d^j, g  6.092e-05 
metamorphosis weight as fraction of max, W_j/ W_m, -  0.0003833 
structural length at puberty, L_p, cm    0.3774 
structural mass at puberty, M_V^p, mol  0.000225 
physical length at puberty, L_w^p, cm     2.359 
dry weight at puberty, W_d^p, g  0.008545 
puberty weight as fraction of max, W_p/ W_m, -   0.05377 
maximum structural length, L_m, cm         1 
ultimate structural length, L_i, cm        1 
ultimate structural mass, M_V^i, mol  0.004184 
physical ultimate length, L_w^i, cm      6.25 
maximum dry weight, W_d^m, g    0.1589 
ultimate dry weight, W_d^i, g   0.1589 
fraction of weight that is structure, del_V, -    0.6293 
max spec searching rate at T, {F_m}, l/d.cm^2      6.5 
clearance rate at birth, CR_b, l/d   0.0343 
clearance rate at puberty, CR_p, l/d    0.926 
ultimate clearance rate, CR_i, l/d      6.5 
half saturation coefficient, K, M  8.242e-06 
food dens for maturation ceasing at birth, X_J^b, M  6.384e-07 
food dens for growth ceasing at birth, X_G^b, M  1.985e-07 
food dens for maturation and growth ceasing at puberty, X_J^p, M  3.223e-06 
scaled functional response, f, -         1 
func resp for growth ceasing at birth, f_G^b, -   0.07189 
func resp for maturation ceasing at birth, f_J^b, -   0.02352 
func resp for maturation and growth ceasing at puberty, f_J^p, -    0.2811 
max surface-spec feeding rate, {p_Xm}, J/d.cm^2     28.13 
max surface-spec feeding rate, {J_XAm}, mol/d.cm^2  5.357e-05 
food energy intake at birth, p_Xb, J/d   0.1484 
food mass intake at birth, J_XAb, mol/d 2.827e-07 
food energy intake at puberty, p_Xp, J/d    4.007 
food mass intake at puberty, J_XAp, mol/d 7.632e-06 
ultimate food energy intake, p_Xi, J/d    28.13 
ultimate food mass intake, J_XAi, mol/d 5.357e-05 
max survival time when starved, [E_m]/[p_M], d     62.5 
max spec assimilation rate at T, {p_Am}, J/d.cm^2     22.5 
max surface-spec assimilation rate, {J_EAm}, mol/d.cm^2  4.091e-05 
yield of reserve on food, y_EX, mol/mol    0.7636 
yield of faeces on food, y_PX, mol/mol    0.1094 
energy conductance at T, v, cm/d     0.02 
maximum reserve residence time, t_E, d       50 
reserve capacity, [E_m], J/cm^3      1125 
reserve capacity, m_Em, mol/mol    0.4889 
vol-specific somatic maintenance at T, [p_M], J/d.cm^3       18 
surface-specific som maintenance at T, {p_T}, J/d.cm^2        0 
heating length, L_T, cm         0 
somatic maintenance rate coeff, k_M, 1/d 0.006429 
maturity maint rate coefficient at T, k_J, 1/d    0.002 
maintenance ratio, k, -    0.3111 
volume-spec som maint costs, [J_EM], mol/d.cm^3  3.273e-05 
surface-spec som maint costs, {J_ET}, mol/d.cm^2         0 
mass-spec somatic  maint costs, j_EM,  mol/mol.d  0.007822 
mass-spec maturity  maint costs, j_EJ, mol/mol.d  0.002433 
specific dynamic action, SDA, mol O/ mol X    0.1865 
respiration quotient for L = L_m, RQ, mol C/ mol O     1.026 
urination quotient for L = L_m, UQ, mol N/ mol O    0.2051 
watering quotient for L = L_m, WQ, mol H/ mol O    0.7179 
heat dissipation for L = L_i, p_T^+, J/d     21.13 
dioxygen use per gram max dry weight, L/g.h -0.0002078 
yield of structure on reserve, y_VE, mol/mol    0.8219 
growth efficiency, kappa_G, -    0.7472 
energy investment ratio, g, -     3.111 
von Bertalanffy growth rate, r_B, 1/d  0.001622 
ultimate reproduction rate, R_i, 1/d     2.295 
gonado-somatic index, GSI, mol/mol    0.4687 
age at birth, a_b, d      15.2 
age at metamorphosis, a_j, d      15.2 
age at puberty, a_p, d       261 
age at 99% of ultimate length, d     2809 
mean life span, a_m, d     597.7 
survival probability at birth, S_b, -         1 
survival probability at puberty, S_p, -    0.9425 
Weibull aging acceleration at T, h_a , 1/d^2    1e-06 
Weibull aging rate at T, h_W, 1/d 0.001494 
Gompertz aging rate at T, h_G, 1/d    2e-06 
vol-spec structural mass, [M_V], mol/cm^3  0.004184 
vol-spec structural energy, [E_V], J/cm^3      2092 
energy density of whole dry body, <E + E_V>, J/g  2.024e+04 
maximum specific population growth rate, r_m, 1/d   0.01225 
mean age of juveniles + adults at f=1, Ea, d      94.3 
mean structural length of juveniles + adults at f=1, EL, cm    0.1783 
mean squared structural length of juv + adults at f=1, EL^2, cm^2   0.04038 
mean structural cubed length of juv + adults at f=1, EL^3, cm^3   0.01131 
scaled func response at no pop growth, f_0, -    0.2868 
mean age of juveniles + adults at r=0, Ea, d     298.9 
mean structural length of juveniles + adults at r=0, EL, cm    0.1551 
mean squared structural length of juv + adults at r=0, EL^2, cm^2   0.02638 
mean cubed structural length of juv + adults at r=0, EL^3, cm^3   0.00471