An introduction to Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) models with special emphasis on parameter estimation
In: Journal of Sea Research. Elsevier/Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Amsterdam; Den Burg. ISSN 1385-1101; e-ISSN 1873-1414, more
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| Keywords |
Energy budget
Models
Parameterization
Bivalvia [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Author keywords |
Dynamic Energy Budgets; metabolic theory of ecology; scope for growth;Mytilus edulis |
| Abstract |
Theories of dynamic energy budgets (DEB) link physiological processes of individual organisms, such as ingestion, assimilation, respiration, growth and reproduction, in a single framework. In this introduction, I summarise the most encompassing DEB theory developed so far [Kooijman, S.A.L.M., 2000. Dynamic Energy and Mass Budgets in Biological Systems. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge.] and compare it with various alternative approaches. I further review applications of the DEB model to particular species and discuss what sort of data sets are needed and have been used to estimate the various model parameters. Finally, I argue that more comparative work, i.e. applying DEB models to a wide range of species, is needed, to see whether we can understand the variability in parameter values among species in terms of their ecology and phylogeny. |
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