Table 1.

Baranyi model parameters, maximum decay rates, maximum decay rates transformed to ln(C_T/C₀) · day⁻¹, and decay rates

Temp (°C)	Salinity (‰)	Dmax (log10 copies h−1)	ha	y0	yendb	SE (fit)	R2	Dmax converted to log-linear decay rate [ln(CT/C0) day−1]c	Decay rate [ln(CT/C0) day−1]d	R2
10	0	−0.029	43.041	7.242	2.878	0.279	0.978	−1.575	−0.856	0.872
20	0	−0.050	26.270	6.835	2.897	0.269	0.976	−2.785	−1.221	0.815
30	0	−0.059		7.028	3.027	0.398	0.932	−3.255	−1.310	0.790
10	5	−0.013		7.299		0.356	0.948	−0.730	−0.759	0.958
20	5	−0.031		7.205	3.225	0.489	0.912	−1.702	−0.864	0.822
30	5	−0.026		6.628	2.822	0.419	0.929	−1.426	−0.714	0.913
10	30	−0.015	235.487	7.007		0.319	0.713	−0.829	−0.182	0.938
20	30	−0.008	79.686	6.913		0.292	0.871	−0.464	−0.438	0.927
30	30	−0.006		7.011		0.426	0.705	−0.321	−0.261	0.986

^ah is the shoulder time (see Materials and Methods for description). When no shoulder time is observed, there is no h, and the model is reduced by this parameter.

^by_end is the ending aysmptote (see Materials and Methods for description). When no final asymptote is observed, there is no y_end, and the model is reduced by this parameter.

^cMaximum decay rate estimated by the Baranyi-Roberts model converted to log-linear decay rate day⁻¹.

^dDecay rate calculated by Chick's law by linear regression; only the linear portions of decay curves were utilized.