Table 1.
Scenario† | L∞ (cm)‡ | k‡ | Age at maturity (year) | Length at maturity (cm) |
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M = 0.1, SC = 0.05 (M = 0.122) | 88.4 (83.9) | 0.178 (0.191) | 9.7 (9.0) | 57.9 (55.0) |
M = 0.1, SC = 0.1 (M = 0.132) | 92.5 (83.5) | 0.168 (0.192) | 9.2 (8.4) | 61.0 (54.9) |
M = 0.1, SC = 0.15 (M = 0.143) | 94.8 (84.1) | 0.161 (0.191) | 8.6 (7.9) | 62.9 (55.4) |
M = 0.12, SC = 0.05 (M = 0.141) | 86.7 (84.0) | 0.182 (0.191) | 8.3 (7.9) | 57.2 (55.4) |
M = 0.12, SC = 0.1 (M = 0.154) | 89.6 (83.7) | 0.175 (0.191) | 7.7 (7.4) | 59.5 (55.3) |
M = 0.12, SC = 0.15 (M = 0.169) | 92.3 (81.8) | 0.168 (19.6) | 7.2 (6.7) | 61.5 (54.3) |
Simulations without the survival cost have the same overall rate of mortality but without the survival cost of reproduction; i.e., mortality among mature and immature individuals is the same.
Natural mortality is denoted with M and the survival cost of reproduction with SC.
von Bertalanffy growth parameters [see eqn (1) in the methods section].