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. 2013 Oct 3;3(13):4300–4309. doi: 10.1002/ece3.789

Table 2.

Parameter values

Symbol Definition Units Default Value1
E Target bacteria density on aggregate cells cm−2
B Bacterial density on aggregate cells cm−2
C Ciliate density on aggregate cells cm−2
F Flagellate density on aggregate cells cm−2
r Aggregate radius cm 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1
EW Background concentration of target bacteria cells cm−3 10, 100, 1000, 10,000
BW Background concentration of bacteria cells cm−3 106
FW Background concentration of flagellates cells cm−3 103
CW Background ciliate concentration cells cm−3 10
βB Encounter rate kernel for bacteria cm min−1 Equation2
βF Encounter rate kernel for flagellates cm min−1 Equation2
βC Encounter rate kernel for ciliates cm min−1 Equation2
μ Bacterial growth rate min−1 Equation3
δB Bacterial detachment rate min−1 2.3 × 10−2
δF Flagellate detachment rate min−1 6.7 × 10−3
δC Ciliate detachment rate min−1 6.4 × 10−4
γ Permanent attachment rate of bacteria min−1 2.3 × 10−3
κF Flagellate surface clearance cm2 min−1 5 × 10−7
κC Ciliate surface clearance cm2 min−1 1.25 × 10−5
TF Flagellate prey handling time min 0.24
TC Ciliate prey handling time min 0.24
YF Flagellate growth yield cells cell−1 0.003
YC Ciliate growth yield cells cell−1 0.003
1

Parameter values as in Kiørboe (2003) except for aggregate radius and background concentration of target bacteria.

2

Full expression and parameterization can be found in Eq. 2, Kiørboe (2003) or by requesting the code used here.

3

Full expression and parameterization can be found in Eq. 6, Kiørboe (2003) or by requesting the code used here.