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

¹Parameter values as in Kiørboe (2003) except for aggregate radius and background concentration of target bacteria.

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

³Full expression and parameterization can be found in Eq. 6, Kiørboe (2003) or by requesting the code used here.