Inferring functional traits in a deep-sea wood-boring bivalve using dynamic energy budget theory.

ABSTRACT: For species in the deep sea, there is a knowledge gap related to their functional traits at all stages of their life cycles. Dynamic energy budget (DEB) theory has been proven to be an efficient framework for estimating functional traits throughout a life cycle using simulation modelling. An abj-DEB model, which compared with the standard DEB model includes an extra juvenile stage between the embryo and the usual juvenile stages, has been successfully implemented for the deep-sea Atlantic woodeater Xylonora atlantica. Most of the core and primary parameter values of the model were in the range of those found for shallow marine bivalve species; however, in comparison to shallow marine bivalves, X. atlantica required less energy conductance and energy to reach the puberty stage for the same

SUBMITTER: Gaudron SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608800 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature