newTraitParams {mizer} | R Documentation |
Set up parameters for a trait-based multispecies model
Description
This functions creates a MizerParams
object describing a trait-based
model. This is a simplification of the general size-based model used in
mizer
in which the species-specific parameters are the same for all
species, except for the maximum size, which is considered the most
important trait characterizing a species. Other parameters are related to the
maximum size. For example, the size at maturity is given by w_max *
eta
, where eta
is the same for all species. For the trait-based model
the number of species is not important. For applications of the trait-based
model see Andersen & Pedersen (2010). See the mizer
website for more
details and examples of the trait-based model.
Usage
newTraitParams(
no_sp = 11,
min_w_max = 10,
max_w_max = 10^4,
min_w = 10^(-3),
max_w = max_w_max,
eta = 10^(-0.6),
min_w_mat = min_w_max * eta,
no_w = round(log10(max_w_max/min_w) * 20 + 1),
min_w_pp = 1e-10,
w_pp_cutoff = min_w_mat,
n = 2/3,
p = n,
lambda = 2.05,
r_pp = 0.1,
kappa = 0.005,
alpha = 0.4,
h = 40,
beta = 100,
sigma = 1.3,
f0 = 0.6,
fc = 0.25,
ks = NA,
gamma = NA,
ext_mort_prop = 0,
reproduction_level = 1/4,
R_factor = deprecated(),
gear_names = "knife_edge_gear",
knife_edge_size = 1000,
egg_size_scaling = FALSE,
resource_scaling = FALSE,
perfect_scaling = FALSE,
min_w_inf = deprecated(),
max_w_inf = deprecated()
)
Arguments
no_sp |
The number of species in the model. |
min_w_max |
The maximum size of the smallest species in the community. This will be rounded to lie on a grid point. |
max_w_max |
The maximum size of the largest species in the community. This will be rounded to lie on a grid point. |
min_w |
The size of the the egg of the smallest species. This also defines the start of the community size spectrum. |
max_w |
The largest size in the model. By default this is set to the
largest maximum size |
eta |
Ratio between maturity size and maximum size of a species.
Ignored if |
min_w_mat |
The maturity size of the smallest species. Default value is
|
no_w |
The number of size bins in the community spectrum. These bins will be equally spaced on a logarithmic scale. Default value is such that there are 20 bins for each factor of 10 in weight. |
min_w_pp |
The smallest size of the resource spectrum. By default this is set to the smallest value at which any of the consumers can feed. |
w_pp_cutoff |
The largest size of the resource spectrum. Default value
is min_w_max unless |
n |
Scaling exponent of the maximum intake rate. |
p |
Scaling exponent of the standard metabolic rate. By default this is
equal to the exponent |
lambda |
Exponent of the abundance power law. |
r_pp |
Growth rate parameter for the resource spectrum. |
kappa |
Coefficient in abundance power law. |
alpha |
The assimilation efficiency. |
h |
Maximum food intake rate. |
beta |
Preferred predator prey mass ratio. |
sigma |
Width of prey size preference. |
f0 |
Expected average feeding level. Used to set |
fc |
Critical feeding level. Used to determine |
ks |
Standard metabolism coefficient. If not provided, default will be
calculated from critical feeding level argument |
gamma |
Volumetric search rate. If not provided, default is determined
by |
ext_mort_prop |
The proportion of the total mortality that comes from external mortality, i.e., from sources not explicitly modelled. A number in the interval [0, 1). |
reproduction_level |
A number between 0 an 1 that determines the
level of density dependence in reproduction, see |
R_factor |
|
gear_names |
The names of the fishing gears for each species. A character vector, the same length as the number of species. |
knife_edge_size |
The minimum size at which the gear or gears select fish. A single value for each gear or a vector with one value for each gear. |
egg_size_scaling |
If TRUE, the egg size is a constant fraction of the
maximum size of each species. This fraction is |
resource_scaling |
If TRUE, the carrying capacity for larger resource is reduced to compensate for the fact that fish eggs and larvae are present in the same size range. |
perfect_scaling |
If TRUE then parameters are set so that the community abundance, growth before reproduction and death are perfect power laws. In particular all other scaling corrections are turned on. |
min_w_inf |
The argument has been
renamed to |
max_w_inf |
Details
The function has many arguments, all of which have default values. Of particular interest to the user are the number of species in the model and the minimum and maximum sizes.
The characteristic weights of the smallest species are defined by
min_w
(egg size), min_w_mat
(maturity size) and
min_w_max
(maximum size). The maximum sizes of
the no_sp
species
are logarithmically evenly spaced, ranging from min_w_max
to
max_w_max
.
Similarly the maturity sizes of the species are logarithmically evenly
spaced, so that the ratio eta
between maturity size and maximum
size is the same for all species. If egg_size_scaling = TRUE
then also
the ratio between maximum size and egg size is the same for all species.
Otherwise all species have the same egg size.
In addition to setting up the parameters, this function also sets up an initial condition that is close to steady state.
The search rate coefficient gamma
is calculated using the expected
feeding level, f0
.
The option of including fishing is given, but the steady state may loose its
natural stability if too much fishing is included. In such a case the user
may wish to include stabilising effects (like reproduction_level
) to ensure
the steady state is stable. Fishing selectivity is modelled as a knife-edge
function with one parameter, knife_edge_size
, which is the size at which
species are selected. Each species can either be fished by the same gear
(knife_edge_size
has a length of 1) or by a different gear (the length of
knife_edge_size
has the same length as the number of species and the order
of selectivity size is that of the maximum size).
The resulting MizerParams
object can be projected forward using
project()
like any other MizerParams
object. When projecting
the model it may be necessary to reduce dt
below 0.1 to avoid any
instabilities with the solver. You can check this by plotting the biomass or
abundance through time after the projection.
Value
An object of type MizerParams
See Also
Other functions for setting up models:
newCommunityParams()
,
newMultispeciesParams()
,
newSingleSpeciesParams()
Examples
params <- newTraitParams()
sim <- project(params, t_max = 5, effort = 0)
plotSpectra(sim)