Fitting and Analysing Thermal Performance Curves

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Documentation for package ‘rTPC’ version 1.0.4

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bacteria_tpc	Example thermal performance curves of bacterial growth
beta_2012	Beta model for fitting thermal performance curves
boatman_2017	Boatman model for fitting thermal performance curves
briere2_1999	Briere2 model for fitting thermal performance curves
calc_params	Calculate extra parameters of a thermal performance curve
chlorella_tpc	Example metabolic thermal performance curves
delong_2017	DeLong enzyme-assisted Arrhenius model for fitting thermal performance curves
deutsch_2008	Modified deutsch model for fitting thermal performance curves
flinn_1991	Flinn model for fitting thermal performance curves
gaussian_1987	Gaussian model for fitting thermal performance curves
get_breadth	Estimate thermal performance breadth of a thermal performance curve
get_ctmax	Estimate the critical thermal maximum of a thermal performance curve
get_ctmin	Estimate the critical thermal minimum of a thermal performance curve
get_e	Estimate the activation energy of a thermal performance curve
get_eh	Estimate the deactivation energy of a thermal performance curve
get_lower_lims	Set broad lower limits on parameter values
get_model_names	Lists the models available in rTPC
get_q10	Estimate the q10 value of a thermal performance curve
get_rmax	Estimate maximum rate of a thermal performance curve
get_skewness	Estimates skewness of a thermal performance curve
get_start_vals	Estimate start values for TPC fitting
get_thermalsafetymargin	Estimate thermal safety margin of a thermal performance curve
get_thermaltolerance	Estimate thermal tolerance of a thermal performance curve
get_topt	Estimate optimum temperature of a thermal performance curve
get_upper_lims	Set broad upper limits on parameter values
hinshelwood_1947	Hinshelwood model for fitting thermal performance curves
joehnk_2008	Jöhnk model for fitting thermal performance curves
johnsonlewin_1946	Johnson-Lewin model for fitting thermal performance curves
kamykowski_1985	Kamykowski model for fitting thermal performance curves
lactin2_1995	Lactin2 model for fitting thermal performance curves
lrf_1991	Lobry-Rosso-Flandros (LRF) model for fitting thermal performance curves
modifiedgaussian_2006	Modified gaussian model for fitting thermal performance curves
oneill_1972	O'Neill model for fitting thermal performance curves
pawar_2018	Pawar model for fitting thermal performance curves
quadratic_2008	Quadratic model for fitting thermal performance curves
ratkowsky_1983	Ratkowsky model for fitting thermal performance curves
rezende_2019	Rezende model for fitting thermal performance curves
sharpeschoolfull_1981	Full Sharpe-Schoolfield model for fitting thermal performance curves
sharpeschoolhigh_1981	Sharpe-Schoolfield model (high temperature inactivation only) for fitting thermal performance curves
sharpeschoollow_1981	Sharpe-Schoolfield model (low temperature inactivation only) for fitting thermal performance curves
spain_1982	Spain model for fitting thermal performance curves
thomas_2012	Thomas model (2012) for fitting thermal performance curves
thomas_2017	Thomas model (2017) for fitting thermal performance curves
weibull_1995	Weibull model for fitting thermal performance curves