lrf_1991 {rTPC}

Lobry-Rosso-Flandros (LRF) model for fitting thermal performance curves

Description

Lobry-Rosso-Flandros (LRF) model for fitting thermal performance curves

Usage

lrf_1991(temp, rmax, topt, tmin, tmax)

Arguments

temp

temperature in degrees centigrade

rmax

maximum rate at optimum temperature

topt

optimum temperature (ºC)

tmin

low temperature (ºC) at which rates become negative

tmax

high temperature (ºC) at which rates become negative

Details

Equation:

rate= rmax \cdot \frac{(temp - t_{max}) \cdot (temp - t_{min})^2}{(t_{opt} - t_{min}) \cdot ((t_{opt} - t_{min}) \cdot (temp - t_{opt}) - (t_{opt} - t_{max}) \cdot (t_{opt} + t_{min} - 2 \cdot temp))}

Start values in get_start_vals are derived from the data.

Limits in get_lower_lims and get_upper_lims are derived from the data or based extreme values that are unlikely to occur in ecological settings.

Value

a numeric vector of rate values based on the temperatures and parameter values provided to the function

Note

Generally we found this model easy to fit.

Author(s)

Daniel Padfield

References

Rosso, L., Lobry, J. R., & Flandrois, J. P. An unexpected correlation between cardinal temperatures of microbial growth highlighted by a new model. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 162(4), 447-463. (1993)

Examples

# load in ggplot
library(ggplot2)
library(nls.multstart)

# subset for the first TPC curve
data('chlorella_tpc')
d <- subset(chlorella_tpc, curve_id == 1)

# get start values and fit model
start_vals <- get_start_vals(d$temp, d$rate, model_name = 'sharpeschoolhigh_1981')
# fit model
mod <- nls_multstart(rate~lrf_1991(temp = temp, rmax, topt, tmin, tmax),
data = d,
iter = c(3,3,3,3),
start_lower = start_vals - 10,
start_upper = start_vals + 10,
lower = get_lower_lims(d$temp, d$rate, model_name = 'lrf_1991'),
upper = get_upper_lims(d$temp, d$rate, model_name = 'lrf_1991'),
supp_errors = 'Y',
convergence_count = FALSE)

# look at model fit
summary(mod)

# get predictions
preds <- data.frame(temp = seq(min(d$temp), max(d$temp), length.out = 100))
preds <- broom::augment(mod, newdata = preds)

# plot
ggplot(preds) +
geom_point(aes(temp, rate), d) +
geom_line(aes(temp, .fitted), col = 'blue') +
theme_bw()