Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Update GrowthMaps doc
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
Mostly just wanted to make sure that the limitation on `SchoolfieldIntrinsicGrowth` "The value of the specified data layer must be in Kelvin." no longer applies due to units being specified to the `Layer()`.
  • Loading branch information
jamesmaino committed Dec 10, 2020
1 parent f5ca55c commit d69279f
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 4 deletions.
6 changes: 2 additions & 4 deletions src/models.jl
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ expressed as ``\\frac{dN}{dt} = rN``, then ``r`` is the intrinsic population
growth rate (individuals per day per individual) which can be decomposed into
per capita reproduction and mortality rate. The intrinsic growth rate parameter
``r`` depends strongly on temperature, with population growth inhibited at low
and high temperatures (Haghani et al. 2006).
and high temperatures.
This can be described using a variety of non-linear functions,
see [`SchoolfieldIntrinsicGrowth`](@ref) for an implementation.
Expand All @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ abstract type GrowthModel <: RateModel end
Extreme stressor mortality can be assumed to occur once an environmental
variable ``s`` exceeds some threshold (e.g. critical thermal maximum), beyond
which the mortality rate scales approximately linearly with the depth of the
stressor (Enriquez and Colinet 2017).
stressor.
Stressor induced mortality is incorporated in growth rates by quantifying the
`threshold` parameter ``s_c`` beyond which stress associated mortality
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ A [`GrowthModel`](@ref) where the temperature response of positive growth rate i
modelled following Schoolfield et al. 1981, _"Non-linear regression of biological
temperature-dependent rate models base on absolute reaction-rate theory"_.
The value of the specified data layer _must_ be in Kelvin.
## Arguments
- `p::P`: growth rate at reference temperature `T_ref`
- `ΔH_A`: enthalpy of activation of the reaction that is catalyzed by the enzyme, in cal/mol or J/mol.
Expand Down

0 comments on commit d69279f

Please sign in to comment.