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There is no starvation mortality as long as the energy income rate \(E_r\) is positive. For details of this rate see mizer::getEReproAndGrowth(). Once this rate is negative, the per-capita mortality is proportional to this rate and inversely proportional to body weight (and therefore also lipid reserves): $$\mu_s(w) = \frac{-E_r(w)}{w} {\tt starv\_coeff} $$ The proportionality constant starv_coeff is set with setStarvation().

Usage

getStarvMort(
  params,
  n = initialN(params),
  n_pp = initialNResource(params),
  n_other = initialNOther(params),
  t = 0,
  ...
)

starvMort(params, n, n_pp, n_other, t = 0, ...)

Arguments

params

A mizer::MizerParams object

n

A matrix of species abundances (species x size).

n_pp

A vector of the plankton abundance by size

n_other

A list of abundances for other dynamical components of the ecosystem

t

The time for which to do the calculation. Defaults to 0.

...

Unused

Value

A two dimensional array of instantaneous starvation mortality (species x size).