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A Temperature Algorithm for Modifying Biological Rates
Author(s) -
Thornton Kent W.,
Lessem Allan S.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1978)107<284:atafmb>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - logistic function , function (biology) , respiration rate , algorithm , respiration , mathematics , biological system , computer science , statistics , biology , botany , evolutionary biology
An algorithm for modifying biological rates as a function of temperature has been developed using the basic form of the logistic equation. Versions of this basic algorithm are then used to modify growth, respiration, and mortality rates as a function of four characteristic temperatures.