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MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 463:141-158 (2012) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09801 Validation of a Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) model for the blue mussel Mytilus edulis S. Saraiva1,2,3,*, J. van der Meer1,2, S. A. L. M. Kooijman2, R. Witbaard1, C. J. M. Philippart1, D. Hippler4, R. Parker5 1Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), PO Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands 2Vrije Universiteit, Department of Theoretical Biology, de Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands 3Instituto Superior Técnico, Environment and Energy Section, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal 4Technical University Berlin, Department of Mineralogy, Sekr. ACK 9, Ackerstrasse 76, 13355 Berlin, Germany 5Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK *Email: sofia.saraiva@nioz.nl ABSTRACT: A model for bivalve growth was developed and the results were tested against field observations. The model is based on the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) theory and includes an extension of the standard DEB model to cope with changing food quantity and quality. At 4 different locations in the North Sea (Wadden Sea, Sean Gas Field, Oyster Grounds and Dogger Bank), labelled blue mussels Mytilus edulis were kept under natural conditions. Shell length was repeatedly measured for each mussel during the experiment, and dry weight was determined at the end of the experiment for some of the mussels. Temperature, salinity, chlorophyll concentration and Secchi depth (at the Wadden Sea location) were measured next to the experimental sites. Model performance was evaluated by comparing predicted and measured shell length, dry weight and growth at each location for each individual, without changing parameter values that were previously obtained from independent studies. The results show that the model was able to reproduce the main patterns of the observations, implying that the main metabolic processes at the individual level are well described. KEY WORDS: Modelling · Dynamic Energy Budget theory · Bivalve growth · Model validation · Mytilus edulis Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Saraiva S, van der Meer J, Kooijman SALM, Witbaard R, Philippart CJM, Hippler D, Parker R (2012) Validation of a Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) model for the blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 463:141-158. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09801 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 463. Online publication date: August 30, 2012 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2012 Inter-Research.
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