Set maximum intake rate
setMaxIntakeRate(
params,
intake_max = NULL,
comment_intake_max = "set manually",
...
)getMaxIntakeRate(params)
MizerParams
Optional. An array (species x size) holding the maximum intake rate for each species at size. If not supplied, a default is set as described in the section "Setting maximum intake rate".
Unused
A MizerParams
object with updated maximum intake rate. Because
of the way the R language works, setMaxIntakeRate()
does not make the
changes to the params object that you pass to it but instead returns a new
params object. So to affect the change you call the function in the form
params <- setMaxIntakeRate(params, ...)
.
The maximum intake rate \(h_i(w)\) of an individual of species \(i\) and
weight \(w\) determines the feeding level, calculated with
getFeedingLevel()
. It is measured in grams/year.
If the intake_max
argument is not supplied, then the maximum intake
rate is set to $$h_i(w) = h_i w^{n_i}.$$
The values of \(h_i\) (the maximum intake rate of an individual of size 1
gram) and \(n_i\) (the allometric exponent for the intake rate) are taken
from the h
and n
columns in the species parameter dataframe. If
the h
column is not supplied in the species parameter dataframe, it is
calculated by the get_h_default()
function, using f0
and
the k_vb
column, if they are supplied.
If \(h_i\) is set to Inf
, fish will consume all encountered food.
Other functions for setting parameters:
gear_params()
,
resource_params()
,
setExtMort()
,
setFishing()
,
setInitialValues()
,
setInteraction()
,
setMetabolicRate()
,
setParams()
,
setPredKernel()
,
setReproduction()
,
setResource()
,
setSearchVolume()
,
species_params()