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Algae production rate

Source: R/algae_components.R
getAlgaeProduction.Rd

This is the rate in grams/year/m^-2 at which the system produces algae biomass. Unlike detritus production, this is real primary production and is not driven by consumer demand: the baseline rate is a fixed, literature-informed constant set by setAlgaeParams()/newReefParams() (see the initial_algae_growth argument there for the default value and its literature basis) and is left unchanged by tuneUR()/tuneUR_cc(), which instead tune the algae biomass to the steady state implied by this fixed production rate and the current consumption. If post-bleaching algae boosting has been configured with setDegradation(), the baseline rate is scaled by the boost factor appropriate for time t (see getAlgaeBoost()).

Usage

getAlgaeProduction(params, t = 0)

Arguments

params

MizerParams

t

The current time, used to determine the post-bleaching algae growth boost, if any (see getAlgaeBoost()). Defaults to 0, which is always before any bleaching event, so no boost applies.

Value

The annual growth rate of algae per square meter

See also

getAlgaeConsumption(), algae_dynamics(), getAlgaeBoost()

Examples

data(caribbean_3_model)
getAlgaeProduction(caribbean_3_model)
#> [1] 2000