Dry season = 2.96E-08 animal/m²

Wet season = 1.48E-08 animal/m²

The number is based on the other component's biomasses (es. Florida panther), general knowledge of the area, expert estimation (Dalrymple, G., pers. com.) and Environmental Impact of the Big Cypress Jetport, 1969.

*For the wet season half of the dry season number was used, assuming that the area in which this animal feeds and lives is less.*

Biomass per animal = 152000 g (wet weight)

Peterson, R.T., 1991.

dry weight/wet weight ratio (dw/ww) = 0.35

gramms of carbon/gramms of dry weight = 0.45

Jorgensen, S.E., et al., 1991.

Basal metabolism = 0.0063 Kcal/gww per day

Free living metabolism = basal metabolism x 2

Free living metabolism = Respiration = 0.012601 Kcal/gww*day

Mean food caloric content = 4.5 Kcal/g of dry weight

Mean food Carbon content = 45% of dry weight

Odum, E.P., C.E. Connell and L. B. Davenport, 1962; McNab B.K., 1980; Jorgensen, S.E., et al., 1991.

P/B Production/Biomass ratio (P/B) = 0.220 yearly rate

Banse, K. and S. Mosher, 1980.

Excretion/Consumption ratio (E/C) = 0.35

Jorgensen, S.E., et al., 1991.

For the specific values for this compartment, refer to the values presented in tabular format in the metabolic parameter and input and output pages.

Maehr, D.S. and J.R. Brady, 1984 (a); Maehr, D.S. and J.R. Brady, 1984 (b); Peterson, R.T., 1991; Rare and endengered biota of Florida. Mammals.,1978.