Dry season = 2.03E-08 animal/m²

Wet season = 1.02E-08 animal/m²

Belden, R.C., et al., 1988; Environmental Impact of the Big Cypress Jetport (1969) and expert estimation (Jansen D. and Dalrymple, G., pers. com.)

*Half of the amount found in the reference above was used assuming that the cypress domes and strands are used less by this animal. Again, for the wet season half of the number for the dry season was used, assuming that the area in which this animal feeds and lives is less.*

Biomass per animal = 63000 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 = 0.00785 Kcal/gww per day

Free living metabolism = basal metabolism x 2

Free living metabolism = Respiration = 0.0157 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) = 0.29 yearly rate

Banse, K. and S. Mosher, 1980.

Egestion/Consumption ratio (E/C) = 0.20

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

Florida Panthers consume: Raccoons, Rabbits, Deer, Hogs and Armadillos.

Maeher, D.S., et al., 1990; Peterson, R.T., 1991; Rare and endengered biota of Florida. Mammals.,1978.