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3.2 User Input Data Files
Learning Bioenergetics
User inp·ut data files contain information
that youmay have collected in the field,
retrieved from your historical archives,
or pUlled from scientific journals. These
data files are created outside of Fish
Bioenergetics 3.0 and are loaded by the
software during setup of the
bioenergetics simulation. The data files
that you need to run a simulation
depend on the compleXity of the
simulation. For example, if you're
interested only in the predator's consumption of a specific prey item, then· you'll need only
Temperature, Diet, Prey energy density (and pos?Jblypredator energy density); however, if
you're also interested in the quantity of PCBs that the predator consumed because of Its diet,
you'll need to add Prey concentration and AssimilatIon efficiency files for your contaminants.
Below is a table of all possibie user input data files. No matter how many files you need, keep in
mind that allinpul data files must meet the follOWing criteria:
• tab delimited
• first line must be column headers
• first column must be day
In addition, all data files have the following criteria In common:
• any non-number indicates no data
• days do not need to be contiguous
• days can encompass any valid integer range
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