An Individual-Based Model of Zebrafish Population Dynamics Accounting for Energy Dynamics
Résumé
Developing population dynamics models for zebrafish is crucial in order to extrapolate from
toxicity data measured at the organism level to biological levels relevant to support and en-
hance ecological risk assessment. To achieve this, a dynamic energy budget for individual
zebrafish (DEB model) was coupled to an individual based model of zebrafish population
dynamics (IBM model). Next, we fitted the DEB model to new experimental data on zebra-
fish growth and reproduction thus improving existing models. We further analysed the DEB-
model and DEB-IBM using a sensitivity analysis. Finally, the predictions of the DEB-IBM
were compared to existing observations on natural zebrafish populations and the predicted
population dynamics are realistic. While our zebrafish DEB-IBM model can still be improved
by acquiring new experimental data on the most uncertain processes (e.g. survival or feed-
ing), it can already serve to predict the impact of compounds at the population level.
Domaines
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]
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