Calculates the potential rate (in units 1/year) at which a prey individual of a given size \(w\) is killed by predators from species \(j\). In formulas $${\tt pred\_rate}_j(w_p) = \int \phi_j(w,w_p) (1-f_j(w)) \gamma_j(w) N_j(w) \, dw.$$ This potential rate is used in the function getPredMort to calculate the realised predation mortality rate on the prey individual.

getPredRate(
  params,
  n = params@initial_n,
  n_pp = params@initial_n_pp,
  n_other = params@initial_n_other,
  feeding_level = getFeedingLevel(params, n = n, n_pp = n_pp, n_other = n_other)
)

Arguments

params

A MizerParams object

n

A matrix of species abundances (species x size).

n_pp

A vector of the plankton abundance by size

n_other

A list of abundances for other dynamical components of the ecosystem

feeding_level

The current feeding level (optional). A matrix of size no. species x no. size bins. If not supplied, is calculated internally using the getFeedingLevel function.

Value

A two dimensional array (predator species x prey size), where the prey size runs over fish community plus plankton spectrum.

See also

Examples

if (FALSE) { data(NS_species_params_gears) data(inter) params <- newMultispeciesParams(NS_species_params_gears, inter) # With constant fishing effort for all gears for 20 time steps sim <- project(params, t_max = 20, effort = 0.5) # Get the feeding level at one time step n <- sim@n[21,,] n_pp <- sim@n_pp[21,] getPredRate(params,n,n_pp) }