Unlike getMetabolicRespiration(), this function follows the Ecopath
definition of respiration as the rate at which assimilated food is NOT used
for production. This is expressed by the first master equation of Ecopath:
$$Q = P + R + U$$ where \(Q\) is the consumption rate, \(P\) is the
production rate, \(R\) is the respiration rate, and \(U\) is the
unassimilated part of the consumption rate, i.e., \(U = (1 - \alpha) Q\),
where \(\alpha\) is the assimilation efficiency. Solving this for \(R\)
we get: $$R = \alpha Q - P$$
Details
In mizer, this respiration rate has two components: the metabolic respiration
and the loss due to gonad production that does not result in offspring
biomass. Thus the respiration rate is the sum of the metabolic respiration
rate (calculated with getMetabolicRespiration()) and the rate of
biomass loss due to reproduction (calculated with
getReproductiveLoss()).
See also
Other rate functions:
getConsumption(),
getDietMatrix(),
getEcotrophicEfficiency(),
getGonadicProduction(),
getM0B(),
getM2B(),
getMetabolicRespiration(),
getOffspringProduction(),
getProduction(),
getReproductiveLoss(),
getSomaticProduction(),
getTotalProduction(),
getUnassimilated(),
getZB()