Expert estimate (Dr. G.H. Dalrymple): the biomass of Alligator
is the same as half of the sum of all other herpefaunal components.
Biomass = 0.08275 gC/m2
Expert estimate (Dr. G.H. Dalrymple): the biomass of Alligator
is the same as half of the sum of all other herpefaunal components.
Oxygen consumption = 8.9 mm3 O2/gww/h
Basal methabolism = 0.1130 gC/gww/y = 0.0094 gC/m2 per year
Free living metabolism = basal metabolism x 2
Free living metabolism = Respiration = 0.018701 gC/m2 per year
Altman P.L. and D.S. Dittmer, 1964;
Pandian,T.J., and F.J. Vernberg, 1987.
Production/Biomass ratio (P/B) = 5
Production = 0.4137354 gC/m2 y
Pandian,T.J., and F.J. Vernberg, 1987;
Smith, G.C., 1976.
Egestion/Consumption ratio (E/C) = 0.2
Alligators consume: Crayfish, Apple Snails, Freshwater Prawns, Aqutic Invertebrates,
Terrestrial Invertebrates, Small Herbivorous and Omnviorous Fish, Small Predatory
Fish, Large Fish, Turtles, Lizards, Snakes, Salamanders, Large Frogs, Medium
Frogs, Small Frogs, Tadpoles, Galliformes, Egrets, Other Herons, Ibis, Mice
and Rats, and Rabbits.
Delany,
M.F. and C.L. Abercrombie, 1985; Peterson,
R.T., 1991; Rare and endengered biota of Florida.
Reptiles and Amphibians,1978.