Abstract
A new R software package, RAC, is presented. RAC allows to simulate the rearing cycle of 4 species, finfish and shellfish, highly important in terms of production in the Mediterranean Sea. The package works both at the scale of the individual and of the farmed population. Mathematical models included in RAC were all validated in previous works, and account for growth and metabolism, based on input data characterizing the forcing functions-water temperature, and food quality/quantity. The package provides a demo dataset of forcings for each species, as well as a typical set of husbandry parameters for Mediterranean conditions. The present work illustrates RAC main features, and its current capabilities/limitations. Three test cases are presented as a proof of concept of RAC applicability, and to demonstrate its potential for integrating different open products nowadays provided by remote sensing and operational oceanography.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animal Husbandry*
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Animals
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Aquaculture*
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Climate Change
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Fishes
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Models, Theoretical*
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Organic Chemicals / analysis*
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Software*
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Waste Products / analysis*
Substances
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Organic Chemicals
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Waste Products
Grants and funding
DBr, EMDP and RP are researchers employed at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University of Venice (DAIS). The study was partly financed by DAIS, as an individual research grant to DBr, within the IRIDE project "ADvances in Aquaculture MOdels: state of the art and perspectives (ADAMO). Bluefarm S.r.l., a DAIS spin-off company of which DBr and RP are co-founders and shareholders, provided support in the form of salary for the author DBa. There was no additional external funding received for this study. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.