1. Estimation of DEB parameters Bas Kooijman Dept theoretical biology Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Bas@bio.vu.nl http://www.bio.vu.nl/thbhttp://www.bio.vu.nl/thb/ Nantes, 2006/10/30

2. measured quantities  primary pars Standard DEB model (isomorph, 1 reserve, 1 structure) reserve & maturity: hidden variables measured for 2 food levels primary parameters

3. DEB tele course 2007 http://www.bio.vu.nl/thb/deb/ Free of financial costs; some 250 h effort investment Feb-April 2007; target audience: PhD students We encourage participation in groups that organize local meetings weekly French group of participants of the DEB tele course 2005: special issue of J. Sea Res. 2006 on DEB applications to bivalves Software package DEBtool for Octave/ Matlab freely downloadable Slides of this presentation are downloadable from http://www.bio.vu.nl/thb/users/bas/lectures/ Cambridge Univ Press 2000 Audience : thank you for your attention Sebastian Diehl : thank you for the invitation