Figure 82. Diagram of simplified Wood Stork food chain with flows quantified and a calculation of the
"energy quality" of one Wood Stork.
 Sources of Values
(1) original energy input (solar radiation) to support one adult stork and one nestling:
 (854 kcal/day)a(m2/2.4 kcal)b(4000 kcal/m2.day)c(365 days)d = 5.2x108 kcal/day
(2) average total daily energy needed to maintain one adult stork and one nestling:
 570 kcale + 322 kcalf 37.5 kcalg = 854 kcal
(3) average daily energy requirement of one adult stork (Kahl, 1964)
(4) average daily energy requirement and average daily growth (energy accumulation) of a nestling:
 284 kcalh 37.5 kcalg = 322 kcal
(5) average daily energy requirement of a nestling Wood Stork (Kahl, 1964)
(6) average daily growth (in kcal) of a Wood Stork nestling (Kahl, 1962)

 a see (2)
 b annual fish production per square meter at Corkscrew (see Results)
 c average daily solar radiation, study region (R. J. Allen, pers. comm.)
 days in year

 e see (3)
 f see (4)
 g see (6)
 h see (5)