Nutrient-plankton models with nutrient recycling
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-2005
Abstract
In this paper, nutrient-phytoplankton-zooplankton interaction with general uptake functions in which nutrient recycling is either instantaneous or delayed is considered. To account for higher predation, zooplankton's death rate is modeled by a quadratic term instead of the usual linear function. Persistence conditions for each of the delayed and nondelayed models are derived. Numerical simulations with data from the existing literature are explored to compare the two models. It is demonstrated numerically that increasing zooplankton death rate can eliminate periodic solutions of the system in both the instantaneous and the delayed nutrient recycling models. However, the delayed nutrient recycling can actually stabilize the nutrient-plankton interaction. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Computers and Mathematics with Applications
Volume
49
Issue
2-3
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Jang, S. R., and J. Baglama. "Nutrient-plankton models with nutrient recycling." Computers and Mathematics with Applications 49, 2-3 (2005): 375-387. doi: 10.1016/j.camwa.2004.03.013.