A Simple Plankton Model
- 1 May 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The American Naturalist
- Vol. 117 (5) , 676-691
- https://doi.org/10.1086/283752
Abstract
Data on plankton ecosystems in large enclosures are used as a basis for consideration of the role of deterministic and random processes in these systems. Using a simple model, it is proposed that the exclusion of random variations in predators can lead to greater extremes in the phytoplankton/herbivore populations in enclosures compared with those outside. These results depend on the relative rates of internal and exogenous changes, and comparisons are made with results for a forest ecosystem.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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