Oscillations of two competing microbial populations in configurations of two interconnected chemostats

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-63

  Lenas, P ^a   Thomopoulos, N A ^a   Vayenas, D V ^a   Pavlou, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chemostat; Microbial competition; Oscillations

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROBIAL POPULATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMOSTAT; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; STEADY STATE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032004317     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(97)10002-5     Document Type: Article

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