Corals and starfish waves on the great barrier reef: Analytical trophodynamics and 2-patch aggregation methods

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 121-135

  Antonelli, P ^a   Auger, P ^b   Bradbury, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c National Resource Information Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Diffusion; Geometric theory of second order ODEs; Reef ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032005929     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(98)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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