The threshold of population survival in a polluted chemostat model

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 117-127

  Guo, Sangang ^a   Ma, Zhien ^b   Fergola, P ^c   Tenneriello, C ^c  

^a Shanxi Institute of Technology   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemostat; Population; Threshold; Toxicant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032211672     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(98)00149-6     Document Type: Article

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