Species dynamics in phytoplankton blooms: Incomplete mixing and competition for light

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-68

  Huisman, Jef ^a,c   Van Oostveen, Paul ^b,d   Weissing, Franz J ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Ministry of Foreign Affairs Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition model; Critical depth; Critical turbulence; Population dynamics; Reaction diffusion equation; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION; LIGHT; MIXING; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 0032814698     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303220     Document Type: Article

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