Excitability of an age-structured plankton ecosystem

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 377-420

  Clother, D R ^a   Brindley, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifurcation diagram; Excitable medium; Overwintering populations; Plankton blooms; Structured populations

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORTALITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIRTH RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0033218068     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850050172     Document Type: Article

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