Fundamental Predictability in Multispecies Competition: The Influence of Large Disturbance

American Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 615-623

  Roelke, Daniel ^a   Augustine, Sarah ^a   Buyukates, Yesim ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex behavior; Disturbance; Phytoplankton; Predictability; Succession

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; MICROCOSM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDICTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; TEXAS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0345581390     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378750     Document Type: Article

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