The effects of mixotrophy on the stability and dynamics of a simple planktonic food web model

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-51

  Jost, Christian ^a   Lawrence, Cathryn A ^b   Campolongo, Francesca ^c   Van De Bund, Wouter ^d   Hill, Sheryl ^e   DeAngelis, Don L ^f  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^e University of Miami ^*  (United States)

^f Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Food webs; Intraguild predation; Marine food webs; Mixotrophy; Nutrient recycling

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD WEB; MIXOTROPHY; PLANKTON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 3042805380     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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