On a nonlocal reaction-diffusion problem arising from the modeling of phytoplankton growth

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1305-1333

  Du, Yihong ^a,b   Hsu, Sze Bi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR THEORETICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Competition for light; Phytoplankton; Reaction diffusion equation; Steady state; Uniform persistence

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; COMPARISON PRINCIPLE; DYNAMICAL BEHAVIORS; FIXED-POINT INDEX THEORY; GLOBAL BIFURCATIONS; NONLOCAL; NONLOCAL NONLINEARITIES; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; PHYTOPLANKTON SPECIES; POSITIVE STEADY STATE; REACTION DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; REACTION DIFFUSION PROBLEMS; REACTION-DIFFUSION MODELS; SPECIES COMPETITION; STEADY STATE; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; UNIFORM PERSISTENCE; WATER COLUMNS;

ALGAE CONTROL; COMPETITION; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 77953494017     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/090775105     Document Type: Article

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