Grazing-induced production of DMS can stabilize food-web dynamics and promote the formation of phytoplankton blooms in a multitrophic plankton model

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 303-313

  Lewis, Nicola D ^a   Breckels, Mark N ^a,b   Archer, Steve D ^b   Morozov, Andrew ^c   Pitchford, Jonathan W ^d   Steinke, Michael ^a   Codling, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimethylsulphide; Mathematical modelling; Multitrophic interactions; Plankton blooms; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD WEB; GRAZING PRESSURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROCOSM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; STABILIZATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE;

EID: 84867139051     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9649-0     Document Type: Article

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