“Instability of a Uniform Plankton Distribution”
Authors: Wolfgang Ebenhöh,Affiliation: University of Oldenburg
Reference: 1981, Vol 2, No 2, pp. 83-93.
Keywords: Modelling, phytoplankton, zooplankton, patchiness, spatial distribution, stability, turbulent diffusion, vertical migration
Abstract: For a plankton model system, a horizontally uniform distribution becomes unstable if the zooplankton component carries out diurnal vertical migrations in an ocean with a speed difference between the currents in upper and lower waterlaycrs. With turbulent diffusion included in the model, the instability occurs beyond a threshold speed difference. A numerical estimation of the threshold and of the critical patch size gives reasonable values.
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BibTeX:
@article{MIC-1981-2-3,
title={{Instability of a Uniform Plankton Distribution}},
author={Ebenhöh, Wolfgang},
journal={Modeling, Identification and Control},
volume={2},
number={2},
pages={83--93},
year={1981},
doi={10.4173/mic.1981.2.3},
publisher={Norwegian Society of Automatic Control}
};