Competing effects of toxin-producing phytoplankton on overall plankton populations in the bay of Bengal.

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The coexistence of a large number of phytoplankton species on a seemingly limited variety of resources is a classical problem in ecology, known as 'the paradox of the plankton'. Strong fluctuations in species abundance due to the external factors or competitive interactions leading to oscillations, chaos and short-term equilibria have been cited so far to explain multi-species coexistence and biodiversity of phytoplankton. However, none of the explanations has been universally accepted. The q...

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Authors: Roy, S; Alam, S; Chattopadhyay, J

• Journal: Bulletin of mathematical biology
• Volume: 68
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 2303-2320
• Publication date: 2006-11-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s11538-006-9109-5
• EISSN: 1522-9602
• ISSN: 0092-8240
• Language: English
• Keywords: Models, Biological; Biological Clocks; Animals; Marine Toxins; Zooplankton; Phytoplankton; Indian Ocean