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ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages 21-34Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2012.10.002
Keywords
Spatial ecology; Marine ecosystems; Phytoplankton dynamics; Deep chlorophyll maximum; Random processes; Stochastic differential equations
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- ESF
- MIUR
- Geogrid Project
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In this paper, by using a stochastic reaction-diffusion-taxis model, we analyze the picophytoplankton dynamics in the basin of the Mediterranean Sea, characterized by poorly mixed waters. The model includes intraspecific competition of picophytoplankton for light and nutrients. The multiplicative noise sources present in the model account for random fluctuations of environmental variables. Phytoplankton distributions obtained from the model show a good agreement with experimental data sampled in two different sites of the Sicily Channel. The results could be extended to analyze data collected in different sites of the Mediterranean Sea and to devise predictive models for phytoplankton dynamics in oligotrophic waters. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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