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Plankton patchiness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

John Steele
John Steele*
Affiliation:
D.A.F.S. Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen
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Variability in space of plankton can arise from stochastic effects on growth and predation, and should be smoothed by horizontal diffusion of the water. The interactions of these factors within a non-linear system should permit small-scale perturbations to appear as larger-scale patches. A simple simulation illustrates this possibility.

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Research Article
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Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , September 1975 , pp. 463
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1975 

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