Simulation and analysis of a model dinoflagellate predator-prey system
Published in European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2016
Predator-prey systems in plankton are a long-standing interest of mine. My colleague, marine scientist Kathy Coyne, introduced me to them. There is so much going on with these critters. Everyone thinks of predator-prey systems as well-mixed ecologies without much attention going to the interactions. Imagine blind predators racing about trying to capture blind prey! I brought this problem to a graduate student mathematical modeling summer camp where students spend a week building and analyzing mathematical models. Two of the students were so excited that together we pushed the model through to a publishable result complete with a phase diagram that explains just about everything and simulations of more complex systems.
Recommended citation: MJ Mazzoleni, T. Antonelli, KJ Coyne and Louis F. Rossi. Simulation and Analysis of a model dinoflagellate predator-prey system. European Physical Journal Special topics, Volume 224, pp 3257-3270. 2016.
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