Destabilization, Stabilization, and Multiple Attractors in Saturated Mixotrophic Environments
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Destabilization, Stabilization, and Multiple Attractors in Saturated Mixotrophic Environments. / Lindström, Torsten; Cheng, Yuanji; Chakraborty, Subhendu.
In: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 80, No. 6, 2020, p. 2338-2364.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Destabilization, Stabilization, and Multiple Attractors in Saturated Mixotrophic Environments
AU - Lindström, Torsten
AU - Cheng, Yuanji
AU - Chakraborty, Subhendu
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The ability of mixotrophs to combine phototrophy and phagotrophy is now well recognized and found to have important implications for ecosystem dynamics. In this paper, we examine the dynamical consequences of the invasion of mixotrophs in a system that is a limiting case of the chemostat. The model is a hybrid of a competition model describing the competition between autotroph and mixotroph populations for a limiting resource, and a predator-prey-type model describing the interaction between autotroph and herbivore populations. Our results show that mixotrophs are able to invade in both autotrophic environments and environments described by interactions between autotrophs and herbivores. The interaction between autotrophs and herbivores might be in equilibrium or cycle. We find that invading mixotrophs have the ability to both stabilize and destabilize autotroph-herbivore dynamics depending on the competitive ability of mixotrophs. The invasion of mixotrophs can also result in multiple attractors.
AB - The ability of mixotrophs to combine phototrophy and phagotrophy is now well recognized and found to have important implications for ecosystem dynamics. In this paper, we examine the dynamical consequences of the invasion of mixotrophs in a system that is a limiting case of the chemostat. The model is a hybrid of a competition model describing the competition between autotroph and mixotroph populations for a limiting resource, and a predator-prey-type model describing the interaction between autotroph and herbivore populations. Our results show that mixotrophs are able to invade in both autotrophic environments and environments described by interactions between autotrophs and herbivores. The interaction between autotrophs and herbivores might be in equilibrium or cycle. We find that invading mixotrophs have the ability to both stabilize and destabilize autotroph-herbivore dynamics depending on the competitive ability of mixotrophs. The invasion of mixotrophs can also result in multiple attractors.
KW - Algae blooms
KW - Bifurcation
KW - Limit cycle
KW - Mixotrophy
KW - Multiple attractors
KW - Saturation
U2 - 10.1137/19M1294186
DO - 10.1137/19M1294186
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85096862932
VL - 80
SP - 2338
EP - 2364
JO - SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
JF - SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
SN - 0036-1399
IS - 6
ER -
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