DocumentCode
2240269
Title
Thresholds for mathematical models of microbial interaction
Author
Jang, Sophia R J ; Jang, Ben W L
Author_Institution
Dept. of Math., Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Firstpage
51
Lastpage
56
Abstract
A mathematical model which consists of nutrient, prey and predator for microbial interaction is proposed. The model assumes that the predator may consume its own population and also incorporates the mechanism that the nutrient is growth-limiting to the prey population at low concentrations but may be growth-inhibiting at high concentrations. It is demonstrated that intratrophic predation of the top predator has no effect on the dynamics of the lower trophic levels. However, it may alter the dynamics of the higher trophic level
Keywords
biocybernetics; microorganisms; modelling; growth-inhibiting nutrient; growth-limiting nutrient; intratrophic predation; mathematical models; microbial interaction; nutrient concentration; population consumption; predator-prey models; thresholds; trophic level dynamics; Biology; Biomedical engineering; Collaboration; Degradation; Electronic mail; Feeds; Genetics; Mathematical model; Mathematics; Medical treatment;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2000. CBMS 2000. Proceedings. 13th IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
Houston, TX
ISSN
1063-7125
Print_ISBN
0-7695-0484-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CBMS.2000.856874
Filename
856874
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