Title :
A Spatio-temporal Model for the Population Dynamics of Pyrodinium Bahamense var. Compressum with a Nutrient Source and Wind Effects
Author :
Manansala, Diego ; Talastasin, Remb ; Tan, Wilson ; Valdez, Adrian Roy
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines
Abstract :
The dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum has been known to be the major cause of harmful algal blooms or H.A.B. recurring in Manila Bay and other bodies of water in the Philippines. This paper proposes a framework for modeling the growth and spread of an algal bloom population over a hypothetical geographic area. The model is comprised of a networked system of nodes where each node contains an instantiation of a system of difference equations describing the population dynamics of the different life cycle stages of the dinoflagellate.
Keywords :
biology; difference equations; microorganisms; Manila Bay; Nutrient Source; Philippines; difference equations; dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum; growth modeling; harmful algal bloom population; hypothetical geographic area; population dynamics; spatio-temporal model; wind effects; Computational modeling; Difference equations; Dispersion; Geospatial analysis; Mathematical model; Reactive power; Pyrodinum bahamense; difference equations; modeling; population dynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Modelling Symposium (AMS), 2011 Fifth Asia
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0193-1
DOI :
10.1109/AMS.2011.25
