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The Manna Effect: A Model of Phytoplankton Patchiness in a Regenerative System

✍ Scribed by Dr. Peter J. Wangersky; Charles P. Wangersky

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1980
Tongue
English
Weight
621 KB
Volume
65
Category
Article
ISSN
1434-2944

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A Monte Carlo model for the growth of phytoplankton in a regenerative system has been constructed. This model assumes that nutrients are regenerated randomly in time and space at the scale which is important to the individual organisms. Under such a regime, organisms originally arrayed in a random fashion assume a patchy distribution within fifteen or twenty divisions, with some species becoming nonrandom in their distribution within five divisions. Other factors, physical or biological, may also induce or enhance patchiness, but normal regenerative processes in a nutrient‐limited system are sufficient in themselves to explain the phenomenon. Patchiness should be considered as the normal state for nonmotile organisms.

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