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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Spatio-temporal behaviour of the deep chlorophyll maximum in Mediterranean Sea: Development of a stochastic model for picophytoplankton dynamics
Ecological Complexity, Volume 13, Year 2013
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In this paper, by using a stochastic reaction-diffusion-taxis model, we analyze the picophytoplankton dynamics in the basin of the Mediterranean Sea, characterized by poorly mixed waters. The model includes intraspecific competition of picophytoplankton for light and nutrients. The multiplicative noise sources present in the model account for random fluctuations of environmental variables. Phytoplankton distributions obtained from the model show a good agreement with experimental data sampled in two different sites of the Sicily Channel. The results could be extended to analyze data collected in different sites of the Mediterranean Sea and to devise predictive models for phytoplankton dynamics in oligotrophic waters. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Denaro, Giovanni
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Valenti, Davide
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
la Cognata, Alex
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Spagnolo, Bernardo
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Bonanno, Angelo
Italy, Naples
'istituto Per L'ambiente Marino Costiero Del Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche Iamc-cnr
Basilone, Gualtiero
Italy, Naples
'istituto Per L'ambiente Marino Costiero Del Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche Iamc-cnr
Mazzola, Salvo
Italy, Naples
'istituto Per L'ambiente Marino Costiero Del Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche Iamc-cnr
Zgozi, Salem Wniss
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Tajoura
Marine Biology Research Centre
Aronica, Salvatore
Italy, Naples
'istituto Per L'ambiente Marino Costiero Del Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche Iamc-cnr
Brunet, Christophe
Italy, Naples
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Statistics
Citations: 99
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ecocom.2012.10.002
ISSN:
1476945X