Abstract
A brief overview is given of modelling studies that aim to analyse the effects of nutrient and light limitations on the development of phytoplankton communities and lead to a qualitative understanding of the competitive interactions involved.
- Competition model
- light limitation
- nutrient limitation
- photosynthesis
- phytoplankton
- spatial heterogeneity
- © IWA Publishing 1995
Volume 77, Issue 7
ISSN : 0273-1223
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Competition for nutrients and light among phytoplankton species in a mixed water column: theoretical studies
