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Comments on the manna model
Author(s) -
Walker I.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
internationale revue der gesamten hydrobiologie und hydrographie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 0020-9309
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.19880730208
Subject(s) - interspecific competition , consumption (sociology) , competition (biology) , compartmentalization (fire protection) , resource consumption , resource (disambiguation) , mathematics , econometrics , computer science , ecology , biology , sociology , social science , biochemistry , computer network , enzyme
W ANGERSKY and W ANGERSKY'S (1980, 1981, 1983) Manna models on algal patchiness and competition are essentially stochastic models. Analysis of their phase‐spatial properties, however, reveals complementary, deterministic features: interspecific competition is relatively ineffective because of the high degree of compartmentalization of resource supply and consumption; the probability of consumption in a given place at a given time is largely independent of the rate of consumption in other places.