Nonlinear dynamics of a marine phytoplankton-zooplankton system

Abstract

In the paper, the nonlinear dynamics of a marine phytoplankton-zooplankton system is discussed in detail. The aim is to deeply expound how to use the dynamical laws of marine ecological system to perfectly reflect the operating rules of marine ecosystems. The mathematical work has been pursuing the investigation of some conditions for the local and global stability of the equilibrium, as well as Turing instability, which can deduce a key parameter control relationship and in turn can provide a theoretical basis for the numerical simulation. The simulation work indicates that the theoretical results are correct, and the nonlinear dynamics of the marine system mainly depend on some critical parameters. The results further suggested that the diffusion and the environmental carrying capacity have an important role to play in the interaction between phytoplankton and zooplankton. All these results are expected to be of use in the study of the internal operating rules and characteristics of marine ecosystems.