Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8054308 | Applied Mathematics Letters | 2017 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
We validate a model for the population dynamics, as they occur in a chemostat environment, of the green algae Raphidocelis subcapitata, a species that is often used as a primary food source in toxicity experiments for the fresh water crustacean Daphnia magna. We collected longitudinal data from 4 replicate population experiments with R. subcapitata. This data was fit to a logistic growth model to reveal patterns of the algae growth in a continuous culture. Overall, our results suggest that a proportional error statistical model is the most appropriate for logistic growth modeling of R. subcapitata continuous population growth.
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Authors
H.T. Banks, Elizabeth Collins, Kevin Flores, Prayag Pershad, Michael Stemkovski, Lyric Stephenson,