Bounding biomass in the Fisher equation

Details Bounding biomass in the Fisher equation Bounding biomass in the Fisher equation

2007-03-17

arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0703039v1

Physical Review E 75, 066304 (2007)

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Populations and Evolution

32 Pages, 13 Figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.75.066304

The FKPP equation with a variable growth rate and advection by an incompressible velocity field is considered as a model for plankton dispersed by ocean currents. If the average growth rate is negative then the model has a survival-extinction transition; the location of this transition in the parameter space is constrained using variational arguments and delimited by simulations. The statistical steady state reached when the system is in the survival region of parameter space is characterized by integral constraints and upper and lower bounds on the biomass and productivity that follow from variational arguments and direct inequalities. In the limit of zero-decorrelation time the velocity field is shown to act as Fickian diffusion with an eddy diffusivity much larger than the molecular diffusivity and this allows a one-dimensional model to predict the biomass, productivity and extinction transitions. All results are illustrated with a simple growth and stirring model.

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