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A model of algal growth depending on nutrients and inorganic carbon in a poorly mixed water column

Jimin Zhang1, Junping Shi2, Xiaoyuan Chang3

  • 1School of Mathematical Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150080, People's Republic of China.

Journal of Mathematical Biology
|July 8, 2021
PubMed

Keywords:
Effect of nutrients and inorganic carbonEnvironmental parametersReaction-diffusion-advection modelVertical distribution of algae

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