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ArticleBulletin of mathematical biology2021

A Comparison of the "Reduced Losses" and "Increased Production" Models for Mussel Bed Dynamics.

Jonathan A Sherratt, Quan-Xing Liu, Johan van de Koppel

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  1. Phase-separation physics underlies new theory for the resilience of patchy ecosystems.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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Jonathan A SherrattDepartment of Mathematics and Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK. j.a.sherratt@hw.ac.uk.
Quan-Xing LiuState Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China.
Johan van de KoppelDepartment of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, PO Box 140, 4400 AC, Yerseke, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

Self-organised regular pattern formation is one of the foremost examples of the development of complexity in ecosystems. Despite the wide array of mechanistic models that have been proposed to understand pattern formation, there is limited general understanding of the feedback processes causing pattern formation in ecosystems, and how these affect ecosystem patterning and functioning. Here we propose a generalised model for pattern formation that integrates two types of within-patch feedback: amplification of growth and reduction of losses. Both of these mechanisms have been proposed as causing pattern formation in mussel beds in intertidal regions, where dense clusters of mussels form, separated by regions of bare sediment. We investigate how a relative change from one feedback to the other affects the stability of uniform steady states and the existence of spatial patterns. We conclude that there are important differences between the patterns generated by the two mechanisms, concerning both biomass distribution in the patterns and the resilience of the ecosystems to disturbances.

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BivalviaEcosystemAnimalsBiomassMathematical ConceptsMathematical modelMusselsPattern formationReaction–diffusion–advection

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