Abstract – Mathematically Modeling Zooplankton Mortality Rates
Modeling zooplankton dynamics accurately is increasingly important because zooplankton can have a critical impact on several environmental issues ranging from eutrophication to climate change. As...
View ArticleZooplankton Modeling: Weeks 1 and 2
I’ve just finished up the second week of working on my project, and so far I have gotten a lot of work done! These past two weeks I’ve been refreshing my memory about all the work I’ve accomplished on...
View ArticleZooplankton Modeling: Weeks 3 and 4
I can’t believe I am halfway through my summer research! I have been learning a lot about modeling and how to mathematically analyze models. As I mentioned in my previous post, I am working with a two...
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In these past two weeks, I have been studying the dynamics of my phytoplankton-zooplankton differential equation model. In my last blog post I talked about how I did some bifurcation analysis. Another...
View ArticleZooplankton Modeling: Weeks 7 and 8
My lab was fortunate enough to get a field trip to VIMS last week. One of my advisors has collaborators over at VIMS, and so we got an unofficial tour by one of the VIMS professors. He showed us his...
View ArticleZooplankton Modeling: Final Thoughts
I have finally finished my research, though the summer definitely went by way too fast. Last week Kate, the biology researcher on this project, and I worked together for the first time all summer to...
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