On a Mathematical Model Arising from Competition of Phytoplankton Species for a Single Nutrient with Internal Storage: Steady State Analysis
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In this paper we construct a mathematical model of two microbial populations competing for a single-limited nutrient with internal storage in an unstirred chemostat. First we establish the existence and uniqueness of steadystate solutions for the single population. The conditions for the coexistence of steady states are determined. Techniques include the maximum principle, theory of bifurcation and degree theory in cones.
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