Microcystis aeruginosa is a major primary producer and a common toxic cyanobacterium, playing an important role in the aquatic environment (Chen et al., 2016). Microcystis aeruginosa is commonly observed in highly eutrophic lakes (Watanabe and Oishi, 1985). In recent years, surface cyanobacterial bloom occurred frequently in most large shallow lakes in China, such as Lake Taihu (Zhang et al., 2...

Fisheries in the North Atlantic, southeast Atlantic, and eastern central Atlantic reached their maximum production levels one or two decades ago and are now showing a declining trend in total catches (1). The declining catches are consistent with observations that these areas have the highest incidence of overexploited stocks, depleted stocks or slowly recovering stocks that have been depleted ...

This paper studies aquatic ecological±economic systems such as the Chesapeake Bay. The stability of such eco-logical±economic systems depends on the successful functioning of a small number of generalist species in a wide range of ecological and economic conditions. We ®rst characterize the persistence of such systems. We then analyze the dynamic and the stochastic aspects of the resource alloc...