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The classical chemostat models of Monod and others were designed for unicellular organisms. We summarize evidence that these models are not adequate for the rotifer chemostat, then propose a new, physiologically structured model that resolves some of their key problems yet remains biologically simple. The new model includes separate ontogenetic stages for eggs and free-swimming rotifers, with generalized age structure in the egg stage and body mass structure in the free-swimming stage. We present several numerical examples to illustrate the model’s behavior, and we compare these in a preliminary way with experimental evidence from the literature.
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McNair, J.N., Boraas, M.E., Seale, D.B. (1998). Size-structure dynamics of the rotifer chemostat: a simple physiologically structured model. In: Wurdak, E., Wallace, R., Segers, H. (eds) Rotifera VIII: A Comparative Approach. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 134. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4782-8_60
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