algae/notes/comp_succ_outline.html

Outline for Competition, Succession and Community Structure

 

1. Competition

   
  a. basics of competition   competition.html
  b. review efficiency   efficiency.html
  c. nutrient depletion as a natural consequence    
  d. coexistence    
       
2. Regulation for efficiency    
  a. review optimization   optimization.html
  b. levels of regulation - overall   regulation1.htm
  c. protein activation   regulation2.htm
  d. gene regulation   regulation3.htm
  e. regulation simulation   simulation 4
       
3. Competition leads to succession    
  a. seasonal story - PEG model   peg.html
  b. CSR trajectories    
       
4. Community structure    
 

a. examples food webs

   
  b. community structure determined by algal physiology    
  c. self-organizing or emergent structures    
       
? Inefficiency and survival    
  a. "inefficient" regulation   inefficiency.htm
  b. algorithm length - complex regulation   complex down regulation
  c. diversity from adaptation    
       

 

John Rueter
ESR473
May 8, 2003