On the strategy of "eating your competitor": a mathematical analysis of algal mixotrophy.

From: Ecology | Date: October 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

Recent experimental evidence indicates the importance in some pelagic systems of mixotrophic protists that combine photosynthetic ability with the ability to ingest bacteria. If both bacteria and phytoplankton are mineral nutrient limited, this should provide the mixotrophs with the double benefit of combining removal of their competitor with ingestion of the limiting nutrient in pelleted form. It is the objective of this study to expand the classical theories of competition and predation to explore the effect on the microbial food web of one trophic group possessing both strategies. In a ...

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