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Ecosystem models must convert a naturally open system into a theoretically closed one. For phytoplankton-herbivore models the form for the parameterization of predation on the herbivores can have a significant effect on the remainder of the model.
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Communicated by J.S. Pearse, Santa Cruz
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Steele, J.H. The role of predation in ecosystem models. Mar. Biol. 35, 9–11 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386670
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