Publication Title

The College Mathematics Journal

Document Type

Article

Department or Program

Mathematics

Second Department or Program

Environmental Studies

Publication Date

11-2013

Abstract

We describe a collaboration between mathematicians and ecologists studying the cyanobacterium Gloeotrichia echinulata and its possible role in eutrophication of New England lakes. The mathematics includes compartmental modeling, differential equations, difference equations, and testing models against high-frequency data. The ecology includes observation, field sampling, and parameter estimation based on observed data and the related literature. Mathematically and ecologically, a collaboration like this progresses in ways it never would have if either group worked alone.

Comments

Original version is available from the publisher at: https://doi.org/10.4169/college.math.j.44.5.376

Copyright Note

This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Bates College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.

Required Publisher's Statement

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The College Mathematics Journal on Nov 2013, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.4169/college.math.j.44.5.376

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