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F. Recknagel
5.4
State Variable-Based Adaptive Agents
Aquatic ecosystems such as lakes have adefinite boundary with primary
producers dominated by microscopic algal cells (1 to 200 /Lm) with generation
times of hours to days, and secondary producers dominated by mesoscopic
zooplankton (20 to 2000 /Lm) with generation times of days and weeks (Rigler and
Solar Radiation
WaterTemperature
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Competition
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Infonnarion flow to and from
tbe agent, other agents, and the
environment
Fig. 5.2. Adaptive agents simulation of algal species dynamics
a
b