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Spatial dynamics of an age-structured population model of Asian clams

  • Jian Fang*
  • , Kunquan Lan
  • , Gunog Seo
  • , Jianhong Wu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • York University Toronto
  • Toronto Metropolitan University
  • Colgate University

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Abstract

Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea) is one of the most important nonnative aquatic invasive species in the freshwater ecosystem of North America, rapidly spreading in lakes, canals, streams, and rivers. This species has remarkably distinct mobility patterns in different phases of its life cycle. We formulate a novel mathematical model, in the form of nonlocal delayed partial differential equations, to calculate and characterize the invasion speed, and show that the invasion speed coincides with the minimal speed of traveling wave fronts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)959-979
Number of pages21
JournalSIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
Volume74
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

  • Asian clam
  • Corbicula fluminea
  • Delayed reaction-diffusion-advection system
  • Invasion speed
  • Nonlocal response
  • Semiflow
  • Traveling wave

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