Dynamical Analysis of a Harvesting Model of Phytoplankton-Zooplankton Interaction

In this work, we propose and analyze a model of
Phytoplankton-Zooplankton interaction with harvesting considering
that some species are exploited commercially for food. Criteria for
local stability, instability and global stability are derived and some
threshold harvesting levels are explored to maintain the population
at an appropriate equilibrium level even if the species are exploited
continuously.Further,biological and bionomic equilibria of the system
are obtained and an optimal harvesting policy is also analysed using
the Pantryagin’s Maximum Principle.Finally analytical findings are
also supported by some numerical simulations.

• Anuj K. Sharma
• Amit Sharma
• Kulbhushan Agnihotri

• Phytoplankton-Zooplankton
• Global stability
• Bionomic Equilibrium
• Pontrying-Maximum Principal.

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