Table 1.

model parameter definitions, values, and units. Parameter values were chosen to yield model solutions that were qualitatively consistent with the experimental data.

Parameter	Symbol	Value	Units
Virus supply rate		5 × 107	virus ml −1 day−1
Virus consumption rate by grazer		1 × 10−3	ml grazer−1 day−1
Virus consumption rate by bacteria		1 × 10−6	ml bacteria−1 day−1
Bacteria consumption by grazer		1 × 10−3	ml grazer−1 day−1
Bacteria growth rate		0.8	day−1
Virus decay rate		0.1	day−1
Bacteria mortality rate		1 × 10−6	ml bacteria−1 day−1
Grazer mortality rate		0.1	ml grazer−1 day−1
Transfer efficiency from bacteria to grazer		0.1	-
Transfer efficiency from virus to grazer		1 × 10−6	-
Transfer efficiency from virus to bacteria		1 × 10−3	-