Table 1.

Parameters for predator–prey model.

parameter	description	value
NI	limiting resource	80–370 µM
δ	dilution rate	0.1–0.7 d−1
m	predator mortality	0.055–0.825
λ	predator senescence rate	0.4 d−1
XC	prey conversion (109 cells/µmol N)	0.0027
βC	maximum prey per capita recruitment	0.72 d−1
ρ	βC/XC	270 µM N/109 cells * d
βB	maximum predator per capita recruitment	1.9 d−1
XB	predator conversion	170 predator/106 prey cells
KB	predator half-saturation constant	0.15 × 106 prey cells ml−1
G	predator grazing rate parameter = βB/KB	0.011 ml/predator * d