Fisher equation with turbulence in one dimension

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2009.07.015MaRDI QIDQ1036749zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Roberto Benzi, D. R. Nelson

Publication date 13 November 2009

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.0313

zbMATH Keywords

localizationpopulation dynamicsturbulence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems in biology (37N25) Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Reaction-diffusion equations (35K57) Dynamical systems in fluid mechanics, oceanography and meteorology (37N10) Convective turbulence (76F35)

Abstract: We investigate the dynamics of the Fisher equation for the spreading of micro-organisms in one dimension subject to both turbulent convection and diffusion. We show that for strong enough turbulence, bacteria, for example, track in a quasilocalized fashion (with remakably long persistance times) sinks in the turbulent field. An important consequence is a large reduction in the carrying capacity of the fluid medium. We determine analytically the regimes where this quasi-localized behavior occurs and test our predictions by numerical simulations.

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