In this paper, a stage-structured jellyfish model with two time delays is formulated and analyzed, the first delay represents the time from the asexually reproduced young polyp to the mature polyp and the second denotes the time from the developed polyp to ephyra (incipient medusa). Global dynamics of the model are obtained via monotone dynamical theory: the jellyfish populations go extinct and the trivial equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable if the survival rate of polyp during cloning and the survival rate of the incipient medusa during strobilation are less than their death rates. And if the survival rate of polyp during cloning and the survival rate of the incipient medusa during strobilation are larger than their death rates, a unique positive equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable. Moreover, it is proved that the only stage of polyps will continue without growing into medusa and the boundary equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable if the survival rate of polyp is larger than its death rate during cloning and if there is no survival of the incipient medusa. Numerical simulations are performed to verify our analytical results and to explore the dynamics with/without delays.
Citation: Zin Thu Win, Boping Tian, Shengqiang Liu. Asymptotic behaviors of jellyfish model with stage structure[J]. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2021, 18(3): 2508-2526. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2021128
In this paper, a stage-structured jellyfish model with two time delays is formulated and analyzed, the first delay represents the time from the asexually reproduced young polyp to the mature polyp and the second denotes the time from the developed polyp to ephyra (incipient medusa). Global dynamics of the model are obtained via monotone dynamical theory: the jellyfish populations go extinct and the trivial equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable if the survival rate of polyp during cloning and the survival rate of the incipient medusa during strobilation are less than their death rates. And if the survival rate of polyp during cloning and the survival rate of the incipient medusa during strobilation are larger than their death rates, a unique positive equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable. Moreover, it is proved that the only stage of polyps will continue without growing into medusa and the boundary equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable if the survival rate of polyp is larger than its death rate during cloning and if there is no survival of the incipient medusa. Numerical simulations are performed to verify our analytical results and to explore the dynamics with/without delays.
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