SPEAD 1.0 – Simulating Plankton Evolution with Adaptive Dynamics in a two-trait continuous fitness landscape applied to the Sargasso Sea

Le Gland, Guillaume; Vallina, Sergio M.; Smith, S. Lan; Cermeño, Pedro

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1949-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1949-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1949-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

Model description paper

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13 Apr 2021

Model description paper |

| 13 Apr 2021

SPEAD 1.0 – Simulating Plankton Evolution with Adaptive Dynamics in a two-trait continuous fitness landscape applied to the Sargasso Sea

Guillaume Le Gland, Sergio M. Vallina, S. Lan Smith, and Pedro Cermeño

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RC1: 'Review for Le Gland et al. manuscript', Fanny Monteiro, 30 Dec 2020
- AC1: 'Comment on gmd-2020-302', Guillaume LE GLAND, 01 Mar 2021
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Feb 2021
- AC1: 'Comment on gmd-2020-302', Guillaume LE GLAND, 01 Mar 2021
AC1: 'Comment on gmd-2020-302', Guillaume LE GLAND, 01 Mar 2021

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Short summary

We present an ecological model called SPEAD wherein various phytoplankton compete for nutrients. Phytoplankton in SPEAD are characterized by two continuously distributed traits: optimal temperature and nutrient half-saturation. Trait diversity is sustained by allowing the traits to mutate at each generation. We show that SPEAD agrees well with a more classical discrete model for only a fraction of the cost. We also identify realistic values for the mutation rates to be used in future models.