Control of Hopf bifurcation in a simple plankton population model with a non-integer exponent of closure

Abstract: In this paper, control of Hopf bifurcation for a plankton population model with a non-integer exponent of closure is studied. For the plankton model with the closure term varies continuously between the commonly used linear and quadratic forms, washout filter aided feedback controllers are employed to control the stability of the Hopf bifurcation, and thus the chaos could be eliminated. By employing the stability theorems derived, the stability of a control system is investigated. Finally numerical simulations are provided to show the effectiveness and feasibility of the developed methods. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]