Predictive Model For Bigheaded Carps In Mississippi River

dc.contributor.author	Shrestha, Jitendra K.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-04-11T20:56:56Z
dc.date.available	2012-04-11T20:56:56Z
dc.date.issued	2012-04-11
dc.date.submitted	January 2011	en_US
dc.identifier.other	DISS-11529	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10106/9595
dc.description.abstract	Bigheaded carps refer to two species of fish called Silver carp and Bigheaded carp which have invaded the Upper Mississippi River System and are causing nuisance to the native fish like catfish, paddlefish and gizzard Shad by encroaching their habitat. The exponential growth of their population due to their overwhelming reproduction capability and adaptation features calls for a careful study of their population dynamics. In this study, we offer a mathematical model with artificial excessive fishing effort to reduce the population of Bigheaded carps. We numerically observe the correlation among growth rate, fishing rate and the future population of the Bigheaded carps.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Chen, Benito M.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Mathematics	en_US
dc.title	Predictive Model For Bigheaded Carps In Mississippi River	en_US
dc.type	M.S.	en_US
dc.contributor.committeeChair	Chen, Benito M.	en_US
dc.degree.department	Mathematics	en_US
dc.degree.discipline	Mathematics	en_US
dc.degree.grantor	University of Texas at Arlington	en_US
dc.degree.level	masters	en_US
dc.degree.name	M.S.	en_US