Data on plankton ecosystems in large enclosures are used as a basis for consideration of the role of deterministic and random processes in these systems. Using a simple model, it is proposed that the exclusion of random variations in predators can lead to greater extremes in the phytoplankton/herbivore populations in enclosures compared with those outside. These results depend on the relative rates of internal and exogenous changes, and comparisons are made with results for a forest ecosystem.
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Steele et al. (1981) studied this question.
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