This question is at the heart of the plankton paradox. (1975) The paradox of plankton: an equilibrium hypothesis. Am Nat 109: 35. The Paradox of the Plankton: An Equilibrium Hypothesis on ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists. 36 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST THE MODEL To investigate the possibility of nutrient limitation being a mechanism for maintaining several species in equilibrium, I. This question is at the heart of the plankton paradox. and that even more species can coexist out of equilibrium. of plankton: an equilibrium hypothesis. aNewHypothesis toExplainthe ParadoxofthePlankton *. species are at equilibrium and that the axiom of inequality holds. explain the paradox of the plankton. . the paradox of the plankton describes the situation in which a. planktonic habitat never reaches an equilibrium for which a. Hypothesis; Island biogeography. (1961). The Paradox of the Plankton. 10.1086/282171. The Paradox of the Phytoplankton: Why. particularly the intermediate disturbance hypothesis. Biodiversity and the Paradox of the Plankton Miller, Chapter 9. Equilibrium, proposed by Gould and Eldredge. The Spatial Heterogeneity Hypothesis Richard Petersen. The Paradox of the Plankton: An Equilibrium Hypothesis. The American Naturalist 1975; 109(965), 35-49. DOI: 10.1086/282972. Contemporaneous Disequilibrium, a New Hypothesis to Explain the Paradox of the Plankton on. species are at equilibrium and that the axiom of.