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Research partially supported by an NSERC of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship. This represents part of this author's Ph.D. thesis submitted to the University of Alberta.
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Butler, G.J., Wolkowicz, G.S.K. Predator-mediated competition in the chemostat. J. Math. Biology 24, 167–191 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00275997
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