Table 7 Variables and notations used in simulations

α: allocation coefficient

‘: uncorrected value

\( \mathcal{C} \): consumers

γ: consumer of glycogen/consumer cell in allocation

C: concentration

0: initial

\( \mathcal{P} \): producers

c: producer of glycogen

f: fraction of cell type

γ: consumed metabolite for photoautotroph

\( \mathcal{S} \): seawater nutrients

i: species

\( \widehat{\mu} \): maximum growth rate

c: produced metabolite for photoautotroph

μ: consumer of ammonium

μ: growth rate

chIL: nitrogenase

n: producer of ammonium

ν: flux

cons: consumer

π: producer cell in allocation

N: number of steps

δ: differentiation pool

σ: portion control for allocation

DZ: diazotroph

S: stoichiometric matrix

f: final

t: time

m: metabolite

X: biomass

n: step

Y _{N → Env} : fraction of nitrogen released to the environment

PA: photoautotroph

prod: producer

PSI/II: Photosystem I/II

T: total