Bifurcation and control of a planktonic ecological system with double delays by delayed feedback control

Abstract In this paper, a delayed feedback controller with the delay-dependent coefficient is introduced into a multiple delay phytoplankton-zooplankton system. For uncontrolled system, choosing delays as the bifurcation parameters, we prove that Hopf bifurcation can occur when the delays change and cross some values. Then, the delays are still chosen as the bifurcation parameters to research the dynamic behaviors of the controlled system. Under this control mechanism, the onset of Hopf bifurcation can be delayed by selecting the appropriate control parameters and the stability domain can be extended as feedback gain (the decay rate) decreases (increases), and the influence of the decay rate cannot be ignored. Furthermore, using the crossing curve methods, the stable changes of equilibrium in two delay plane can be obtained. Some numerical simulations are given to verify the correctness and validity of the delayed feedback controller in the bifurcation control.