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Research Article

Dynamical analysis of a modified Leslie–Gower Holling-type II predator-prey stochastic model in polluted environments with interspecific competition and impulsive toxicant input

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Pages 840-858 | Received 28 Oct 2021, Accepted 26 Nov 2022, Published online: 14 Dec 2022

Abstract

In this paper, we use a mean-reverting Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process to simulate the stochastic perturbations in the environment, and then a modified Leslie–Gower Holling-type II predator-prey stochastic model in a polluted environment with interspecific competition and pulse toxicant input is proposed. Through constructing V-function and applying Ito^s formula, the sharp sufficient conditions including strongly persistent in the mean, persistent in the mean and extinction are established. In addition, the theoretical results are verified by numerical simulation.

MATHEMATICS Subject Classification (2000):

1. Introduction

In recent years, with the continuous development of industry, agriculture and fisheries as well as the discharge of waste water, waste gas and wastes, the ecological environment has been seriously damaged. Today's society emphasizes the importance of protecting the environment because these toxins in the polluted environment pose a serious threat to the survival of species such as plankton, animal populations and even human beings themselves. All this has led more scholars to investigate the effects of toxins on populations in polluted environments. For example, Nelson [Citation34] studied the early oil pollution of European seas, Jensen and Marshall [Citation16] described laboratory populations of Daphnia pulex exposed to chronic radiation stress, and Shukla et al. [Citation37] proposed a dynamical model to assess the effects of industrialization on forest biomass degradation in a particular area.

At the same time, many researchers have studied the effects of toxic substances and pollutants on ecological populations from a realistic perspective. In particular, Hallam and his colleagues [Citation9–11] have opened the door to the study of environmental toxins by publishing three papers in a row that explored the effects of toxins on deterministic models of ecosystems. From then on, many deterministic single or multiple population models with toxic effects have been proposed and analysed (see e.g. [Citation5,Citation7,Citation12,Citation28,Citation32,Citation36]), however the underlying assumption is that exogenous inputs of toxins are continuous. Particularly, in real life, toxins are often released into the environment in pulses. A typical example is the regular spraying of pesticides in agriculture and forestry [Citation21], and another example is the massive discharge of heavy metals in industry [Citation20]. Therefore, on the basis of a deterministic population model, some authors have investigated the effects of toxins with pulsed inputs on the population in polluted environments(see e.g. [Citation22,Citation26,Citation31,Citation42]).

Those important and useful studies of deterministic models provide a great way to understand the effects of pollution, but in the real world, populations do not exist in isolation. Therefore, the study of the persistence and extinction of two or more interacting populations under the action of toxic substances has more important biological significance. In recent years, several scholars have proposed more realistic predation models which should take the functional response into account [Citation4,Citation38]. Holling type II functional response is used to measure the average feeding rate of a predator when it spends time looking for and handing the prey, which has served as the basis of many predator-prey theories. As a result, Aziz-Alaoui and Okiye [Citation1] proposed a famous predator-prey model incorporating a modified version of the Leslie–Gower functional response and a Holling-type II one, the model can be shown as follows: {dx(t)dt=x(t)(r1ax(t)cy(t)h+x(t)),dy(t)dt=y(t)(r2fy(t)h+x(t)),where x(t) and y(t) stand for the size of the prey population and the predator population respectively; r1 and r2 denote the intrinsic growth rate of the prey and the predator respectively. a is the internal competition coefficient of the prey; c represents the per capita reduction rate of the prey; h indicates the degree of environmental protection to predator y(t), that is to say, it represents the capacity of food provision of the environment except prey x(t); f is the per capita reduction rate of the predator. A growing number of scholars based on the above model have studied the possibility of a reciprocal relationship between the decline of predator populations and the per capita availability of prey(see e.g. [Citation17,Citation18,Citation29,Citation35,Citation39,Citation41]).

Note that the above model is based on a deterministic model independent of random environment fluctuations. In fact, the growth of populations is inevitably affected by environmental noise. For example, May [Citation33] pointed out that the growth rate in population system should be stochastic and the solution of system fluctuated randomly around some mean value. On this basis, many studies focussed on random population models in polluted environment and some good results were obtained(see e.g. [Citation13,Citation24,Citation25,Citation30,Citation40,Citation43,Citation44]). In particular, Liu et al. [Citation27] proposed the following stochastic predator-prey model in a polluted environment with pulse toxicant input (1) {dx(t)=x(t)[r10r11C10(t)ax(t)cy(t)h+x(t)]dt+σ1x(t)dB1(t),dy(t)=y(t)[r20r21C20(t)fy(t)h+x(t)]dt+σ2y(t)dB2(t),dCi0(t)dt=kiCe(t)liCi0(t),i=1,2,dCe(t)dt=gCe(t),tnγ,nZ+,ΔCe(t)=q,t=nγ,nZ+.(1) where C10(t) and C20(t) denote the concentration of the toxicant in the organism of the prey species, the predator species at time t, respectively; Δζ(t)=ζ(t+)ζ(t); ki stands for the organisms net uptake rate of toxicant from the environment; li denotes the loss rate of the toxicant in the organism due to the processes such as egestion; Ce(t) denotes the concentrations of the toxicant in the environment at time t; g is the loss rate of toxicant from environment; q is the toxicant input amount at every time; γ(>0) stands for the period of the impulsive input of toxicant. σi2, i = 1, 2 is the intensity of white noise; B1(t) and B2(t) are mutually independent standard Brownian motions defined on a complete probability space (Ω,F,P) with a filtration {Ft}tR+.

Obviously, there is a limitation in model (Equation1), that is, in model (Equation1) there exists an assumption that the growth rate ri0(i=1,2) is linear with respect to the Gaussian white noise r^i0(t):=ri0+σidBi(t)dt,i=1,2.Integrating on the interval [0,T] results in r¯i0:=1T0Tr^i0(t)dt=ri0+σiBi(T)TN(ri0,σi2/T).Hence, the variance of the average per capita growth rate r¯i0 over an interval of length T tends to ∞ as T0. It may not be enough to describe the real situation. In recent years, some authors [Citation6,Citation45] have claimed that using the mean-reverting Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process is a more appropriate approach to incorporate the environment perturbations, and due to this approach, one has dr^i0(t)=αi(ri0r^i0(t))dt+ξidBi(t),i=1,2,i.e. r^i0(t)=ri0+(r~i0ri0)eαit+ξi0teαi(ts)dBi(s)=ri0+(r~i0ri0)eαit+σi(t)dBi(t)dt,i=1,2,where r~i0=r^i0(0), σi(t)=ξi2αi1e2αit, αi>0 represents the speed of reversion, ξi2 is the intensity of stochastic perturbations. Based on the ideas above, we can derive a new version as follows: (2) {dx(t)=x(t)[r10+(r~10r10)eα1tr11C10(t)ax(t)cy(t)h+x(t)]dt+σ1(t)x(t)dB1(t),dy(t)=y(t)[r20+(r~20r20)eα2tr21C20(t)fy(t)h+x(t)]dt+σ2(t)x(t)dB2(t),dCi0(t)dt=kiCe(t)liCi0(t),i=1,2,dCe(t)dt=gCe(t),tnγ,nZ+,ΔCe(t)=q,t=nγ,nZ+.(2) In the real ecological environment, the predator-prey relationship is a complex biological relationship. Therefore, Gao et al. [Citation8] studied the two-predator one-prey model with pulsed toxin input based on model (Equation2). In the model in paper [Citation8], there is no competition between the two predators. In this paper, we study an impulsive stochastic model with one prey and two predators where the two predators have a competitive relationship. The model is as follows: (3) {dy1(t)=y1(t)[r10+(r~10r10)eα1tr11C10(t)ay1(t)c2y2(t)h2+y1(t)c3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ1(t)y1(t)dB1(t),dy2(t)=y2[r20+(r~20r20)eα2tr21C20(t)a23y3(t)f2y2(t)h2+y1(t)]dt+σ2(t)y2(t)dB2(t),dy3(t)=y3[r30+(r~30r30)eα3tr31C30(t)a32y2(t)f3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ3(t)y3(t)dB3(t),dCi0(t)dt=kiCe(t)liCi0(t),i=1,2,3,dCe(t)dt=gCe(t),tnγ,nZ+,ΔCe(t)=q,t=nγ,nZ+,(3) where y1(t) denotes the size of the prey population; y2(t) and y3(t) denote the size of the predators population; ri0,i=1,2,3 denotes the growth rate of population yi; c2 and c3 mean the per capita reduction rate of the prey due to the capture by y2 and y3 respectively; f2 and f3 have similar meanings to c2 and c3 respectively; h2 and h3 represent the degree of environmental protection to predators y2(t) and y3(t), respectively.

Remark 1.1

In model (Equation3), the parameters ri0,r~i0,ki,li(i=1,2,3), fi,hi,ci(i=2,3) and a satisfy 0<ri0,r~i0,ki,li,fi,hi,ci,a1. The parameter σi2 is the intensity of the white noise on the growth rate of species i, thus σi2>0,i=1,2,3. The parameter γ,q>0. ri1 represents the decreasing rate of the intrinsic growth rate associated with the uptake of the toxicant. Thus ri1>0. a23,a32 denote the inter-specific competition coefficients of two predators. Thus a23>0,a32>0. In addition, Ci0 and Ce stand for the concentrations of the toxicant, therefore 0Ci0(t)1 and 0Ce(t)1 for t0. As a result, the following conditions need to be met: kili, q1egγ, i = 1, 2, 3.

As far as we know, a very little amount of work has been done about the stochastic three species predation model with toxicants effect, and little is known of the survival impact of competing predators in a polluted environment. In essence, the proof methods and techniques for having two predator species are similar to those for having more predator species. Motivated by these, we deeply analyse the properties of model (Equation3).

The arrangement of this paper is as follows. In Section 2, the threshold of persistence and extinction for each species is obtained. In Section 3, we carry out some numerical simulations to verify the theoretical results. Finally, we give some conclusions in Section 4.

2. Main results

For the sake of convenience and simplicity, we define the following notations: R+3={zR3|zi>0,i=1,2,3},bi(t)=ri0ξi24αi+ξi24αie2αitri1Ci0(t),Ki=qkigli,b¯i=limt+t10tbi(s)ds=ri0ξi24αiri1Kiγ,i=1,2,3.y(t)=t10ty(s)ds,y=lim supt+y(t),y=lim inft+y(t)

Lemma 2.1

[Citation26,Citation42]

Consider the following subsystem of (Equation3): (4) {dC10(t)dt=k1Ce(t)l1C10(t),dC20(t)dt=k2Ce(t)l2C20(t),dC30(t)dt=k3Ce(t)l3C30(t),dCe(t)dt=gCe(t),tnγ,nZ+,ΔCi0(t)=0,ΔCe(t)=q,t=nγ,nZ+,0Ci0(0)1,0Ce(0)1,i=1,2,3.(4)

The model has a unique positive γ-periodic solution(C~10(t),C~20(t),C~30(t),C~e(t))T which satisfies limt+t10tC~i0(s)ds=kiqgliγ=Kiγ,i=1,2,3.Notice that in model (Equation4), Ci0(t) and Ce(t) can be explicitly solved. Then we only need to consider the first three equations in model (Equation3), which is expressed as follows (5) {dy1(t)=y1(t)[r10+(r~10r10)eα1tr11C10(t)ay1(t)c2y2(t)h2+y1(t)c3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ1(t)y1(t)dB1(t),dy2(t)=y2[r20+(r~20r20)eα2tr21C20(t)a23y3(t)f2y2(t)h2+y1(t)]dt+σ2(t)y2(t)dB2(t),dy3(t)=y3[r30+(r~30r30)eα3tr31C30(t)a32y2(t)f3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ3(t)y3(t)dB3(t).(5)

Lemma 2.2

For arbitrary(y1(0),y2(0),y3(0))R+3, model (Equation5) possesses a unique positive solution (y1(t),y2(t),y3(t))R+3 for all t0 a.s.(almost surely).

Proof.

Pay attention to the following system: (6) {du(t)=[b1(t)+(r~10r10)eα1taeu(t)c2ev(t)h2+eu(t)c3ew(t)h3+eu(t)]dt+σ1(t)dB1(t),dv(t)=[b2(t)+(r~20r20)eα2ta23ew(t)f2ev(t)h2+eu(t)]dt+σ2(t)dB2(t),dw(t)=[b3(t)+(r~30r30)eα3ta32ev(t)f3ew(t)h3+eu(t)]dt+σ3(t)dB3(t),(6) and u(0)=lny1(0), v(0)=lny2(0), w(0)=lny3(0). Due to the fact that the coefficients of model (Equation6) satisfy the local Lipschitz condition, model (Equation6) possesses a unique local solution (u(t),v(t),w(t))T on [0,τ), where τ means the explosion time. From the Ito^s formula, we derive that (y1(t),y2(t),y3(t))=(eu(t),ev(t),ew(t)) is the unique local positive solution of model (Equation5).

Now let us verify that τ=+. Consider the following systems: (7) dϕ(t)=ϕ(t)[r10+(r~10r10)eα1tr11C10(t)aϕ(t)]dt+σ1ϕ(t)dB1(t),ϕ(0)=y1(0);(7) (8) dM(t)=M(t)[r30+(r~30r30)eα3tr31C30(t)f3h3+ϕ(t)M(t)]dt+σ3M(t)dB3(t),M(0)=y3(0).(8) (9) dN(t)=N(t)[r20+(r~20r20)eα2tr21C20(t)f2h2+ϕ(t)N(t)]dt+σ2N(t)dB2(t),N(0)=y2(0);(9) (10) dn(t)=n(t)[r20+(r~20r20)eα2tr21C20(t)f2h2n(t)a23M(t)]dt+σ2n(t)dB2(t),n(0)=y2(0);(10) (11) dm(t)=m(t)[r30+(r~30r30)eα3tr31C30(t)f3h3m(t)a32N(t)]dt+σ3m(t)dB3(t),m(0)=y3(0);(11) On the basis of the comparison theorem for stochastic differential equations [Citation15],we get for t[0,τ), (12) y1(t)ϕ(t),n(t)y2(t)N(t),m(t)y3(t)M(t),a.s.(12) According to Theorem 2.2 in Jiang and Shi [Citation19], we get (13) ϕ(t)=e0tb1(s)dsr~10r10α1(eα1t1)+0tσ1(s)dB1(s)y11(0)+a0te0sb1(τ)dτr~10r10α1(eα1s1)+0sσ1(τ)dB1(τ)ds,(13) (14) M(t)=e0tb3(s)dsr~30r30α3(eα3t1)+0tσ3(s)dB3(s)y31(0)+0tf3h3+ϕ(s)e0sb3(τ)dτr~30r30α3(eα3s1)+0sσ3(τ)dB3(τ)ds.(14) (15) N(t)=e0tb2(s)dsr~20r20α2(eα2t1)+0tσ2(s)dB2(s)y21(0)+0tf2h2+ϕ(s)e0sb2(τ)dτr~20r20α2(eα2s1)+0sσ2(τ)dB2(τ)ds,(15) (16) n(t)=e0t[b2(s)a23M(s)]dsr~20r20α2(eα2t1)+0tσ2(s)dB2(s)y21(0)+f2h20te0s[b2(τ)a23M(τ)]dτr~20r20α2(eα2s1)+0sσ2(τ)dB2(τ)ds,(16) (17) m(t)=e0t[b3(s)a32N(s)]dsr~30r30α3(eα3t1)+0tσ3(s)dB3(s)y31(0)+f3h30te0s[b3(τ)a32N(τ)]dτr~30r30α3(eα3s1)+0sσ3(τ)dB3(τ)ds,(17) Due to the fact that ϕ(t),n(t),N(t),m(t) and M(t) are global, we can know that τ=+.

Lemma 2.3

[Citation30]

Let X(t)C(Ω×[0,+),R+), where C(Ω×[0,+),R+) denotes the family of all continuous positive-valued functions defined on Ω×[0,+).

(i)

If there exist three positive constants t0,β and β0 such that for all tt0, lnX(t)βtβ00tX(s)ds+F(t),where F(t)/t0 as t+, then X(t)β/β0,a.s.

(ii)

If there exist three positive constants t0,β and β0 such that for all tt0, lnX(t)βtβ00tX(S)ds+F(t),where F(t)/t0 as t+, then X(t)β/β0,a.s.

Definition 2.1

(1) y(t) is said to be extinct if limt+y(t)=0, a.s. (2) y(t) is said to be strongly persistent in the mean if y(t)>0, a.s. (3) y(t) is said to be persistent in the mean if limt+y(t)=C>0, a.s.

Theorem 2.1

For model (Equation5), if b¯i<0, then yi become extinct, i.e. limt+yi(t)=0, a.s., i=1,2,3.

Proof.

Applying Ito^s formula to model (Equation5)gives dlny1(t)=(b1(t)+(r~10r10)eα1tay1(t)c2y2(t)h2+y1(t)c3y3(t)h3+y1(t))dt+σ1(t)dB1(t),dlny2(t)=(b2(t)+(r~20r20)eα2ta23y3(t)f2y2(t)h2+y1(t))dt+σ2(t)dB2(t),dlny3(t)=(b3(t)+(r~30r30)eα3ta32y2(t)f3y3(t)h3+y1(t))dt+σ3(t)dB3(t).As a consequence, (18) lny1(t)lny1(0)=0tb1(s)dsr~10r10α1(eα1t1)a0ty1(s)dsc20ty2(s)h2+y1(s)dsc30ty3(s)h3+y1(s)ds+0tσ1(s)dB1(s),(18) (19) lny2(t)lny2(0)=0tb2(s)dsr~20r20α2(eα2t1)a230ty3(s)dsf20ty2(s)h2+y1(s)ds+0tσ2(s)dB2(s),(19) (20) lny3(t)lny3(0)=0tb3(s)dsr~30r30α3(eα3t1)a320ty2(s)dsf30ty3(s)h3+y1(s)ds+0tσ3(s)dB3(s).(20) We derive from (Equation18) that, for sufficiently large t, (21) t1lny1(t)y1(0)b¯1+ε+t10tσ1(s)dB1(s).(21) Note that limt+t10tσ1(s)dB1(s)=0 and b¯1+ε<0, thus limt+y1(t)=0, a.s. In the same way, b¯2<0 means that limt+y2(t)=0, a.s., b¯3<0 means that limt+y3(t)=0, a.s.

Theorem 2.2

For model (Equation5), if b¯1<0,b¯i>0 and b¯j<0, then y1,yj become extinct and yi is persistent in the mean, i.e. limt+yi(t)=hib¯ifi, a.s. i,j(ij)=2,3

Here we only prove the case of b¯2>0, and the proof of b¯3>0 can be obtained similarly.

Proof.

Since b¯1<0, b¯3<0, we then deduce from Theorem 2.1 that limt+y1(t)=0,limt+y3(t)=0, a.s. Then for sufficiently large t, (22) lny2(t)(b¯2+ε)tf2h2+ε0ty2(s)ds+0tσ2(s)dB2(s),(22) (23) lny2(t)(b¯2ε)tf2h2ε0ty2(s)ds+0tσ2(s)dB2(s).(23) Making use of Lemma 2.3 to (Equation22) and (Equation23) respectively, we obtain y2(t)(h2+ε)(b¯2+ε)f2,y2(t)(h2ε)(b¯2ε)f2.Therefore, from the arbitrariness of ε, we can derive that limt+y2(t)=h2b¯2/f2, a.s.

Theorem 2.3

For model (Equation5), if b¯1>0,b¯2<0 and b¯3<0, then y2,y3 become extinct and y1 is persistent in the mean, i.e. limt+y1(t)=b¯1a, a.s.

Proof.

Since b¯2<0,b¯3<0, we then deduce from Theorem 2.1 that limt+y2(t)=0,limt+y3(t)=0, a.s. Then for sufficiently large t, by (Equation18), we know (24) lny1(t)(b¯1+ε)ta0ty1(s)ds+0tσ1(s)dB1(s),(24) (25) lny1(t)(b¯1ε)ta0ty1(s)ds+0tσ1(s)dB1(s).(25) Making use of Lemma 2.3 to (Equation24) and (Equation25) respectively, we obtain y1(t)b¯1+εa,y1(t)b¯1εa.Therefore, from the arbitrariness of ε, we can derive that limt+y1(t)=b¯1/a, a.s.

Theorem 2.4

For model (Equation5), if b¯1<0,b¯2>max{0,a23b¯3h3f3} and b¯3>max{0,a32b¯2h2f2}, then y1 become extinct and y2, y3 satisfies Δ2y2(t)y2(t)b¯2h2f2,Δ3y3(t)y3(t)b¯3h3f3,

where Δ2=b¯2h2f2a23b¯3h3h2f3f2,Δ3=b¯3h3f3a32b¯2h3h2f3f2.That is to say, the populations y2,y3 are strongly persistent in the mean.

Proof.

Since b¯1<0, we then deduce from Theorem 2.1 that limt+y1(t)=0 a.s.

By (Equation19) and (Equation20), we know that for sufficiently large t, (26) lny2(t)t(b¯2+ε)f2h2+εy2(s)+t10tσ2(s)dB2(s),(26) (27) lny2(t)t(b¯2ε)f2h2εy2(s)a23y3(s)+t10tσ2(s)dB2(s),(27) (28) lny3(t)t(b¯3+ε)f3h3+εy3(s)+t10tσ3(s)dB3(s),(28) (29) lny3(t)t(b¯3ε)f3h3εy3(s)a32y2(s)+t10tσ3(s)dB3(s).(29) An application of (i) in Lemma 2.3 to the above inequalities and the arbitrariness of ε, we can deduce (30) lim supt+t10ty2(s)dsb¯2h2f2,(30) (31) lim supt+t10ty3(s)dsb¯3h3f3.(31) Substituting (Equation30, (Equation31) into (Equation29), (Equation27) respectively results in lny3(t)tb¯3a32b¯2h2f2εf3h3εy3(s)+t10tσ3dB3,lny2(t)tb¯2a23b¯3h3f3εf2h2εy2(s)+t10tσ2dB2.From Lemma 2.3(ii) we also deduce that lim inft+t10ty2(s)dsb¯2h2f2a23b¯3h2h3f2f3,lim inft+t10ty3(s)dsb¯3h3f3a32b¯2h2h3f2f3,the proof is completed.

Remark 1.1 Theorems 2.1–2.4 reveals some important and interesting impacts of the speed of reversion, the intensity of stochastic perturbations and the toxicant impulsive period on the persistence and extinction of the species. In fact, we can see that the persistence or not of the resource species y1, y2 and y3 depends on the size of b¯i,i = 1, 2, 3.

3. Numerical simulations

Now we use the Milstein method offered in [Citation14] to verify the theoretical results numerically (here we only provide the functions of ξi2 since the functions of αi can be proffered analogously).

In Figures , choose r10=0.5, r20=0.5, r30=0.3, r~10=0.3, r~20=0.25, r~30=0.2, r11=r21=r31=0.9, a = 0.25, c2=0.36, c3=0.4, f2=0.4, f3=0.47, a23=0.2, a32=0.15, h2=h3=1, α1=0.31, α2=0.35, α3=0.42, γ=2, k1=0.2, k2=0.26 k3=0.21, l1=0.8, l2=0.7, l3=0.7, g = 0.9, q = 0.5. The only difference between conditions of Figures  is that the values of ξ12, ξ22 and ξ32 are different, see Table .

Figure 1. Solutions of system (Equation3) for r10=0.5,r20=0.5,r30=0.3,r~10=0.3,r~20=0.25,r~30=0.2,r11=r21=r31=0.9,a=0.25,c2=0.36,c3=0.4,f2=0.4,f3=0.47,a23=0.2,a32=0.15,h2=h3=1,α1=0.31,α2=0.35,α3=0.42,γ=2,k1=0.2,k2=0.26,k3=0.21,l1=0.8,l2=0.7,l3=0.7,g=0.9,q=0.5, and ξ12=0.55,ξ22=0.9,ξ32=0.5.

Figure 1. Solutions of system (Equation3(3) {dy1(t)=y1(t)[r10+(r~10−r10)e−α1t−r11C10(t)−ay1(t)−c2y2(t)h2+y1(t)−c3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ1(t)y1(t)dB1(t),dy2(t)=y2[r20+(r~20−r20)e−α2t−r21C20(t)−a23y3(t)−f2y2(t)h2+y1(t)]dt+σ2(t)y2(t)dB2(t),dy3(t)=y3[r30+(r~30−r30)e−α3t−r31C30(t)−a32y2(t)−f3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ3(t)y3(t)dB3(t),dCi0(t)dt=kiCe(t)−liCi0(t),i=1,2,3,dCe(t)dt=−gCe(t),t≠nγ,n∈Z+,ΔCe(t)=q,t=nγ,n∈Z+,(3) ) for r10=0.5,r20=0.5,r30=0.3,r~10=0.3,r~20=0.25,r~30=0.2,r11=r21=r31=0.9,a=0.25,c2=0.36,c3=0.4,f2=0.4,f3=0.47,a23=0.2,a32=0.15,h2=h3=1,α1=0.31,α2=0.35,α3=0.42,γ=2,k1=0.2,k2=0.26,k3=0.21,l1=0.8,l2=0.7,l3=0.7,g=0.9,q=0.5, and ξ12=0.55,ξ22=0.9,ξ32=0.5.

Figure 5. Solutions of system (Equation3) for r10=0.5,r20=0.5,r30=0.3,r~10=0.3,r~20=0.25,r~30=0.2,r11=r21=r31=0.9,a=0.25,c2=0.36,c3=0.4,f2=0.4,f3=0.47,a23=0.2,a32=0.15,h2=h3=1,α1=0.31,α2=0.35,α3=0.42,γ=2,k1=0.2,k2=0.26,k3=0.21,l1=0.8,l2=0.7,l3=0.7,g=0.9,q=0.5, and ξ12=0.55,ξ22=0.16,ξ32=0.09.

Figure 5. Solutions of system (Equation3(3) {dy1(t)=y1(t)[r10+(r~10−r10)e−α1t−r11C10(t)−ay1(t)−c2y2(t)h2+y1(t)−c3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ1(t)y1(t)dB1(t),dy2(t)=y2[r20+(r~20−r20)e−α2t−r21C20(t)−a23y3(t)−f2y2(t)h2+y1(t)]dt+σ2(t)y2(t)dB2(t),dy3(t)=y3[r30+(r~30−r30)e−α3t−r31C30(t)−a32y2(t)−f3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ3(t)y3(t)dB3(t),dCi0(t)dt=kiCe(t)−liCi0(t),i=1,2,3,dCe(t)dt=−gCe(t),t≠nγ,n∈Z+,ΔCe(t)=q,t=nγ,n∈Z+,(3) ) for r10=0.5,r20=0.5,r30=0.3,r~10=0.3,r~20=0.25,r~30=0.2,r11=r21=r31=0.9,a=0.25,c2=0.36,c3=0.4,f2=0.4,f3=0.47,a23=0.2,a32=0.15,h2=h3=1,α1=0.31,α2=0.35,α3=0.42,γ=2,k1=0.2,k2=0.26,k3=0.21,l1=0.8,l2=0.7,l3=0.7,g=0.9,q=0.5, and ξ12=0.55,ξ22=0.16,ξ32=0.09.

Table 1. The values with ξi2 and b¯i(i=1,2,3).

From Table , we know the following cases.

  • In Figure , b¯1=0.006<0, b¯2=0.2357<0, b¯3=0.0726<0. According to Theorem 2.1, y1, y2 and y3 die out. Figure  confirms these.

  • In Figure , b¯1=0.006<0, b¯2=0.2929>0, b¯3=0.0726<0. By Theorem 2.2, y1 and y3 die out and limt+t10ty2(s)ds=h2b¯2f2=0.7321.See Figure . y1 becomes extinct and y2 is persistent in the mean, that is to say, the prey y1 is not the only food source for the predator y2.

  • In Figure , b¯1=0.006<0, b¯2=0.2357<0, b¯3=0.1714>0. By Theorem 2.2, y1 and y2 die out and limt+t10ty3(s)ds=h3b¯3f3=0.3647.See Figure . y1 becomes extinct and y3 is persistent in the mean, that is to say, the prey y1 is not the only food source for the predator y3.

  • In Figure , b¯1=0.3165>0, b¯2=0.2357<0, b¯3=0.0726<0. Thus according to Theorem 2.3, y2 and y3 die out and limt+t10ty1(s)ds=b¯1a=1.2661.See Figure . This means that when predators y2 and y3 are extinct, the prey y1 will survive without natural enemies.

  • In Figure , b¯1=0.006<0, b¯2=0.2929>0, b¯3=0.1714>0, b¯2h2f2=0.7321, b¯3h3f3=0.3647, Δ2=0.5498, Δ3=0.1311. Thus according to Theorem 2.4, y1 dies out and 0.5498=Δ2<limt+t10ty2(s)ds<b¯2h2f2=0.7321,0.1311=Δ3<limt+t10ty3(s)ds<b¯3h3f3=0.3647.Figure  confirms these. y1 dies out, y2 and y3 are strongly persistent in the mean. that is to say, the prey y1 is not the only food source for predators y2 and y3.

    Compared with Figures , we find that with the increase of intensity of stochastic perturbations ξ12, species y1 tends to die out while the predator y2 and y3 remain persistence. That is to say, the stochastic perturbations on the growth rate of y1 is harmful for the persistence of y1 and does not imply the extinction of y2 and y3. Similarly, with the increase of ξi2, yi,i = 2, 3, tends to die out while y1 tends to be persistent. From a biological point of view, this is reasonable. ξi2 is intensity of stochastic perturbations, and growth rates are sensitive to these stochastic perturbations. Hence the stochastic perturbations on the growth rate of a species is harmful for the persistence of this species. In addition, although prey y1 tends to die out, predators y2 and y3 can choose other foods, hence the parameter ξ12 does not affect the survival of predators.

    In Figures  and , we choose r10=0.2, r20=0.1, r30=0.2, r~10=0.1, r~20=0.05, r~30=0.13, r11=2, r21=1, r31=2.1, a = 0.5, c2=0.2, c3=0.2, f2=0.85, f3=0.77, a23=0.2, a32=0.15, h2=h3=1, α1=0.81, α2=0.85, α3=0.79, k1=0.11, k2=0.12 k3=0.035, l1=0.6, l2=0.7, l3=0.5, g = 0.9, q = 0.16, ξ12=0.75, ξ22=0.006, ξ32=0.29. The only difference between conditions of Figures  and is that the values of γ are different, see Table .

    From Table , we know the following cases.

  • In Figure , we choose γ=3. Then b¯1=0.0532<0, b¯2=0.0881>0, b¯3=0.0995>0, b¯2h2f2=0.1036, b¯3h3f3=0.1292, Δ2=0.0732, and Δ3=0.1091. By Theorem 2.4, we have y1 die out and 0.0732=Δ2<limt+t10ty2(s)ds<b¯2h2f2=0.1036,0.1091=Δ3<limt+t10ty3(s)ds<b¯3h3f3=0.1292.Figure  confirms these.

  • In Figure , choose γ=0.2. Then b¯1=0.3574<0, b¯2=0.0541<0 and b¯3=0.0224<0. Thus according to Theorem 2.1, y1, y2 and y3 die out. See Figure .

Figure 2. Solutions of system (Equation3) for r10=0.5,r20=0.5,r30=0.3,r~10=0.3,r~20=0.25,r~30=0.2,r11=r21=r31=0.9,a=0.25,c2=0.36,c3=0.4,f2=0.4,f3=0.47,a23=0.2,a32=0.15,h2=h3=1,α1=0.31,α2=0.35,α3=0.42,γ=2,k1=0.2,k2=0.26,k3=0.21,l1=0.8,l2=0.7,l3=0.7,g=0.9,q=0.5, and ξ12=0.55,ξ22=0.16,ξ32=0.5.

Figure 2. Solutions of system (Equation3(3) {dy1(t)=y1(t)[r10+(r~10−r10)e−α1t−r11C10(t)−ay1(t)−c2y2(t)h2+y1(t)−c3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ1(t)y1(t)dB1(t),dy2(t)=y2[r20+(r~20−r20)e−α2t−r21C20(t)−a23y3(t)−f2y2(t)h2+y1(t)]dt+σ2(t)y2(t)dB2(t),dy3(t)=y3[r30+(r~30−r30)e−α3t−r31C30(t)−a32y2(t)−f3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ3(t)y3(t)dB3(t),dCi0(t)dt=kiCe(t)−liCi0(t),i=1,2,3,dCe(t)dt=−gCe(t),t≠nγ,n∈Z+,ΔCe(t)=q,t=nγ,n∈Z+,(3) ) for r10=0.5,r20=0.5,r30=0.3,r~10=0.3,r~20=0.25,r~30=0.2,r11=r21=r31=0.9,a=0.25,c2=0.36,c3=0.4,f2=0.4,f3=0.47,a23=0.2,a32=0.15,h2=h3=1,α1=0.31,α2=0.35,α3=0.42,γ=2,k1=0.2,k2=0.26,k3=0.21,l1=0.8,l2=0.7,l3=0.7,g=0.9,q=0.5, and ξ12=0.55,ξ22=0.16,ξ32=0.5.

Figure 3. Solutions of system (Equation3) for r10=0.5,r20=0.5,r30=0.3,r~10=0.3,r~20=0.25,r~30=0.2,r11=r21=r31=0.9,a=0.25,c2=0.36,c3=0.4,f2=0.4,f3=0.47,a23=0.2,a32=0.15,h2=h3=1,α1=0.31,α2=0.35,α3=0.42,γ=2,k1=0.2,k2=0.26,k3=0.21,l1=0.8,l2=0.7,l3=0.7,g=0.9,q=0.5, and ξ12=0.55,ξ22=0.9,ξ32=0.09.

Figure 3. Solutions of system (Equation3(3) {dy1(t)=y1(t)[r10+(r~10−r10)e−α1t−r11C10(t)−ay1(t)−c2y2(t)h2+y1(t)−c3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ1(t)y1(t)dB1(t),dy2(t)=y2[r20+(r~20−r20)e−α2t−r21C20(t)−a23y3(t)−f2y2(t)h2+y1(t)]dt+σ2(t)y2(t)dB2(t),dy3(t)=y3[r30+(r~30−r30)e−α3t−r31C30(t)−a32y2(t)−f3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ3(t)y3(t)dB3(t),dCi0(t)dt=kiCe(t)−liCi0(t),i=1,2,3,dCe(t)dt=−gCe(t),t≠nγ,n∈Z+,ΔCe(t)=q,t=nγ,n∈Z+,(3) ) for r10=0.5,r20=0.5,r30=0.3,r~10=0.3,r~20=0.25,r~30=0.2,r11=r21=r31=0.9,a=0.25,c2=0.36,c3=0.4,f2=0.4,f3=0.47,a23=0.2,a32=0.15,h2=h3=1,α1=0.31,α2=0.35,α3=0.42,γ=2,k1=0.2,k2=0.26,k3=0.21,l1=0.8,l2=0.7,l3=0.7,g=0.9,q=0.5, and ξ12=0.55,ξ22=0.9,ξ32=0.09.

Figure 4. Solutions of system (Equation3) for r10=0.5,r20=0.5,r30=0.3,r~10=0.3,r~20=0.25,r~30=0.2,r11=r21=r31=0.9,a=0.25,c2=0.36,c3=0.4,f2=0.4,f3=0.47,a23=0.2,a32=0.15,h2=h3=1,α1=0.31,α2=0.35,α3=0.42,γ=2,k1=0.2,k2=0.26,k3=0.21,l1=0.8,l2=0.7,l3=0.7,g=0.9,q=0.5, and ξ12=0.15,ξ22=0.9,ξ32=0.5.

Figure 4. Solutions of system (Equation3(3) {dy1(t)=y1(t)[r10+(r~10−r10)e−α1t−r11C10(t)−ay1(t)−c2y2(t)h2+y1(t)−c3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ1(t)y1(t)dB1(t),dy2(t)=y2[r20+(r~20−r20)e−α2t−r21C20(t)−a23y3(t)−f2y2(t)h2+y1(t)]dt+σ2(t)y2(t)dB2(t),dy3(t)=y3[r30+(r~30−r30)e−α3t−r31C30(t)−a32y2(t)−f3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ3(t)y3(t)dB3(t),dCi0(t)dt=kiCe(t)−liCi0(t),i=1,2,3,dCe(t)dt=−gCe(t),t≠nγ,n∈Z+,ΔCe(t)=q,t=nγ,n∈Z+,(3) ) for r10=0.5,r20=0.5,r30=0.3,r~10=0.3,r~20=0.25,r~30=0.2,r11=r21=r31=0.9,a=0.25,c2=0.36,c3=0.4,f2=0.4,f3=0.47,a23=0.2,a32=0.15,h2=h3=1,α1=0.31,α2=0.35,α3=0.42,γ=2,k1=0.2,k2=0.26,k3=0.21,l1=0.8,l2=0.7,l3=0.7,g=0.9,q=0.5, and ξ12=0.15,ξ22=0.9,ξ32=0.5.

Figure 6. Solutions of system (Equation3) for r10=0.2,r20=0.1,r30=0.2,r~10=0.1,r~20=0.05,r~30=0.13,r11=2,r21=1,r31=2.1,a=0.5,c2=0.2,c3=0.2,f2=0.85,f3=0.77,a23=0.2,a32=0.15,h2=h3=1,α1=0.81,α2=0.85,α3=0.79,γ=3,k1=0.11,k2=0.12,k3=0.035,l1=0.6,l2=0.7,l3=0.5,g=0.9,q=0.16, and ξ12=0.75,ξ22=0.006,ξ32=0.29.

Figure 6. Solutions of system (Equation3(3) {dy1(t)=y1(t)[r10+(r~10−r10)e−α1t−r11C10(t)−ay1(t)−c2y2(t)h2+y1(t)−c3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ1(t)y1(t)dB1(t),dy2(t)=y2[r20+(r~20−r20)e−α2t−r21C20(t)−a23y3(t)−f2y2(t)h2+y1(t)]dt+σ2(t)y2(t)dB2(t),dy3(t)=y3[r30+(r~30−r30)e−α3t−r31C30(t)−a32y2(t)−f3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ3(t)y3(t)dB3(t),dCi0(t)dt=kiCe(t)−liCi0(t),i=1,2,3,dCe(t)dt=−gCe(t),t≠nγ,n∈Z+,ΔCe(t)=q,t=nγ,n∈Z+,(3) ) for r10=0.2,r20=0.1,r30=0.2,r~10=0.1,r~20=0.05,r~30=0.13,r11=2,r21=1,r31=2.1,a=0.5,c2=0.2,c3=0.2,f2=0.85,f3=0.77,a23=0.2,a32=0.15,h2=h3=1,α1=0.81,α2=0.85,α3=0.79,γ=3,k1=0.11,k2=0.12,k3=0.035,l1=0.6,l2=0.7,l3=0.5,g=0.9,q=0.16, and ξ12=0.75,ξ22=0.006,ξ32=0.29.

Figure 7. Solutions of system (Equation3) for r10=0.2,r20=0.1,r30=0.2,r~10=0.1,r~20=0.05,r~30=0.13,r11=2,r21=1,r31=2.1,a=0.5,c2=0.2,c3=0.2,f2=0.85,f3=0.77,a23=0.2,a32=0.15,h2=h3=1,α1=0.81,α2=0.85,α3=0.79,γ=0.2,k1=0.11,k2=0.12,k3=0.035,l1=0.6,l2=0.7,l3=0.5,g=0.9,q=0.16, and ξ12=0.75,ξ22=0.006,ξ32=0.29.

Figure 7. Solutions of system (Equation3(3) {dy1(t)=y1(t)[r10+(r~10−r10)e−α1t−r11C10(t)−ay1(t)−c2y2(t)h2+y1(t)−c3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ1(t)y1(t)dB1(t),dy2(t)=y2[r20+(r~20−r20)e−α2t−r21C20(t)−a23y3(t)−f2y2(t)h2+y1(t)]dt+σ2(t)y2(t)dB2(t),dy3(t)=y3[r30+(r~30−r30)e−α3t−r31C30(t)−a32y2(t)−f3y3(t)h3+y1(t)]dt+σ3(t)y3(t)dB3(t),dCi0(t)dt=kiCe(t)−liCi0(t),i=1,2,3,dCe(t)dt=−gCe(t),t≠nγ,n∈Z+,ΔCe(t)=q,t=nγ,n∈Z+,(3) ) for r10=0.2,r20=0.1,r30=0.2,r~10=0.1,r~20=0.05,r~30=0.13,r11=2,r21=1,r31=2.1,a=0.5,c2=0.2,c3=0.2,f2=0.85,f3=0.77,a23=0.2,a32=0.15,h2=h3=1,α1=0.81,α2=0.85,α3=0.79,γ=0.2,k1=0.11,k2=0.12,k3=0.035,l1=0.6,l2=0.7,l3=0.5,g=0.9,q=0.16, and ξ12=0.75,ξ22=0.006,ξ32=0.29.

Table 2. The values with γ and b¯i(i=1,2,3).

By comparing Figures  with , one can observe that the toxicant impulsive period γ in polluted environments affects species survival. Moreover,with the decrease of γ, species tends to die out.

4. Conclusions

In this paper, we take advantage of a mean-reverting Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process to portray the random perturbations in the environment and formulate a modified Leslie–Gower Holling-type II two-predator one-prey stochastic model in polluted environments with impulsive toxicant input. We consider interspecific competition between predators and we obtain sharp sufficient conditions for persistence in the mean, strongly persistent in the mean and extinction for each species of model (Equation3).

The theorems that we obtain have some interesting biological interpretations. By these Theorems we can see that each species is either extinct, strongly persistent in the mean or persistent in the mean, relying on the sign of b¯i(i=1,2,3).

We note that the intensity of the perturbation ξi2 and the speed of reversion αi are two key parameters in the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. Obviously, db¯idαi>0,db¯idξi2<0.Therefore, we conclude that along with the increase of αi (respectively, ξi2), b¯i will increase (respectively, decrease). That is, increasing the reversion rate αi is advantageous for the survival of species yi, while increasing intensity ξi2 is harmful for them.

Some interesting topics remain to be solved. For example, it would be interesting to dissect other random noises such as the telephone noise(see [Citation23]), the Lévy noise(see [Citation3]) or reaction diffusion(see [Citation2]) etc. We leave these questions for future research.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Additional information

Funding

The work is supported by National Science Foundation of China [grant number 12172376] and Scientific Research Project of Tianjin Municipal Education Commission [grant number 2019KJ131].

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