Futter, Martyn
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Society is threatened with an increased likelihood of unexpected and rapid loss of natural capital, increased public health risk from toxic cyanobacteria, and loss of biodiversity in lakes. Observations and models reveal that lakes can exhibit sudden, but persistent, ecological changes preceded by the erosion of ecological stability (e.g., phenomenon of “flickering” or “critical slowing down”(1)) driven by extrinsic (e.g., extreme weather events) or intrinsic (e.g., trophic interactions) pressures. This evidence is being used to develop the basis for resilience based management across other ecosystem types. However, although slow (i.e., years to centuries), ecological responses following abatement of dominant pressures are well documented (e.g., catchment nutrient load reduction(2)), the same cannot be said for sudden ecological transitions (i.e.,
Published in
Environmental Science and Technology
2016, volume: 50, number: 7, pages: 3285-3286
SLU Authors
Huser, Brian
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Angeler, David
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Global goals (SDG)
SDG6 Clean water and sanitation
UKÄ Subject classification
Ecology
Oceanography, Hydrology, Water Resources
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00865
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/77557