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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.,

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Environmental Science and Technology
2016, volym: 50, nummer: 7, sidor: 3285-3286

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Globala målen (SDG)

SDG6 Rent vatten och sanitet för alla

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Ekologi
Oceanografi, hydrologi, vattenresurser

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00865

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/77557