scholarly journals Resilience of Alternative Stable States during the Recovery of Shallow Lakes from Eutrophication: Lake Veluwe as a Case Study

Ecosystems ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bas W. Ibelings ◽  
Rob Portielje ◽  
Eddy H. R. R. Lammens ◽  
Ruurd Noordhuis ◽  
Marcel S. van den Berg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Lakes ◽  
Alternative Stable States ◽  
Stable States

scholarly journals Gradual regime shifts in fairy circles

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (40) ◽  
pp. 12327-12331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuval R. Zelnik ◽  
Ehud Meron ◽  
Golan Bel
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modeling ◽  
Alternative Stable States ◽  
Regime Shifts ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Stable States ◽  
Birth And Death Processes ◽  
Spatially Extended ◽  
Pattern Forming ◽  
Water Vegetation

Large responses of ecosystems to small changes in the conditions—regime shifts—are of great interest and importance. In spatially extended ecosystems, these shifts may be local or global. Using empirical data and mathematical modeling, we investigated the dynamics of the Namibian fairy circle ecosystem as a case study of regime shifts in a pattern-forming ecosystem. Our results provide new support, based on the dynamics of the ecosystem, for the view of fairy circles as a self-organization phenomenon driven by water–vegetation interactions. The study further suggests that fairy circle birth and death processes correspond to spatially confined transitions between alternative stable states. Cascades of such transitions, possible in various pattern-forming systems, result in gradual rather than abrupt regime shifts.

scholarly journals Alternative stable states in large shallow lakes?

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 813-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette B.G. Janssen ◽  
Sven Teurlincx ◽  
Shuqing An ◽  
Jan H. Janse ◽  
Hans W. Paerl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Lakes ◽  
Alternative Stable States ◽  
Stable States

scholarly journals Uniform carbon fluxes in shallow lakes in alternative stable states

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 330-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle D. Zimmer ◽  
William O. Hobbs ◽  
Leah M. Domine ◽  
Brian R. Herwig ◽  
Mark A. Hanson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Lakes ◽  
Alternative Stable States ◽  
Carbon Fluxes ◽  
Stable States

Alternative Stable States in Shallow Lakes

2012 ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Thomas Hellström ◽  
Rhodes W. Fairbridge ◽  
Lars Bengtsson ◽  
Barbara Wohlfarth ◽  
Reginald W. Herschy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Lakes ◽  
Alternative Stable States ◽  
Stable States

scholarly journals Mowing Submerged Macrophytes in Shallow Lakes with Alternative Stable States: Battling the Good Guys?

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 619-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan J. Kuiper ◽  
Michiel J. J. M. Verhofstad ◽  
Evelien L. M. Louwers ◽  
Elisabeth S. Bakker ◽  
Robert J. Brederveld ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Lakes ◽  
Submerged Macrophytes ◽  
Alternative Stable States ◽  
Stable States

Crustacean communities as food resources for fish in shallow Polesie lakes with contrasting development of submerged macrophytes

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Adamczuk ◽  
Ryszard Kornijów
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Shallow Lakes ◽  
Submerged Macrophytes ◽  
Alternative Stable States ◽  
Food Resources ◽  
Clear Water ◽  
Stable States ◽  
Forage Base

AbstractThe aim of the research was to evaluate crustacean forage resources for fish in five shallow lakes varied in respect to species richness and coverage of submerged macrophytes, and thus representing different alternative stable states. The results revealed that lakes with a high or moderate abundance of macrophytes and moderate visibility (macrophyte-dominated Lake Rotcze, phytoplankton-macrophyte dominated lakes Sumin and Głębokie) displayed reach crustacean forage base for fish. Poor feeding conditions were found in two extremely different lakes: turbid phytoplankton-dominated Lake Syczyńskie devoid of macrophytes, and heavily vegetated, clear-water macrophyte-dominated Lake Kleszczów. Possible reasons for these differences are discussed.

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2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Beckage ◽  
Chris Ellingwood ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Stable States ◽  
Stable States ◽  
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