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Translating regime shifts in shallow lakes into changes in ecosystem function
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Translating regime shifts in shallow lakes into changes in ecosystem function |
| Creator | Hilt, Sabine Brothers, Soren Jeppesen, Erik Veraart, Annelies J. Kosten, Sarian |
| Description | Shallow lakes, the most prevalent type of freshwater ecosystems, can shift between clear states with macrophyte dominance and turbid, phytoplankton-dominated states. Such transformations, commonly termed regime shifts, have gained increasing attention in recent decades. Of 1084 studies documenting regime shifts, only 28% investigated the consequences for ecosystem functions and services such as habitat (13%), carbon processing (4%), or nutrient retention (4%). Although there is general... |
| Date | 2017-10-01T07:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/959 info:doi/10.1093/biosci/bix106 |
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| Source | Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications |
| Publisher | Hosted by Utah State University Libraries |
| Contributor | Oxford University Press |
| Subject | alternative states biodiversity eutrophication greenhouse-gas emissions nutrient retention |
