Ecosystems: the rocky road to regime-shift indicators

Stephen J Hawkins; Katrin Bohn; C Patrick Doncaster

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.027

Ecosystems: the rocky road to regime-shift indicators

Curr Biol. 2015 Aug 3;25(15):R666-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.027.

Authors

Stephen J Hawkins¹, Katrin Bohn², C Patrick Doncaster³

Affiliations

¹ Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK. Electronic address: S.J.Hawkins@soton.ac.uk.
² Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK.
³ Centre for Biological Sciences, Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.

PMID: 26241144
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.027

Abstract

Ecosystems can undergo dramatic shifts from one stable state to another. While indicators of such shifts are well known, experimental tests are few and far between. A new study on rocky shore ecosystems now offers a test of warning indicators.

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MeSH terms

Ecosystem*
Phaeophyceae / physiology*
Seaweed / physiology*