Asymmetric response of early warning indicators of phytoplankton transition to and from cycles

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 285-293

  Batt, Ryan D ^a   Brock, William A ^a,b   Carpenter, Stephen R ^a   Cole, Jonathan J ^c   Pace, Michael L ^d   Seekell, David A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae bloom; Early warning; Hopf bifurcation; Phytoplankton; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIFURCATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; THRESHOLD;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84880699082     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-013-0190-8     Document Type: Article

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