Testing for thresholds of ecosystem collapse in seagrass meadows

© 2017 Society for Conservation Biology.

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Veröffentlicht in:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. - 1999. - 31(2017), 5 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 1196-1201
1. Verfasser: Connell, Sean D (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Fernandes, Milena, Burnell, Owen W, Doubleday, Zoë A, Griffin, Kingsley J, Irving, Andrew D, Leung, Jonathan Y S, Owen, Samuel, Russell, Bayden D, Falkenberg, Laura J
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Schlagworte:Journal Article cambio de fase eutrofización eutrophication habitat loss momento crítico nutrientes nutrients phase shift pérdida de hábitat tipping point
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520 |a Although the public desire for healthy environments is clear-cut, the science and management of ecosystem health has not been as simple. Ecological systems can be dynamic and can shift abruptly from one ecosystem state to another. Such unpredictable shifts result when ecological thresholds are crossed; that is, small cumulative increases in an environmental stressor drive a much greater change than could be predicted from linear effects, suggesting an unforeseen tipping point is crossed. In coastal waters, broad-scale seagrass loss often occurs as a sudden event associated with human-driven nutrient enrichment (eutrophication). We tested whether the response of seagrass ecosystems to coastal nutrient enrichment is subject to a threshold effect. We exposed seagrass plots to different levels of nutrient enrichment (dissolved inorganic nitrogen) for 10 months and measured net production. Seagrass response exhibited a threshold pattern when nutrient enrichment exceeded moderate levels: there was an abrupt and large shift from positive to negative net leaf production (from approximately 0.04 leaf production to 0.02 leaf loss per day). Epiphyte load also increased as nutrient enrichment increased, which may have driven the shift in leaf production. Inadvertently crossing such thresholds, as can occur through ineffective management of land-derived inputs such as wastewater and stormwater runoff along urbanized coasts, may account for the widely observed sudden loss of seagrass meadows. Identification of tipping points may improve not only adaptive-management monitoring that seeks to avoid threshold effects, but also restoration approaches in systems that have crossed them 
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700 1 |a Doubleday, Zoë A  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Griffin, Kingsley J  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Irving, Andrew D  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Leung, Jonathan Y S  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Owen, Samuel  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Russell, Bayden D  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Falkenberg, Laura J  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
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