The importance of within-system spatial variation in drivers of marine ecosystem regime shifts
Comparative analyses of the dynamics of exploited marine ecosystems have led to differing hypotheses regarding the primary causes of observed regime shifts, while many ecosystems have apparently not undergone regime shifts. These varied responses may be partly explained by the decade-old recognition...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rstb.2013.0271 2024-06-02T08:04:08+00:00 The importance of within-system spatial variation in drivers of marine ecosystem regime shifts Fisher, J. A. D. Casini, M. Frank, K. T. Möllmann, C. Leggett, W. C. Daskalov, G. 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0271 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.2013.0271 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rstb.2013.0271 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences volume 370, issue 1659, page 20130271 ISSN 0962-8436 1471-2970 journal-article 2015 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0271 2024-05-07T14:16:59Z Comparative analyses of the dynamics of exploited marine ecosystems have led to differing hypotheses regarding the primary causes of observed regime shifts, while many ecosystems have apparently not undergone regime shifts. These varied responses may be partly explained by the decade-old recognition that within-system spatial heterogeneity in key climate and anthropogenic drivers may be important, as recent theoretical examinations have concluded that spatial heterogeneity in environmental characteristics may diminish the tendency for regime shifts. Here, we synthesize recent, empirical within-system spatio-temporal analyses of some temperate and subarctic large marine ecosystems in which regime shifts have (and have not) occurred. Examples from the Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Bengula Current, North Sea, Barents Sea and Eastern Scotian Shelf reveal the largely neglected importance of considering spatial variability in key biotic and abiotic influences and species movements in the context of evaluating and predicting regime shifts. We highlight both the importance of understanding the scale-dependent spatial dynamics of climate influences and key predator–prey interactions to unravel the dynamics of regime shifts, and the utility of spatial downscaling of proposed mechanisms (as evident in the North Sea and Barents Sea) as a means of evaluating hypotheses originally derived from among-system comparisons. Article in Journal/Newspaper Barents Sea Subarctic The Royal Society Barents Sea Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 370 1659 20130271 |
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Comparative analyses of the dynamics of exploited marine ecosystems have led to differing hypotheses regarding the primary causes of observed regime shifts, while many ecosystems have apparently not undergone regime shifts. These varied responses may be partly explained by the decade-old recognition that within-system spatial heterogeneity in key climate and anthropogenic drivers may be important, as recent theoretical examinations have concluded that spatial heterogeneity in environmental characteristics may diminish the tendency for regime shifts. Here, we synthesize recent, empirical within-system spatio-temporal analyses of some temperate and subarctic large marine ecosystems in which regime shifts have (and have not) occurred. Examples from the Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Bengula Current, North Sea, Barents Sea and Eastern Scotian Shelf reveal the largely neglected importance of considering spatial variability in key biotic and abiotic influences and species movements in the context of evaluating and predicting regime shifts. We highlight both the importance of understanding the scale-dependent spatial dynamics of climate influences and key predator–prey interactions to unravel the dynamics of regime shifts, and the utility of spatial downscaling of proposed mechanisms (as evident in the North Sea and Barents Sea) as a means of evaluating hypotheses originally derived from among-system comparisons. |
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Fisher, J. A. D. Casini, M. Frank, K. T. Möllmann, C. Leggett, W. C. Daskalov, G. The importance of within-system spatial variation in drivers of marine ecosystem regime shifts |
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Fisher, J. A. D. Casini, M. Frank, K. T. Möllmann, C. Leggett, W. C. Daskalov, G. |
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The importance of within-system spatial variation in drivers of marine ecosystem regime shifts |
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The importance of within-system spatial variation in drivers of marine ecosystem regime shifts |
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The importance of within-system spatial variation in drivers of marine ecosystem regime shifts |
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The importance of within-system spatial variation in drivers of marine ecosystem regime shifts |
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The importance of within-system spatial variation in drivers of marine ecosystem regime shifts |
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importance of within-system spatial variation in drivers of marine ecosystem regime shifts |
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