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Coherent ecological dynamics induced by large-scale disturbance

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  • Timothy H. Keitt

    (Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

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Ecosystem order from disorder Understanding how ecosystems react to disturbance at the community level is an important goal in ecology. Responses vary from a situation where all species rise or fall together, to one where total biomass is constant but individual species thrive or disappear. Timothy Keitt looked at the effects of disturbance — experimental acidification of a whole lake — over a 17-year period. Surprisingly, the system became more orderly when disturbed, with planktonic communities shifting from seemingly random incoherence to strongly synchronous dynamics. Seasonality among species was a major factor in determining ecosystem response.

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  • Timothy H. Keitt, 2008. "Coherent ecological dynamics induced by large-scale disturbance," Nature, Nature, vol. 454(7202), pages 331-334, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:454:y:2008:i:7202:d:10.1038_nature06935
    DOI: 10.1038/nature06935
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    1. Lawrence W Sheppard & Emma J Defriez & Philip C Reid & Daniel C Reuman, 2019. "Synchrony is more than its top-down and climatic parts: interacting Moran effects on phytoplankton in British seas," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(3), pages 1-25, March.

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