Alternative equilibria in shallow lakes

1993/08/01 by Marten Scheffer, M. Scheffer, S.H. Hosper +7 · 2,823 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Alternative stable state #Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics #Aquatic ecosystem #Biology #Biomass (ecology) #Ecology #Ecosystem #Environmental science #Eutrophication #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Geology #Lake ecosystem #Marine and coastal ecosystems #Nutrient #Oceanography #Range (aeronautics) #Turbidity #Vegetation (pathology) #Waves and shallow water

paper · doi:10.1016/0169-5347(93)90254-m

published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution 8(8), 275-279 (Elsevier BV)

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