Do alternate stable states occur in natural ecosystems?: Evidence from a tidal flat

By J. Koppel, P. Herman, P. Thoolen, Carlo H. R. Heip. 2001

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry

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Citations in the corpus

• When can positive interactions cause alternative stable states in ecosystems (2016, background): “…which have been used to study ecosystem shifts so far is that they often ignore species diversity and the diversity of their interactions and usually simulate one or a few nurse species (e.g. Noy-Meir 1975; May 1977; Rietkerk et al. 1996; van de Koppel et al. 2001, 2005a,b; K efi et al. 2007b).”
• Microphytobenthos, their Extracellular Polymeric Substances, and the Morphogenesis of Intertidal Sediments (2003, result): “Van de Koppel et al. (2001) supported their model with experimental data on cultures of diatoms and by analyzing intertidal mudflats.”
• Sediment on rocky intertidal reefs: Effects on early post-settlement stages of habitat-forming seaweeds (2006, background): “Fine sediments including silt and fine organic matter can accumulate in sheltered conditions (Airoldi et al., 1996), while more wave-exposed areas are likely to be affected by sand scour and higher levels of erosion ( Van de Koppel et al., 2001 ).”
• The importance of fine-scale, vertical profiles in characterising nematode community structure (2003, background): “Site 3, and in minor degree, site 1, with higher current velocities and bottom shear stress (Van De Koppel et al., 2001) are characterised by higher densities of surface deposit feeders, while site 2, where sedimentation rates were high (Schmidt et al., 1999 in Herman et al., 2001), is…”
• Long‐term indirect effects of mechanical cockle‐dredging on intertidal bivalve stocks in the Wadden Sea (2001, background): “The intertidal flats examined in this study showed recovery with respect to spatfall of Cerastoderma and Macoma within a period of 10 years, perhaps reflecting a change from one ‘stable’ state to another (van de Koppel et al. 2001).”
• DAILY FLUCTUATIONS OF EXOPOLYMERS IN CULTURES OF THE BENTHIC DIATOMS CYLINDROTHECA CLOSTERIUM AND NITZSCHIA SP. (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE)1 (2002, background): “…of these diatom biofilms increases the erosion threshold of the sediment (Sutherland et al. 1998, de Brouwer et al. 2000, Paterson et al. 2000), and fine-grained sediment particles that are deposited on the mudflat are bound to the EPS matrix (de Brouwer et al. 2000, van de Koppel et al. 2001).”
• Does biogeomorphic feedback lead to abrupt shifts between alternative landscape states?: An empirical study on intertidal flats and marshes (2013, background): “2169-9003/13/2012JF002474 JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: EARTH SURFACE, VOL. 118, 229–240, doi:10.1029/2012JF002474, 2013 Koppel et al., 2001].”
• Direct experimental evidence for alternative stable states: a review (2005, methodology): “Experimental demonstrations of positive feedbacks have also been used to argue for ASS (Barkai and McQuaid 1988, Hanski et al. 1995, Kuussaari et al. 1998, van de Koppel et al. 2001, Adema and Grootjans 2003, Konar and Estes 2003).”
• Detection of alternative stable states in marine communities (2004, background): “Van De Koppel et al. (2001) provide laboratory experimental and field observational evidence consistent with a model of alternative states based on positive feedback between diatom growth and silt content.”