Why plankton communities have no equilibrium: solutions to the paradox

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Framework for understanding marine ecosystem health (2013, background): “However, others view species diversity as a non-equilibrium phenomenon: the result of high physical disturbance, or chaotic internal interactions, allowing multiple species to occupy 1 realized niche, and thus explaining (Scheffer et al. 2003) ‘the paradox of the plankton’ in aquatic ecosystems (Hut”
Phytoplankton functional type modelling: Running before we can walk? A critical evaluation of the current state of knowledge (2016, background): “t higher aggregation levels, plankton communities exhibit satsfactory predictability and are often proposed as a paradigm for hedding light on the spatiotemporal patterns of complex natual systems (McCauley and Murdoch, 1987; Scheffer et al., 2003).”
Phytoplankton community composition can be predicted best in terms of morphological groups (2011, background): “Aggregated estimators of phytoplankton abundance such as chlorophyll a levels or total biovolume can be predicted relatively well from environmental conditions (McCauley and Murdoch 1987; Scheffer et al. 2003).”
Steady-state assemblages in a Mediterranean hypertrophic reservoir. The role of Microcystis ecomorphological variability in maintaining an apparent equilibrium (2003, background): “In non-equilibrium models, species richness is decreased through random local extinction in a stochastic dynamic system (Scheffer et al., 2003).”