ArticleNature communications2019
Dome patterns in pelagic size spectra reveal strong trophic cascades.
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- Ecological consequences of body size reduction under warming.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Review
- Structured model conserving biomass for the size-spectrum evolution in aquatic ecosystems.Journal of mathematical biology · 2024Article
- Steeper size spectra with decreasing phytoplankton biomass indicate strong trophic amplification and future fish declines.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Evolution of prudent predation in complex food webs.Ecology letters · 2022Article
- Systematic variation in food web body-size structure linked to external subsidies.Biology letters · 2021Article
- Food web complexity weakens size-based constraints on the pyramids of life.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2020Article
- Phytoplankton and particle size spectra indicate intense mixotrophic dinoflagellates grazing from summer to winter.Journal of plankton researchArticle
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Abstract
In ecological communities, especially the pelagic zones of aquatic ecosystems, certain body-size ranges are often over-represented compared to others. Community size spectra, the distributions of community biomass over the logarithmic body-mass axis, tend to exhibit regularly spaced local maxima, called "domes", separated by steep troughs. Contrasting established theory, we explain these dome patterns as manifestations of top-down trophic cascades along aquatic food chains. Compiling high quality size-spectrum data and comparing these with a size-spectrum model introduced in this study, we test this theory and develop a detailed picture of the mechanisms by which bottom-up and top-down effects interact to generate dome patterns. Results imply that strong top-down trophic cascades are common in freshwater communities, much more than hitherto demonstrated, and may arise in nutrient rich marine systems as well. Transferring insights from the general theory of non-linear pattern formation to domes patterns, we provide new interpretations of past lake-manipulation experiments.
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