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Phosphorus control is critical to mitigating eutrophication by Carpenter, Stephen R

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Invasive species triggers a massive loss of ecosystem services through a trophic cascade by Walsh, Jake R., Carpenter, Stephen R., Zanden, M. Jake Vander

“…Despite growing recognition of the importance of ecosystem services and the economic and ecological harm caused by invasive species, linkages between…”
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Reducing Phosphorus to Curb Lake Eutrophication is a Success by Schindler, David W, Carpenter, Stephen R, Chapra, Steven C, Hecky, Robert E, Orihel, Diane M

“…As human populations increase and land-use intensifies, toxic and unsightly nuisance blooms of algae are becoming larger and more frequent in freshwater lakes…”
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Stability and Diversity of Ecosystems by Ives, Anthony R, Carpenter, Stephen R

“…Understanding the relationship between diversity and stability requires a knowledge of how species interact with each other and how each is affected by the…”
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Decision-making under great uncertainty: environmental management in an era of global change by Polasky, Stephen, Carpenter, Stephen R., Folke, Carl, Keeler, Bonnie

“…Global change issues are complex and the consequences of decisions are often highly uncertain. The large spatial and temporal scales and stakes involved make…”
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Generic Indicators of Ecological Resilience: Inferring the Chance of a Critical Transition by Scheffer, Marten, Carpenter, Stephen R, Dakos, Vasilis, van Nes, Egbert H

“…Ecological resilience is the ability of a system to persist in the face of perturbations. Although resilience has been a highly influential concept, its…”
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Role of economics in analyzing the environment and sustainable development by Polasky, Stephen, Kling, Catherine L., Levin, Simon A., Carpenter, Stephen R., Daily, Gretchen C., Ehrlich, Paul R., Heal, Geoffrey M., Lubchenco, Jane

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Eutrophication of aquatic ecosystems: bistability and soil phosphorus by Carpenter, S.R

“…Eutrophication (the overenrichment of aquatic ecosystems with nutrients leading to algal blooms and anoxic events) is a persistent condition of surface waters…”
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Turning back from the brink: Detecting an impending regime shift in time to avert it by Biggs, Reinette, Carpenter, Stephen R, Brock, William A

“…Ecological regime shifts are large, abrupt, long-lasting changes in ecosystems that often have considerable impacts on human economies and societies. Avoiding…”
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Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet by Steffen, Will, Richardson, Katherine, Rockström, Johan, Cornell, Sarah E., Fetzer, Ingo, Bennett, Elena M., Biggs, Reinette, Carpenter, Stephen R., de Vries, Wim, de Wit, Cynthia A., Folke, Carl, Gerten, Dieter, Heinke, Jens, Mace, Georgina M., Persson, Linn M., Ramanathan, Veerabhadran, Reyers, Belinda, Sörlin, Sverker

“…Crossing the boundaries in global sustainability The planetary boundary (PB) concept, introduced in 2009, aimed to define the environmental limits within which…”
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Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere by Folke, Carl, Polasky, Stephen, Rockström, Johan, Galaz, Victor, Westley, Frances, Lamont, Michèle, Scheffer, Marten, Österblom, Henrik, Carpenter, Stephen R., Chapin, F. Stuart, Seto, Karen C., Weber, Elke U., Crona, Beatrice I., Daily, Gretchen C., Dasgupta, Partha, Gaffney, Owen, Gordon, Line J., Hoff, Holger, Levin, Simon A., Lubchenco, Jane, Steffen, Will, Walker, Brian H.

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for…”
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Resilience indicators: prospects and limitations for early warnings of regime shifts by Dakos, Vasilis, Carpenter, Stephen R., van Nes, Egbert H., Scheffer, Marten

“…In the vicinity of tipping points—or more precisely bifurcation points—ecosystems recover slowly from small perturbations. Such slowness may be interpreted as…”
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Methods for detecting early warnings of critical transitions in time series illustrated using simulated ecological data by Dakos, Vasilis, Carpenter, Stephen R, Brock, William A, Ellison, Aaron M, Guttal, Vishwesha, Ives, Anthony R, Kéfi, Sonia, Livina, Valerie, Seekell, David A, van Nes, Egbert H, Scheffer, Marten

“…Many dynamical systems, including lakes, organisms, ocean circulation patterns, or financial markets, are now thought to have tipping points where critical…”
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Reconsideration of the planetary boundary for phosphorus by Carpenter, Stephen R, Bennett, Elena M

“…Phosphorus (P) is a critical factor for food production, yet surface freshwaters and some coastal waters are highly sensitive to eutrophication by excessP. A…”
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State of the World's Freshwater Ecosystems: Physical, Chemical, and Biological Changes by Carpenter, Stephen R, Stanley, Emily H, Vander Zanden, M. Jake

“…Surface freshwaters-lakes, reservoirs, and rivers-are among the most extensively altered ecosystems on Earth. Transformations include changes in the morphology…”
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Human impacts on planetary boundaries amplified by Earth system interactions by Lade, Steven J., Steffen, Will, de Vries, Wim, Carpenter, Stephen R., Donges, Jonathan F., Gerten, Dieter, Hoff, Holger, Newbold, Tim, Richardson, Katherine, Rockström, Johan

“…The planetary boundary framework presents a ‘planetary dashboard’ of humanity’s globally aggregated performance on a set of environmental issues that endanger…”
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Anticipating Critical Transitions by Scheffer, Marten, Carpenter, Stephen R., Lenton, Timothy M., Bascompte, Jordi, Brock, William, Dakos, Vasilis, van de Koppel, Johan, van de Leemput, Ingrid A., Levin, Simon A., van Nes, Egbert H., Pascual, Mercedes, Vandermeer, John

“…Tipping points in complex systems may imply risks of unwanted collapse, but also opportunities for positive change. Our capacity to navigate such risks and…”
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Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene by Bennett, Elena M, Solan, Martin, Biggs, Reinette, McPhearson, Timon, Norström, Albert V, Olsson, Per, Pereira, Laura, Peterson, Garry D, Raudsepp-Hearne, Ciara, Biermann, Frank, Carpenter, Stephen R, Ellis, Erle C, Hichert, Tanja, Galaz, Victor, Lahsen, Myanna, Milkoreit, Manjana, López, Berta Martin, Nicholas, Kimberly A, Preiser, Rika, Vince, Gaia, Vervoort, Joost M, Xu, Jianchu

“…The scale, rate, and intensity of humans' environmental impact has engendered broad discussion about how to find plausible pathways of development that hold…”
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Early warning signals of ecological transitions: methods for spatial patterns by Kéfi, Sonia, Guttal, Vishwesha, Brock, William A, Carpenter, Stephen R, Ellison, Aaron M, Livina, Valerie N, Seekell, David A, Scheffer, Marten, van Nes, Egbert H, Dakos, Vasilis

“…A number of ecosystems can exhibit abrupt shifts between alternative stable states. Because of their important ecological and economic consequences, recent…”
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Early-warning signals for critical transitions by Scheffer, Marten, Bascompte, Jordi, Brock, William A., Brovkin, Victor, Carpenter, Stephen R., Dakos, Vasilis, Held, Hermann, van Nes, Egbert H., Rietkerk, Max, Sugihara, George

“…Tip-offs for tipping points Many complex systems, ranging from ecosystems to financial markets and the climate, can have critical thresholds or tipping points…”
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