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COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
卷 3, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01180-0
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- Swedish Research Council Formas [2013-1074]
- HM Carl XVI Gustaf's Foundation for Science and Education [2014-0002]
- Baltic Sea 2020 foundation
- Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre (Asko grants)
- Swedish research council VR
- Swedish research council Formas
- Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
- Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
- Swedish County administrative boards
- Uppland Foundation
- EU Interreg (IIIA)
- EU Interreg (IIIB)
- Forsmarks kraftgrupp
- Stockholm University
- Swedish Board of Fisheries
Regime shifts in ecosystem structure and processes are typically studied from a temporal perspective. Yet, theory predicts that in large ecosystems with environmental gradients, shifts should start locally and gradually spread through space. Here we empirically document a spatially propagating shift in the trophic structure of a large aquatic ecosystem, from dominance of large predatory fish (perch, pike) to the small prey fish, the three-spined stickleback. Fish surveys in 486 shallow bays along the 1200 km western Baltic Sea coast during 1979-2017 show that the shift started in wave-exposed archipelago areas near the open sea, but gradually spread towards the wave-sheltered mainland coast. Ecosystem surveys in 32 bays in 2014 show that stickleback predation on juvenile predators (predator-prey reversal) generates a feedback mechanism that appears to reinforce the shift. In summary, managers must account for spatial heterogeneity and dispersal to better predict, detect and confront regime shifts within large ecosystems. Eklof et al. report a spatially propagating shift in the trophic structure along the western Baltic Sea coast. The authors use fish surveys from 1979-2017 to show a shift from dominance of large predatory fish to the small prey fish, the three-spined stickleback, starting in wave-exposed areas and gradually moving to the wave-sheltered coast.
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