Detecting evidence of ecological resistance and resilience in lake time series datasets
This projects uses the theory of stressor-response relationships to attempt to identify historical tipping points in lake ecosystem state. The tipping points occur where resistance and resilience are overwhelmed and regime shifts occur. Stressor-response relationships are examined to confirm that rapid temporal changes in response variables are due to small changes in stressors. Datasets analysed include palaeolimnological data as well as time series of water quality and LakeSPI measurements. This project is co-funded under (1) the MBIE-funded Lakes380 programme (Marcus Vandergoes and Susie Wood, co-PIs), (2) the MBIE-funded Health and resilience of NZ lakes and Estuaries Programme (Kevin Collier and Troy Baisden, Co-PIs), and (3) the Our Land and Water programme on Land Use Suitability (headed by Scott Larned).