Characterizing regime shifts in the marine environment

Lees, Kathryn, Pitois, Sophie, Scott, Catherine, Frid, Chris and Mackinson, Steven (2006) Characterizing regime shifts in the marine environment. Fish and Fisheries, 7 (2). pp. 104-127. ISSN 1467-2960

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Abstract

Recent years have seen a plethora of studies reporting that ‘regime shifts’ have occurred in the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during the last century. In many cases, the criteria used to distinguish a regime shift have not been explicitly stated. In other cases, a formal definition has been proposed and the data set assessed against it. Developing a universal quantitative definition for identifying and distinguishing between purported climatic and ecological regime shifts has proved problematic as many authors have developed criteria that seem unique to the system under study. Consequently, they throw little light on the drivers of ecological regime shifts. Criteria used to define regime shifts are reviewed and on the basis of evidence from purported regime shifts, common characteristics in the speed and amplitude of the changes and the duration of quasi-stable states are used to propose a more clearly defined set of criteria for defining climatic and ecological regime shifts. Causal drivers of regime shifts are explored using correlation analysis. Limitations of these methods are discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	climate change,marine environment,north atlantic,north pacific,overfishing,regime shifts,sdg 13 - climate action,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	27 May 2016 16:00
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 01:12
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59121
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-2979.2006.00215.x

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