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SUBMITTER: Telesh IV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6937249 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Telesh Irena V IV Schubert Hendrik H Joehnk Klaus D KD Heerkloss Reinhard R Schumann Rhena R Feike Martin M Schoor Arne A Skarlato Sergei O SO
Scientific reports 20191230 1
Despite the enticing discoveries of chaos in nature, triggers and drivers of this phenomenon remain a classical enigma which needs irrefutable empirical evidence. Here we analyze results of the yearlong replicated mesocosm experiment with multi-species plankton community that allowed revealing signs of chaos at different trophic levels in strictly controlled abiotic environment. In mesocosms without external stressors, we observed the "paradox of chaos" when biotic interactions (internal drivers ...[more]