Processed data, code and results from O'Brien D.A., Deb S., Gal G., Thackeray S.J., Dutta P.S., Matsuzaki S.S., May L. & Clements C.F. 2023. Early warning signals have limited applicability to empirical lake data.
Lake Kinneret and Lake Kasumigaura plankton data are available on request from Dr Gideon Gal and Dr Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki respectively.
⚠️ Please do not use those data without permission
Public domain Loch Leven, Lake Mendota, Monona, Washington, Windermere, and Zurich data can be sourced from:
Loch Leven:
Carvalho L., Bailey-Watts A. E. & Kirika A. 2015. Loch Leven diatom counts 1968-2007. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/de5ca6cc-02e9-42bc-a39e-80ec8acbffba.
Gunn, I.D.M., George D.G., Johnson D., Jones D.H. & May, L. 2015. Crustacean zooplankton data from Loch Leven, 1972-2007. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/014f1c48-0838-49ca-b059-f084b13f4d5f.
Lake Mendota and Monona:
Magnuson, J.J., Carpenter, S.R. and Stanley, E.H. 2020. North Temperate Lakes LTER: Phytoplankton - Madison Lakes Area 1995 - current ver 29. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/f7550858af209a778ca3f8717ed31ed8.
Magnuson J.J, Carpenter S.R., and Stanley, E.H. 2019. North Temperate Lakes LTER: Zooplankton - Madison Lakes Area 1997 - current ver 31. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/8b265c0300252c87805f26f41e174aa4.
Lake Washington:
Francis T.B., Wolkovich E.M., Scheuerell M.D., Katz S.L., Holmes E.E. & Hampton S.E. 2014. Shifting regimes and changing interactions in the Lake Washington, U.S.A., plankton community from 1962–1994. PLOS ONE. 9(10): e110363. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110363.
Windermere:
Thackeray S.J., de Ville M.M., Fletcher J.M., James J.B., Maberly S.C., Mackay E.B., et al. 2015. Cumbrian Lakes plankton and fish data (1940 to 2013). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/1de49dab-c36e-4700-8b15-93a639ae4d55.
Upper and Lower Zurich:
Pomati F., Shurin J.B., Andersen K.H., Tellenbach C. & Barton A.D. 2020. Interacting temperature, nutrients and zooplankton grazing control phytoplankton size-abundance relationships in eight Swiss lakes. Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.03155.