About the Authors

Katherine R. O’Brien

k.obrien@uq.edu.au

Affiliation School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Queensland, Australia

Marten Scheffer

Affiliation Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Egbert H. van Nes

Affiliation Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Romy van der Lee

Affiliation Social and Organizational Psychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB, Leiden, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: KOB MS EHvN RvdL. Hypothesis and model development: KOB MS EHvN. Analysis of model results: KOB MS EHvN.