About the Authors

Marten Scheffer

marten.scheffer@wur.nl

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, NL–6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Remi Vergnon

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, NL–6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Egbert H. van Nes

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, NL–6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Jan G. M. Cuppen

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, NL–6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Edwin T. H. M. Peeters

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, NL–6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Remko Leijs

Affiliations South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia, School of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Anders N. Nilsson

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, University of Umeå, S–901 87, Umeå, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: MS EN RV EP. Analyzed the data: MS RV EN JC EP RL AN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC EP RL AN. Wrote the paper: MS. Commented on the manuscript: MS RV EN JC EP RL AN