V. A. Karatayev

An abundant future for quagga mussels in deep European lakes

The paper predicts a significant increase in quagga mussel biomass in deep European lakes by 2045, similar to their expansion in North America.

Acclimating to degraded environments: The social rationale for swift action on restoration

This paper shows how societal acclimation to environmental degradation reduces stakeholder incentives for mitigation, delaying restoration and locking systems into degraded states.

Serial invasions can disrupt the time course of ecosystem recovery

The paper examines how serial invasions by quagga and zebra mussels affect ecosystem recovery over time, finding that impacts can subside or amplify depending on species competition.

Grazer behavior can regulate large-scale patterning of community states

The paper uses state-space models on large-scale surveys to show behavioral feedbacks explain kelp and urchin barrens forming as reef-wide patches or local mosaics.

Quantifying the relevance of alternative stable states in many-species food webs

This study quantifies how alternative stable states in many-species food webs depend on feedback mechanisms and species differences in demography and trophic interconnectedness.

At what spatial scales are alternative stable states relevant in highly interconnected ecosystems?

The paper quantifies how interconnectedness affects alternative stable states in California rocky reef ecosystems, showing localized states persist despite high connectivity due to settlement feedbacks.

Advection and habitat loss interactively reduce persistence: maintaining threatened riverine populations while restoring natural flow regimes

The paper evaluates how advection and habitat loss interact to affect population persistence in riverine species, finding that restoring flow regimes can reduce persistence in degraded habitats if not paired with habitat protection.