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Theory suggests that the risk of critical transitions in complex systems can be revealed by generic indicators. A lab study of extinction in plankton populations provides experimental support for that principle. See Letter p. 456

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1. Marten Scheffer is in the Environmental Sciences Group, Wageningen University, 6700 Wageningen, the Netherlands. marten.scheffer@wur.nl ,
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• Published: 22 September 2010
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