Fig. 4: Transition from ‘high’ to ‘barren’ barrier islands.
From: Permanent loss of barrier island resilience due to a critical transition in dune ecosystems
Barrier phase space showing the contour lines of the rescaled dune recovery time \({\overline{T}}_{{\rm {r}}}^{+}\) (see the “Methods” section) and the corresponding barrier classification as a function of the two control parameters. Symbols representing the islands are based on the values in Table 1. The dashed line shows a parametric phase curve illustrating the transition from a `high' barrier to a barren state as the base elevation changes from 1.5 m to 0 (left to right) while keeping all other parameters as for Hog Island.
