Potential future climate effects on mountain hydrology, stream temperature, and native salmonid life history
Potential future climate effects on mountain hydrology, stream temperature, and native salmonid life history
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未来气候对山区水文、溪流温度和本地鲑鱼生活史的潜在影响
DOI:
10.1139/cjfas-2013-0221
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Joseph B. Rasmussen
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作者:
Ryan J. MacDonald;Sarah Boon;James M. Byrne;Mike D. Robinson;Joseph B. Rasmussen
Native salmonids of western North America are subject to many environmental pressures, most notably the effects of introduced species and environmental degradation. To better understand how native salmonids on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains may respond to future changes in climate, we applied a process-based approach to hydrologic and stream temperature modelling. This study demonstrates that stream thermal regimes in western Alberta, Canada, may only warm during the summer period, while colder thermal regimes during spring, fall, and winter could result from response to earlier onset of spring freshet. Model results of future climate impacts on hydrology and stream temperature are corroborated by an intercatchment comparison of stream temperature, air temperature, and hydrological conditions. Earlier fry emergence as a result of altered hydrological and thermal regimes may favour native westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisii) in isolated headwater streams. Colder wint...