Cold-water habitats, climate refugia, and their utility for conserving salmonid fishes

DJ Isaak, MK Young - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Anthropogenic climate change is warming global temperatures, with significant implications
for salmonid fishes that depend on the availability of cold water during one or more life …

The cold‐water climate shield: delineating refugia for preserving salmonid fishes through the 21st century

DJ Isaak, MK Young, DE Nagel, DL Horan… - Global Change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The distribution and future fate of ectothermic organisms in a warming world will be dictated
by thermalscapes across landscapes. That is particularly true for stream fishes and cold …

Spatio‐temporal temperature variation influences juvenile steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) use of thermal refuges

KS Brewitt, EM Danner - Ecosphere, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal refuges form potentially critical habitat for species at the limits of their thermal
tolerance, especially given large‐scale habitat degradation and rising temperatures across …

Using thermal limits to assess establishment of fish dispersing to high-latitude and high-elevation watersheds

KM Dunmall, NJ Mochnacz… - Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
Distributional shifts of biota to higher latitudes and elevations are presumably influenced by
species-specific physiological tolerances related to warming temperatures. However, it is …

[PDF][PDF] Helping Pacific salmon survive the impact of climate change on freshwater habitats: Case Studies

M Nelitz, CAD Alexander, K Wieckowski… - Final report prepared …, 2007 - mvihes.bc.ca
For many generations, five species of Pacific salmon on the west coast have provided
cultural and economic benefits to native and non-native peoples. As a reflection of this …

Characterizing the thermal suitability of instream habitat for salmonids: a cautionary example from the Rocky Mountains

R Al-Chokhachy, SJ Wenger, DJ Isaak… - Transactions of the …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding a species' thermal niche is becoming increasingly important for management
and conservation within the context of global climate change, yet there have been …

Primer for identifying cold-water refuges to protect and restore thermal diversity in riverine landscapes

CE Torgersen, JL Ebersole, DM Keenan - 2012 - pubs.er.usgs.gov
In 2003, EPA issued Region 10 guidance for Pacific Northwest state and tribal temperature
water quality standards. This document was the culmination of a multi-agency, multi …

Tough places and safe spaces: Can refuges save salmon from a warming climate?

MN Snyder, NH Schumaker, JB Dunham… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of thermal refuges in a rapidly warming world is particularly evident for
migratory species, where individuals encounter a wide range of conditions throughout their …

Managing climate refugia for freshwater fishes under an expanding human footprint

JL Ebersole, RM Quiñones, S Clements… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Within the context of climate adaptation, the concept of climate refugia has emerged as a
framework for addressing future threats to freshwater fish populations. We evaluated recent …

A synthesis of US Atlantic salmon habitat requirements and implications for future suitability under a changing climate

ME Henderson, KE Mills, MA Alexander… - ICES Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Gulf of Maine hosts the southernmost remaining population of North American
Atlantic salmon. Despite extensive hatchery supplementation since the late 1800s, and more …