Identification of upper thermal thresholds during development in the endangered Nechako white sturgeon with management implications for a regulated river

ML Earhart, TS Blanchard, PR Morrison… - Conservation …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Climate change-induced warming effects are already evident in river ecosystems, and
projected increases in temperature will continue to amplify stress on fish communities. In …

A Comparison of the Physiological Responses to Heat Stress of Two Sizes of Juvenile Spotted Seabass (Lateolabrax maculatus)

H Qin, Z Long, Z Huang, J Ma, L Kong, Y Lin, H Lin… - Fishes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Temperature affects the metabolism of fish, and fish of different sizes have different
tolerances to temperature. The aim of this experiment was to compare two sizes of juvenile …

Thermal niche and habitat use by co-occurring lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and brook trout (S. fontinalis) in stratified lakes

MS Ridgway, AH Bell, NA Lacombe, KJ Mitchell… - … Biology of Fishes, 2023 - Springer
Realized thermal niche and habitat use are two conceptualizations of fish habitat based on
organismal performance or lake-specific ecology, respectively. Both habitat types were …

Concurrent warming and browning eliminate cold-water fish habitat in many temperate lakes

SF Jane, TM Detmer, SL Larrick… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Cold-water species in temperate lakes face two simultaneous climate-driven ecosystem
changes: warming and browning of their waters. Browning refers to reduced transparency …

Environmental variation associated with overwintering elicits marked metabolic plasticity in a temperate salmonid, Salvelinus fontinalis

EK Middleton, MJH Gilbert, T Landry… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Poleward winters commonly expose animals, including fish, to frigid temperatures and low
food availability. Fishes that remain active over winter must therefore balance trade-offs …

Thermal constraints on exercise and metabolic performance do not explain the use of dormancy as an overwintering strategy in the cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus)

LE Rowsey, C Reeve, T Savoy… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Winter cold slows ectotherm physiology, potentially constraining activities and ecological
opportunities at poleward latitudes. Yet, many fishes are winter-active, facilitated by thermal …

Intergenerational plasticity to cycling high temperature and hypoxia affects offspring stress responsiveness and tolerance in zebrafish

MYT Lim, NJ Bernier - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Predicted climate change-induced increases in heat waves and hypoxic events will have
profound effects on fishes, yet the capacity of parents to alter offspring phenotype via non …

Elevated temperatures reduce population‐specific transcriptional plasticity in developing lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)

WS Bugg, MJ Thorstensen, KE Marshall… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rising mean and variance in temperatures elevates threats to endangered freshwater
species such as lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens. Previous research demonstrated that …

Differences in embryo survivorship among populations of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) under variable winter thermal regimes

EMC Stewart, ER Lechner, VR Frasca… - … Biology of Fishes, 2024 - Springer
The vulnerability of fish populations to climate change is driven primarily by impacts on their
most vulnerable life stages. The earliest life stages may, in many cases, be more thermally …

Parental thermal environment controls the offspring phenotype in Brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis): insights from a transcriptomic study

G Banousse, E Normandeau… - G3: Genes …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Brook charr is a cold-water species which is highly sensitive to increased water
temperatures, such as those associated with climate change. Environmental variation can …