Closing the gap between science and management of cold‐water refuges in rivers and streams

FH Mejia, V Ouellet, MA Briggs… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human activities and climate change threaten coldwater organisms in freshwater
ecosystems by causing rivers and streams to warm, increasing the intensity and frequency of …

River temperature research and practice: Recent challenges and emerging opportunities for managing thermal habitat conditions in stream ecosystems

V Ouellet, A St-Hilaire, SJ Dugdale, DM Hannah… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence that river temperatures are increasing under climate change,
which is expected to be exacerbated by increased abstractions to satisfy human water …

Behavioural thermoregulation in cold‐water freshwater fish: Innate resilience to climate warming?

F Amat‐Trigo, D Andreou, PK Gillingham… - Fish and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Behavioural thermoregulation enables ectotherms to access habitats providing conditions
within their temperature optima, especially in periods of extreme thermal conditions, through …

An ecohydrological typology for thermal refuges in streams and rivers

CJ Sullivan, JC Vokoun, AM Helton, MA Briggs… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal refuges are thermally distinct riverscape features used by aquatic organisms during
unfavourable thermal events, facilitating resilience in marginal environments. However, the …

Assessing climate change impacts on North American freshwater habitat of wild Atlantic salmon-urgent needs for collaborative research

CA Gillis, V Ouellet, C Breau, D Frechette… - Canadian Water …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Climate change and human activities have dramatically affected all ecosystems inhabited by
Atlantic salmon, causing drastic population declines. Change in river temperature dynamics …

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 …

Finding navigation cues near fishways

J Elings, S Bruneel, IS Pauwels, M Schneider… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many fish species depend on migration for various parts of their life cycle. Well‐known
examples include diadromous fish such as salmon and eels that need both fresh water and …

Timing and frequency of high temperature events bend the onset of behavioural thermoregulation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

AM O'Sullivan, EM Corey, EN Collet… - Conservation …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The role of temperature on biological activities and the correspondent exponential
relationship with temperature has been known for over a century. However, lacking to date is …

Effects of topographic resolution and geologic setting on spatial statistical river temperature models

AM O'Sullivan, KJ Devito, J Ogilvie… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
River temperature exerts a critical control on habitat for aquatic biota. As the climate warms
in eastern Canada, threats to habitats of cold‐water species will increase, underpinning the …

Cooler, bigger; warmer, smaller: Fine‐scale thermal heterogeneity maps age class and species distribution in behaviourally thermoregulating salmonids

AM Morgan, AM O'Sullivan - River Research and Applications, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Behavioural thermoregulation is a survival strategy that occurs in response to an
exceedance of thermal stress‐inducing thresholds. When salmonids experience …