How will native Rocky Mountain trout fare with climate changes?

Publication Type:

Web Article

Authors:

Soileau, Suzanna; Laustsen, Paul; Puckett, Catherine

Source:

Science Features: Top Story (Blog), U. S. Geological Survey (2013)

Call Number:

U13SOI01IDUS

URL:

http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/how-will-native-rocky-mountain-trout-fare-with-climate-changes/

Keywords:

Boise River Basin, climate change, management to provide adaptation opportunity, Rocky Mountain trout populations, trout

Abstract:

This blog entry summarizes a Fisheries magazine article [A12ISA01IDUS: Isaak, D. J, C. C. Muhlfeld, A. S. Todd, R. Al-Chokhachy, J. Roberts, J. L. Kershner, K. D. Fausch, and S. W. Hostetler. 2012. The past as prelude to the future for understanding 21st-century climate effects on Rocky Mountain trout. Fisheries 37(12):542-556] about the effects of climate change already observed in Rocky Mountain river basins and the importance of management decisions in the next decade. The blog entry highlights key points, such as that data have been collected in five key river basins, that changes in trends (such as for ambient air temperature, spring water run-off times, streamflow amounts in summer, fish migration movements) are documented, and that the researchers recommend identifying soon possible actions to mitigate effects of climate change to give the fish opportunities to adapt.

Notes:

Reference Code: U13SOI01IDUS

Full Citation: Soileau, S., P. Laustsen, and C. Puckette. 2013. How will native Rocky Mountain trout fare with climate change? Blog entry Jan. 29 for Science Features: Top Story, U.S. Geological Survey website.

Location: ELECTRONIC FILE - Zoology