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Book Potential Climate and Land Use Change Effects on Brook Trout in the Eastern United States

Download or read book Potential Climate and Land Use Change Effects on Brook Trout in the Eastern United States written by Jefferson Deweber and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brook Trout is a socially, economically and ecologically important species throughout its native range in the eastern U.S. that is expected to be negatively affected by climate and land use change. In this dissertation, I use publicly available data to identify the potential effects of projected climate and land use change on river water temperature and Brook Trout populations in individual stream reaches throughout the eastern U.S. In Chapter 1, I quantitatively assessed the representativeness of stream flow and water temperature data from U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) gages throughout subregions of the conterminous United States, including the eastern U.S. In Chapter 2, I developed a model to predict river water temperatures under current conditions and future scenarios of climate and land use change. The final model included air temperature, landform attributes and forested land cover, and predicted mean daily water temperatures with good accuracy (root mean squared error ~ 1.9 °C) for training and validation datasets. In Chapter 3, I predicted Brook Trout occurrence probability based on water temperature predictions and selected landscape characteristics using a hierarchical logistic regression model that performed well at both training and validation datasets (area under the receiver operating curve ~ 0.78). In Chapter 4, I identified potential changes in thermal habitat and Brook Trout occurrence probability resulting from projected climate and land use change. The timing, magnitude and location of predicted changes in maximum 30 day mean river water temperature varied greatly among three downscaled climate models, with average increases ranging from 1.21 to 2.55 °C by 2087. As a result of warming, between 56,440 (42.7%) and 109,237 (82.6%) of potential Brook Trout habitat was predicted to be lost. Land use change was predicted to result in localized increases in river water temperature and losses of 4.5% of potential Brook Trout habitat. Given the magnitude of predicted losses, conservation actions will likely be more successful in the long term if the potential changes resulting from climate and land use change are incorporated into the planning process.

Book Deterministic Modeling of Stream Water Temperatures

Download or read book Deterministic Modeling of Stream Water Temperatures written by Bashar A. Sinokrot and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Impact of Climate Change on Brook Trout Salvelinus Fontinalis Thermal Habitat in Their Native Range in the United States

Download or read book The Impact of Climate Change on Brook Trout Salvelinus Fontinalis Thermal Habitat in Their Native Range in the United States written by Kelsey Maggan Schlee and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Integrated Soil and Water Management Selected Papers from 2016 International SWAT Conference

Download or read book Integrated Soil and Water Management Selected Papers from 2016 International SWAT Conference written by Karim Abbaspour and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Integrated Soil and Water Management: Selected Papers from 2016 International SWAT Conference" that was published in Water

Book Sensitivity and Exposure of Brook Trout Salvelinus Fontinalis Habitat to Climate Change

Download or read book Sensitivity and Exposure of Brook Trout Salvelinus Fontinalis Habitat to Climate Change written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Predicting coldwater fisheries distributions under various climate scenarios is of interest to many fisheries managers and researchers. Larger scale models have been useful in highlighting the potential large scale threat. However, the error associated with these models makes predictions of the persistence of individual cold water fisheries problematic. Most of this error is associated with predicted air and water temperatures which typically are simple elevation and location (latitude/longitude) models with simple caveats such as 1°C increase in air temperature equals 0.8°C increase in water temperatures. I directly measured paired air and water temperatures in watersheds containing reproducing populations of brook trout in Virginia during the critical summer period (July 1 to September 30) in both 2009 and 2010. I developed a classification system using sensitivity (change in the daily maximum water temperature from a 1°C increase in the daily maximum air temperature) and exposure metrics (frequency; duration; and magnitude of daily maximum water temperatures> 21°C) that classified brook trout populations into four categories: High Sensitivity-High Exposure; High Sensitivity-Low Exposure; Low Sensitivity-High Exposure and Low Sensitivity- Low Exposure. I found that my paired air and water temperature relationships were highly variable among sites and were a useful metric for classifying the sensitivity and exposure of individual brook trout populations to various climate change scenarios. I identified many (25%) Low Sensitivity- Low Exposure brook trout populations that appear to be resilient to climate change. The median sensitivity (0.39°C) in this study was much lower than the assumed rate (0.80°C) used in many regional models that predicted a complete extirpation of brook trout in Virginia. Several GIS generated metrics (sample area; % riparian canopy; solar insolation ; % groundwater; elevation; % watershed in forest cover) were useful for predicting (accuracy approximately 75%) sensitivity and exposure values. Directly measuring paired air and water temperature relationships can reduce the error of large scale models. I recommend that managers making investment decisions in protecting and restoring brook trout use my direct measurement approach when they cannot afford to make a Type I or Type II error.

Book Brook Trout Populations in Headwater Stream Networks

Download or read book Brook Trout Populations in Headwater Stream Networks written by Yoichiro Kanno and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Past Present and Future Summer Stream Temperature in the Lake Simcoe Watershed

Download or read book Past Present and Future Summer Stream Temperature in the Lake Simcoe Watershed written by Richard T. Di Rocco and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brook trout have been identified in the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan fisheries objectives and Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) climate change adaptation and mitigation strategy (LSRCA 2016) because of their sensitivity to warming temperatures and land-use change in the watershed. The fish community objectives specify the need to maintain existing brook trout populations and restore coldwater tributary habitat. As part of the tributary monitoring program implemented by LSRCA, water temperature loggers have been deployed throughout the watershed for the past 13 years. In this report, we use these water temperature data and a combination of climatic, geological, hydrological, and land cover variables to model current summer temperatures of tributaries throughout the Lake Simcoe watershed." -- Introduction.

Book Habitat Suitability Index Models

Download or read book Habitat Suitability Index Models written by Robert F. Raleigh and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Selected Water Resources Abstracts

Download or read book Selected Water Resources Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Past Present and Future Summer Stream Temperature in the Lake Simcoe Watershed

Download or read book Past Present and Future Summer Stream Temperature in the Lake Simcoe Watershed written by Richard T. Di Rocco and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brook trout have been identified in the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan fisheries objectives and Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) climate change adaptation and mitigation strategy (LSRCA 2016) because of their sensitivity to warming temperatures and land-use change in the watershed. The fish community objectives specify the need to maintain existing brook trout populations and restore coldwater tributary habitat. As part of the tributary monitoring program implemented by LSRCA, water temperature loggers have been deployed throughout the watershed for the past 13 years. In this report, we use these water temperature data and a combination of climatic, geological, hydrological, and land cover variables to model current summer temperatures of tributaries throughout the Lake Simcoe watershed."--Introduction.

Book Modeling Brook Trout Habitat in a Changing Climate

Download or read book Modeling Brook Trout Habitat in a Changing Climate written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eastern brook trout is the only trout (charr) species native to the eastern U.S., which contains approximately 25% of the entire native range of the brook trout and 70% of the U.S. range. Stream temperature is a fundamental limiting factor in the distribution and production of brook trout and their range is bounded to the south by a mean July air temperature of 21Ã'ÂoC. Average air temperature in the U.S. has risen by 0.6Ã'ÂoC over the last century and may increase by another 6Ã'ÂoC over the next 100 years. Climate warming may threaten the long-term survival of the brook trout populations in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Using projected future climate scenarios and land use/land cover classes, we developed ordinal and binary logistic regression models to characterize current habitat suitability of brook trout, determine future suitable habitat and prioritize subwatersheds for brook trout conservation. Explanatory variables held in common in every model were the baseline variables (either forest or agriculture), the respective baseline variable with temperature as an interaction term and wetlands. This analysis further supports temperature as a major driver in the distribution of brook trout. Projected future suitable habitat was shown to be moving further north over time. This analysis resulted in map outputs illustrating areas of greatest brook trout population subwatershed status changes and indicates potential areas of concern for brook trout survival due to projected future climate scenarios. These results can aid in prioritizing subwatersheds for brook trout conservation and restoration.

Book Selected Water Resources Abstracts

Download or read book Selected Water Resources Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 1344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book General Technical Report RMRS

Download or read book General Technical Report RMRS written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: