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Ecology and Vulnerability Rivers and streams: Coldwater fisheries resources streams
Ecology and Vulnerability
Rivers and streams: Coldwater fisheries resources streams
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Coldwater streams are areas or reaches of streams and small rivers with water cold enough throughout the year to support coldwater fish such as brook trout.... Read More
Coldwater streams are areas or reaches of streams and small rivers with water cold enough throughout the year to support coldwater fish such as brook trout. Brook trout, Atlantic salmon, and the non-native brown and rainbow trout thrive in cold water. Other species that inhabit these streams include slimy sculpin, blacknosed and longnose dace, and white suckers. The effects of climate change on the water temperatures in these streams are of critical concern.
This habitat was identified as highly vulnerable to climate change because of the following factors:
- Cold-adapted
- High elevation
- Vulnerable to invasives... Read More
This habitat was identified as highly vulnerable to climate change because of the following factors:
- Cold-adapted
- High elevation
- Vulnerable to invasives
Manomet Center for Conservation Science (Manomet) and Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MA DFW). 2010. Climate change and Massachusetts fish and wildlife: Volume 2 habitat and species vulnerability. Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Westborough, MA.
This habitat was identified as highly vulnerable to climate change due to the following factor:
- Increasing temperature
This habitat was identified as highly vulnerable to climate change due to the following factor:
- Increasing temperature
Adaptation Subcommittee to the Governor’s Steering Committee on Climate Change (ASGSCCC). 2010. The impacts of climate change on Connecticut agriculture, infrastructure, natural resources and public health. Available at: http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/climatechange/impactsofclimatechange.pdf
This habitat was identified as moderately vulnerable to climate change due to the following factors:
- Logging and wood harvesting
- Storms and flooding
- ... Read More
This habitat was identified as moderately vulnerable to climate change due to the following factors:
- Logging and wood harvesting
- Storms and flooding
- Temperature extremes
- Dams and water management/use
- Agricultural and forestry effluents
- Air-borne pollutants (acid rain)
- Domestic and urban waste water (run-off)
- Roads and railroads
New Hampshire Fish & Game Department. 2013. Ecosystems and wildlife climate change adaptation plan. Concord, NH. Available from: http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/wildlife/documents/wap/chapter4-wildlife...
This habitat was identified as highly vulnerable to climate change due to the following factors:
- Changes in precipitation and runoff
- Habitat specificity of species... Read More
This habitat was identified as highly vulnerable to climate change due to the following factors:
- Changes in precipitation and runoff
- Habitat specificity of species
- Southern range distribution
- Drought and flooding
- Changes in snowmelt
- Increasing water temperature
Whitman, A., A. Cutko, P. De Maynadier, S. Walker, B. Vickery, S. Stockwell, and R. Houston. 2013. Climate change and biodiversity in Maine: vulnerability of habitats and priority species. Report SEI-2013-03. Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences (in collaboration with Maine Beginning with Habitat Climate Change Working Group), Brunswick, ME.
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