Fishing for climate data: How recent research is helping to forecast changes in salmon and trout habitat

Charlie H. Luce; Daniel J. Isaak

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Fishing for climate data: How recent research is helping to forecast changes in salmon and trout habitat

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Charlie H. Luce, Daniel J. Isaak

Year:

2018

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), May 2018. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.

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Abstract

Monitoring records indicate that river temperatures during the summer and early fall months have risen about 1 °C over the past 40 years in the northwestern United States. If river warming continues at rates similar to recent decades, water temperatures are expected to rise another 1 °C by 2050 and by 2-3 °C by the end of the century. In many locations, trout and salmon will have to shift into cooler areas or migrate at different times of the year to avoid thermally stressful conditions.

Keywords

Science You Can Use, SYCU, salmon, trout, habitat, climate change, management

Citation

Luce, Charles; Isaak, Dan. 2018. Fishing for climate data: How recent research is helping to forecast changes in salmon and trout habitat. Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), May 2018. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.