Forecasting effects of angler harvest and climate change on smallmouth bass abundance at the southern edge of their range.

ABSTRACT: Climate change will affect stream systems in numerous ways over the coming century. Globally, streams are expected to experience changes in temperature and flow regime. Previous work has indicated that these changes will likely affect fish distributions, but little work has been conducted examining population level effects of climate change on warmwater fish at the warmest portion of their range. We model several potential climate change-related stressors and the resulting effects on smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu populations in the Buffalo National River, Arkansas, USA, located near the southern extent of smallmouth bass range. Smallmouth bass are a popular recreational fish in the region and angler harvest likely contributes substantially to annual mortality. We created a simulatio

SUBMITTER: Middaugh CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6101403 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature