Assessing the vulnerability of freshwater fishes to climate change in Newfoundland and Labrador.

ABSTRACT: Freshwater fish populations are rapidly declining globally due to the impacts of rapid climate change and existing non-climatic anthropogenic stressors. In response to these drivers, freshwater fishes are responding by shifting their distribution range, altering the timing of migration and spawning and through demographic processes. By 2050, the mean daily air temperature is predicted to increase by 2 to 3 degrees C in insular Newfoundland and by 3 to 4 degrees C in Labrador. Mean daily precipitation is also projected to increase in all locations, with increased intensity projected for several regions. To mitigate negative consequences of these changes, managers require analytical approaches that describe the vulnerability of fish to climate change. To address this need, the current study

SUBMITTER: Olusanya HO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6277096 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature