Climate vulnerability assessment for Pacific salmon and steelhead in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem.

ABSTRACT: Major ecological realignments are already occurring in response to climate change. To be successful, conservation strategies now need to account for geographical patterns in traits sensitive to climate change, as well as climate threats to species-level diversity. As part of an effort to provide such information, we conducted a climate vulnerability assessment that included all anadromous Pacific salmon and steelhead (Oncorhynchus spp.) population units listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Using an expert-based scoring system, we ranked 20 attributes for the 28 listed units and 5 additional units. Attributes captured biological sensitivity, or the strength of linkages between each listing unit and the present climate; climate exposure, or the magnitude of projected change in local

SUBMITTER: Crozier LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6655584 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature