Variations in water temperatures and levels in the St. Lawrence River (Québec, Canada) and potential implications for three common fish species

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 647, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-161

  Hudon, Christiane ^a   Armellin, Alain ^a   Gagnon, Pierre ^a   Patoine, Alain ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carp; Climate change; Fish populations; Level; Perch; Pike; St. Lawrence River; Time series; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL VARIABLES; FISH POPULATIONS; FISH SPECIES; GREAT LAKES; GROWING SEASON; INHERENT RISK; INTERANNUAL; PERCH; RIPARIAN AREAS; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL BUDGET; THERMAL REGIMES; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURES; YEAR-CLASS STRENGTH; YELLOW PERCH;

BUDGET CONTROL; EMPLOYMENT; FISH; FISHERIES; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES; WATER LEVELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MASS MORTALITY; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NURSERY GROUND; PERCID; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORELINE; SPAWNING; THERMAL REGIME; TIME SERIES; TRIBUTARY; WATER LEVEL; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

CYPRINIDAE; ESOX LUCIUS; MARTES PENNANTI; PERCA;

EID: 77952001791     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9922-6     Document Type: Article

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