Estimating thermal regimes of bull trout and assessing the potential effects of climate warming on critical habitats

River Research and Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 204-216

  Jones, L A ^a,b   Muhlfeld, C C ^a,c   Marshall, L A ^b   Mcglynn, B L ^d   Kershner, J L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bull trout; Climate change; Flathead River Basin; Salvelinus confluentus; Spatial statistical model; Stream temperature; Thermal habitat

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HEADWATER; REARING; SALMONID; SPAWNING GROUND; STREAMWATER; THERMAL REGIME; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; FLATHEAD BASIN; UNITED STATES;

KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS;

EID: 84893725464     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2638     Document Type: Article

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