Life in a fishbowl: Prospects for the endangered devils hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) in a changing climate

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 7020-7034

  Hausner, Mark B ^a,b,c   Wilson, Kevin P ^d   Gaines, D Bailey ^d   Suárez, Francisco ^b   Gary Scoppettone, G ^e   Tyler, Scott W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Death Valley National Park   (United States)

^e WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FOOD SUPPLY; NUTRIENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CHANGING CLIMATE; ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUTRIENT CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; POPULATION DECLINE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CYPRINODON DIABOLIS;

EID: 84906423590     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015511     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Andersen, M. E., and J. E. Deacon (2001), Population size of Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) correlates with water level, Copeia, 2001(1), 224-228.
2. Baugh, T. M., and J. E. Deacon (1983a), Daily and yearly movement of the Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) Wales in Devils Hole, Great Basin Nat., 43, 592-596.
3. Baugh, T. M., and J. E. Deacon (1983b), Maintaining the Devils Hole pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis Wales in aquaria, J. Aquaricult. Aquat. Sci., 3(4), 73-75.
4. Bernot, M. J., and K. P. Wilson (2012), Spatial and temporal variation of dissolved oxygen and ecosystem energetics in Devils Hole, Nevada, West. North Am. Nat., 72(3), 265-275.
5. Cleland, E. E., I. Chuine, A. Menzel, H. A. Mooney, and M. D. Schwartz (2007), Shifting plant phenology in response to global change, Trends Ecol. Evol., 22(7), 357-365, doi:10.1016/j.tree.2007.04.003.
6. Daly, C., M. Halbleib, J. I. Smith, W. P. Gibson, M. K. Doggett, G. H. Taylor, J. Curtis, and P. I. Pasteris (2008), Physiographically sensitive mapping of climatological temperature and precipitation across the conterminous United States, Int. J. Climatol., 28, 2031-2064, doi:10.1002/joc.1688.
7. Deacon, J., F. R. Taylor, and J. W. Pedretti (1995), Egg viability and the ecology of Devil’s Hole pupfish: Insights from captive propagation, Southwest. Nat., 40(2), 216-223.
8. Deacon, J. E., and C. D. Williams (1991), Ash Meadows and the legacy of the Devils Hole pupfish, in Battle Against Extinction: Native Fish Management in the American West, pp. 69-87, Univ. of Ariz. Press, Tucson.
9. Deutsch, C. A., J. J. Tewksbury, R. B. Huey, K. S. Sheldon, C. K. Ghalambor, D. C. Haak, and P. R. Martin (2008), Impacts of climate warming on terrestrial ectotherms across latitude, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 105(18), 6668-6672, doi:10.1073/pnas.0709472105.
10. Dudley, W. W. J., and J. D. Larson (1976), Effect of irrigation pumping on Desert Pupfish habitats in Ash Meadows, Nye County, Nevada, U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Pap., 927, 52 pp.
11. Gustafson, E. S., and J. E. Deacon (1997), Distribution of larval Devils Hole pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis Wales, in Relation to Dissolved Oxygen Concentration in Devil’s Hole, Contract No. 1443PH13095341, 61 pp., Natl. Park Serv., Death Valley Natl. Park, Pahrump, Nev.
12. Hausner, M. B., K. P. Wilson, D. B. Gaines, and S. W. Tyler (2012), Interpreting seasonal convective mixing in Devils Hole, Death Valley National Park, from temperature profiles observed by fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing, Water Resour. Res., 48, W05513, doi:10.1029/2011WR010972.
13. Hausner, M. B., K. P. Wilson, D. B. Gaines, F. Suárez, and S. W. Tyler (2013), The shallow thermal regime of Devils Hole, Death Valley National Park, Limnol. Oceanogr. Fluids Environ., 3, 119-138.
14. Herbst, D. B., and D. W. Blinn (2003), Devils Hole Benthic Invertebrate Community Dynamics: Distribution, Seasonality, and Production, Sierra Nev. Aquat. Res. Lab., Mammoth Lakes, Calif.
15. James, C. J. (1969), Aspects of the ecology of the Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) Wales, MS thesis, Univ. of Nev. Las Vegas, Las Vegas.
16. Karl, T. R., J. M. Melillo, and T. C. Peterson (Eds.) (2009), Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, Cambridge Univ. Press, N. Y.
17. Kinne, O., and E. M. Kinne (1962), Effects of salinity and oxygen on developmental rates in a cyprinodont fish, Nature, 193, 1097-1098.
18. La Rivers, I. (1962), Fishes and Fisheries of Nevada, Nev. Fish and Game Comm., Carson City, Nev.
19. Lyons, L. T. (2005), Temporal and spatial variations in larval Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) abundance and associated microhabitat variables in Devils Hole, Nevada, MS thesis, South. Oreg. Univ., Ashland.
20. Martin, A. P., A. A. Echelle, G. Zegers, S. Baker, and C. L. Keeler-Foster (2012), Dramatic shifts in the gene pool of a managed population of an endangered species may be exacerbated by high genetic load, Conserv. Genet., 13(2), 349-358, doi:10.1007/s10592-011-0298-7.
21. Maurer, E., L. Brekke, T. Pruitt, and P. B. Duffy (2007), Fine-resolution climate projections enhance regional climate change impact studies, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(47), 504.
22. Miller, R. R. (1961), Speciation rates in some fresh-water fishes of western North America, in Vertebrate Speciation: A University of Texas Symposium, edited by W. F. Blair, pp. 537-560, Univ. of Tex. Press, Austin.
23. Minckley, C. O., and J. E. Deacon (1973), Observations on the reproductive cycle of Cyprinodon diabolis, Copeia, 1973(3), 610-613.
24. Minckley, C. O., and J. E. Deacon (1975), Foods of the Devils Hole pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis (Cyprinodontidae), Southwest. Nat., 20(1), 105-111.
25. Moyle, P. B. (2002), Inland Fishes of California, Univ. of Calif. Press, Berkeley, Calif.
26. O’Reilly, C. M., S. R. Alin, P. Plisnier, A. S. Cohen, and B. A. McKee (2003), Climate change decreases aquatic ecosystem productivity of Lake Tanganyika, Africa, Nature, 424, 766-768, doi:10.1038/nature01833.
27. Otto, R. G., and S. D. Gerking (1973), Heat tolerance of a Death Valley pupfish (genus Cyprinodon), Physiol. Zool., 46(1), 43-49.
28. Parmesan, C., and G. Yohe (2003), A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts across natural systems, Nature, 421, 37-42, doi:10.1038/nature01286.
29. Raven, J. A., and R. J. Geider (1988), Temperature and algal growth, New Phytol., 110, 441-461.
30. Riggs, A. C., and J. E. Deacon (2004), Connectivity in aquatic ecosystems: The Devils Hole Story, in Conference Proceedings, Spring Fed Wetlands: Important Scientific and Cultural Resources of the Intermountain Region, edited by D. W. Sada and S. E. Sharpe, p. 38, Desert Res. Inst., Div. of Hydrol. Sci., Las Vegas, Nev.
31. Root, T. L., J. T. Price, K. R. Hall, S. H. Schneider, C. Rosenzweig, and J. A. Pounds (2003), Fingerprints of global warming on wild animals and plants, Nature, 421, 57-60, doi:10.1038/nature01333.
32. Shrode, J. (1975), Developmental temperature tolerance of a Death Valley pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis), Physiol. Zool., 48, 378-389.
33. Shrode, J., and S. Gerking (1977), Effects of constant and fluctuating temperatures on reproductive performance of a desert pupfish, Cyprinodon n. nevadensis, Physiol. Zool., 50, 1-10.
34. Szabo, B. J., P. T. Kolesar, A. C. Riggs, I. J. Winograd, and K. R. Ludwig (1994), Palaeoclimatic inferences from a 120,000-yr calcite record of water-table fluctuation in Browns Room of Devils Hole, Nevada, Quat. Res., 41, 59-69.
35. Tauber, C. A., and M. J. Tauber (1981), Insect seasonal cycles: Genetics and evolution, Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst., 12, 281-308.
36. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (2013), Downscaled CMIP3 and CMIP5 Climate and Hydrology Projections: Release of Downscaled CMIP5 Climate Projections, Comparison With Preceding Information, and Summary of User Needs, Bur. of Reclam. Tech. Serv. Cent., Denver, Colo.
37. U.S. Department of the Interior (1973), Threatened wildlife of the United States, Resour. Publ., U.S. Bur. of Sport Fish. and Wildlife, Washington, D. C.
38. Wales, J. H. (1930), Biometrical studies of some races of Cyprinodont fishes, from Death Valley region, with description of Cyprinodon diabolis, Copeia, 3, 61-70.
39. Warren, R., et al. (2013), Quantifying the benefit of early climate change mitigation in avoiding biodiversity loss, Nat. Clim. Change, 3(7), 678-682.
40. Wilcox, J. L. (2001), Small population evolution and conservation: Insights from Death Valley pupfish, PhD dissertation, Univ. of Colo., Boulder.
41. Wilson, K. P., and D. W. Blinn (2007), Food web structure, energetics, and importance of allochthonous carbon in a desert cavernous limnocrene: Devils Hole, Nevada, West. North Am. Nat., 67, 185-198.
42. Winder, M., and U. Sommer (2012), Phytoplankton response to a changing climate, Hydrobiologia, 698, 5-16.
43. Winograd, I. J., T. B. Coplen, B. Szabo, and A. Riggs (1988), A 250,000 year climate record from Great Basin vein calcite: Implications for Milankovitch theory, Science, 242(4883), 1275-1280.
44. Wolda, H. (1988), Insect seasonality: Why?, Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst., 19, 1-18.