Downstream warming and headwater acidity may diminish coldwater habitat in southern appalachian mountain streams

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  McDonnell, T C ^a   Sloat, M R ^b   Sullivan, T J ^a   Dolloff, C A ^c   Hessburg, P F ^d   Povak, N A ^d   Jackson, W A ^c   Sams, C ^c  

^a E and S Environmental Chemistry Inc   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOREST; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WARMING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; APPALACHIAN REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84941991999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134757     Document Type: Article

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