Glacier retreat creating new Pacific salmon habitat in western North America
Potential gains in future salmon habitat associated with glacier loss have yet to be quantified. This study projects future gains in Pacific salmon freshwater habitat within western North America by linking a model of glacier mass change for 315 glaciers, forced by five different Global Climate Mode...
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author | Kara J. Pitman Jonathan W. Moore Matthias Huss Matthew R. Sloat Diane C. Whited Tim J. Beechie Rich Brenner Eran W. Hood Alexander M. Milner George R. Pess Gordan H. Reeves Daniel E. Schindler |
author_facet | Kara J. Pitman Jonathan W. Moore Matthias Huss Matthew R. Sloat Diane C. Whited Tim J. Beechie Rich Brenner Eran W. Hood Alexander M. Milner George R. Pess Gordan H. Reeves Daniel E. Schindler |
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description | Potential gains in future salmon habitat associated with glacier loss have yet to be quantified. This study projects future gains in Pacific salmon freshwater habitat within western North America by linking a model of glacier mass change for 315 glaciers, forced by five different Global Climate Models, with a simple model of salmon stream habitat potential. |
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spelling | doaj.art-0b15014ac6144a54b4d358fe8becb36e2022-12-21T21:43:27ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-12-0112111010.1038/s41467-021-26897-2Glacier retreat creating new Pacific salmon habitat in western North AmericaKara J. Pitman0Jonathan W. Moore1Matthias Huss2Matthew R. Sloat3Diane C. Whited4Tim J. Beechie5Rich Brenner6Eran W. Hood7Alexander M. Milner8George R. Pess9Gordan H. Reeves10Daniel E. Schindler11Earth to Ocean Research Group, Simon Fraser UniversityEarth to Ocean Research Group, Simon Fraser UniversityLaboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH ZurichWild Salmon CenterFlathead Lake Biological Station, University of MontanaWatershed Program, Fish Ecology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA FisheriesAlaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial FisheriesProgram on the Environment, University of Alaska SoutheastSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham, EdgbastonFish Ecology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA FisheriesUSDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research StationSchool of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of WashingtonPotential gains in future salmon habitat associated with glacier loss have yet to be quantified. This study projects future gains in Pacific salmon freshwater habitat within western North America by linking a model of glacier mass change for 315 glaciers, forced by five different Global Climate Models, with a simple model of salmon stream habitat potential.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26897-2 |
spellingShingle | Kara J. Pitman Jonathan W. Moore Matthias Huss Matthew R. Sloat Diane C. Whited Tim J. Beechie Rich Brenner Eran W. Hood Alexander M. Milner George R. Pess Gordan H. Reeves Daniel E. Schindler Glacier retreat creating new Pacific salmon habitat in western North America Nature Communications |
title | Glacier retreat creating new Pacific salmon habitat in western North America |
title_full | Glacier retreat creating new Pacific salmon habitat in western North America |
title_fullStr | Glacier retreat creating new Pacific salmon habitat in western North America |
title_full_unstemmed | Glacier retreat creating new Pacific salmon habitat in western North America |
title_short | Glacier retreat creating new Pacific salmon habitat in western North America |
title_sort | glacier retreat creating new pacific salmon habitat in western north america |
url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26897-2 |
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