Application of Temperature Preference Studies to Environmental Impact Assessment

Gift, James J.

doi:10.1139/f77-116

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“…These three aspects of thermal ecology are frequently investigated for aquatic organisms and represent metrics that are commonly used to inform modeling efforts and management (Gift 1977;Reynolds and Casterlin 1979;Chown 2012). We did not systematically review the literature on temperature as a driver of life-history events, behavior, or as an environmental correlate in distributional or habitat relationships; nor did we review aspects of thermal ecology related specifically to physiological or metabolic processes.…”

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“…Habitat alteration in the form of runoff from urbanized areas or impervious surfaces (Paul and Meyer 2001) and water releases from impoundments (Lessard and Hayes 2003) can alter the thermal characteristics of streams. Provisions of the United States Clean Water Act consider thermal effluent a pollutant requiring regulation from power production facilities and other sources (Gift 1977). Thus, many researchers determined temperature tolerance estimates for indicator species as a way to inform legal proceedings related to thermal pollution (Gift 1977).…”

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“…Provisions of the United States Clean Water Act consider thermal effluent a pollutant requiring regulation from power production facilities and other sources (Gift 1977). Thus, many researchers determined temperature tolerance estimates for indicator species as a way to inform legal proceedings related to thermal pollution (Gift 1977).…”

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A global review of freshwater crayfish temperature tolerance, preference, and optimal growth

Westhoff

Rosenberger

2016

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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Conservation efforts, environmental planning, and management must account for ongoing ecosystem alteration due to a changing climate, introduced species, and shifting land use. This type of management can be facilitated by an understanding of the thermal ecology of aquatic organisms. However, information on thermal ecology for entire taxonomic groups is rarely compiled or summarized, and reviews of the science can facilitate its advancement. Crayfish are one of the most globally threatened taxa, and ongoing declines and extirpation could have serious consequences on aquatic ecosystem function due to their significant biomass and ecosystem roles. Our goal was to review the literature on thermal ecology for freshwater crayfish worldwide, with emphasis on studies that estimated temperature tolerance, temperature preference, or optimal growth. We also explored relationships between temperature metrics and species distributions. We located 56 studies containing information for at least one of those three metrics, which covered approximately 6 % of extant crayfish species worldwide. Information on one or more metrics existed for all 3 genera of Astacidae, 4 of the 12 genera of Cambaridae, and 3 of the 15 genera of Parastacidae. Investigations employed numerous methodological approaches for estimating these parameters, which restricts comparisons among and within species. The only statistically significant relationship we observed between a temperature metric and species range was a negative linear relationship between absolute latitude and optimal growth temperature. We recommend expansion of studies examining the thermal ecology of freshwater crayfish and identify and discuss methodological approaches that can improve standardization and comparability among studies.

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A global review of freshwater crayfish temperature tolerance, preference, and optimal growth

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Rosenberger

2016

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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“…Another circumstance when behavior information aids an assessment occurs in the northern latitudes where surveys are usually hindered and many times impossible in mid-winter; thus, the knowledge of behavior should help forecast distribution and potential detrimental conditions for species. Temperature information relative to certain variables such as gas supersaturation (Meldrim, unpublished data, In: Gift, 1977), feeding (Javid and Anderson, 1967), disease (Reynolds, et al, 1976), etc., may elicit f h behavioral responses unexplainable by suggested USEPA criteria alone. An indirect benefit for preference data has been recognized by the USEPA (Brungs and Jones, 1977;USEPA, 1977).…”

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FISH RESPONSES TO TEMPERATURE TO ASSESS EFFECTS OF THERMAL DISCHARGE ON BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY¹

Cincotta

Stauffer

Hocutt

1982

J American Water Resour Assoc

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The applicability of the U.S Environmental Rotection Agency's (USEPA) water temperature criteria in evaluating the impact of a thermal discharge from the P. H. Glatfelter Paper Company, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, is analyzed. A review of the literature relative to 11 temperature Criteria was conducted for six fish species designated by the USEPA as "representative important species" (RIS) of the West Branch Codorus Creek, Susquehanna River drainage. The species were: Notemigonus crysolcucas (golden shiner), Nofropis armlosfanus (satinfin shiner), Rhinichthys atrafulus (blacknose dace), Cbtostoms commersoni (white sucker), LepomiJ gibborus @umpkinseed). and Microp fernus wlmoides (largemouth bass). It was found that by applying only USEPA suggested criteria that a complete evaluation was not satisfactory. Temperature behavior data, specifically preference and avoidance information, coupled with field sampliug was needed to properly assess the effects of the thermal effluent. The final analysis indicated that the thermal discharge of the paper company should have miuimal effect on the fish community of Codorus Creek. (KEY TERMS: temperature Criteria; thermal behavior; thermal discharges; biological integrity.) 'Paper No. 81054 of the Wufer R e s o w s Bulletin. Discussions are open until February 1,1983. 'Respectively, West Branch Codom at Menges Mills, Pennsylvania, immediately below confluence with Oil Creek Oil Creek, approximately 0.5 km above confluence with West BranchCodorusCreek ~ West Branch Codorus at head of Mill Pond, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania West Branch CO~OIUS at Mill Pond (PHGC Filter Plant), Spring Grove, Pennsylvania West Branch Codorus at Mill Pond (PHGC Power House), Spring Grove, Pennsylvania

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“…Another alternative is to enhance or curtail peripheral blood flow, depending on the desirability in the circumstances of bringing core temperature blood to the surface where it can function as a heat exchange medium. Still another is to regulate external temperature by avoiding areas with extremes, as fish do in the neighborhood of a power plant diSSipating waste heat into the water (Gift, 1977). An animal can move down the temperature gradient into a more suitable environment.…”

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Peripheral Thermal Receptors

Loftus

1978

Sensory Ecology

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Application of Temperature Preference Studies to Environmental Impact Assessment

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A global review of freshwater crayfish temperature tolerance, preference, and optimal growth

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