Modelling the habitat requirement of riverine fish species at the European scale: sensitivity to temperature and precipitation and associated uncertainty

Logez, Maxime; Bady, Pierre; Pont, Didier

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0633.2011.00545.x

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“…B. barbatula is indeed a cold-to cool-water species whose upper tolerance limit does not exceed 19 xC (Elliott et al, 1996), while the two other cyprinid species prefer warmer waters with an optimum temperature ranging between 12 and 25 xC depending on species and regions (Horoszewicz, 1973;Mann, 1976;Elliott, 1981;Bouchard et al, 1998;Gozlan, 1998;Souchon and Tissot, 2012). When modelling the distribution of stream fish species at the European scale, Logez et al (2012) found a thermal range between 14.1 and 22.6 xC for the stone loach and between 14.7 and 25.8 xC for the chub. These three species were also shown to have contrasted response to future climate change in terms of spatial distribution (Buisson et al, 2008).…”

Section: Fish Speciesmentioning

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Influence of temperature on surface sediment disturbance by freshwater fish: a microcosm experiment

Canal

Laffaille

Gilbert

et al. 2015

Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim.

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-Water temperature is a key parameter that regulates activities of ectotherms (e.g., fish) and has been projected to rise in the future in the context of climate change. Surface sediment disturbance (SSD) is an important function performed by fish that modifies benthic habitat properties and may thus influence ecosystem functioning. However, the link between SSD by fish and temperature remains unexplored. In this study, we experimentally assessed the influence of two contrasted temperatures (10 versus 20 xC) on SSD by three freshwater fish species in aquaria. After 10 days, the total surface disturbed by the species was approximately 2-3 times higher at warm than at cold temperature but the number and area of patches disturbed by the species were not significantly different. The stone loach Barbatula barbatula, a benthic fish species, had a higher SSD activity (i.e., total surface disturbed, number and size of patches disturbed) both at cold and warm temperatures than two cyprinid species, chub Squalius cephalus and sofie Parachondrostoma toxostoma. On average, SSD by B. barbatula resulted in approximately two and three more patches than the cyprinid species at 10 and 20 xC, respectively, and the mean patch area disturbed by B. barbatula was about two times larger than the ones disturbed by the cyprinid species. The total surface disturbed by the cyprinids at warm temperature was roughly equivalent to the surface disturbed by B. barbatula at cold temperature. Our results thus suggest that SSD by fish could increase in future warmed conditions.

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Section: Fish Speciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influence of temperature on surface sediment disturbance by freshwater fish: a microcosm experiment

Canal

Laffaille

Gilbert

et al. 2015

Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim.

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“…We used the same data set as Logez et al (2012b). All the data used, except the forecasted climate data, were gathered during the European EFI?…”

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“…This selection is of major importance because all outcomes will rely on the accuracy of the estimated traitenvironment relationships. The sites chosen had good water quality, no or few modifications of the river cross-section, river channel and water flow, no impoundment, no or few alterations of the river banks and bottom habitat and no major alteration to the river's connectivity (Logez & Pont, 2011;Logez et al, 2012b).…”

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Global warming and potential shift in reference conditions: the case of functional fish-based metrics

Logez¹,

Pont²

2012

Hydrobiologia

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The reference condition approach, advocated by the Water Framework Directive, is the basis of most currently used multimetric indices using functional traits of fish species. The ecological status of streams is assessed by measuring the deviation of the observed trait values from the theoretical values of reference conditions in the absence of anthropogenic disturbances. While reference conditions serve as baselines for ecological assessment, they vary with natural environmental conditions. Therefore, global warming appears to be a major threat to the use of current indices for diagnosing future stream conditions, as climate change is projected to modify assemblage composition, suggesting that the functional structure of fish assemblages will also be affected. The main objectives of this study are to assess the potential effect of climate change on the trait composition of fish assemblages and the consequences for the establishment of reference conditions. The results highlight the relation between environmental, especially climatic, conditions and functional traits and project the effects of climate change on trait composition. Traits based on species intolerance are expected to be most negatively affected by the projected climatic shift. The consequences for the development of multimetric indices based on fish functional traits are discussed.

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“…Uncertainties intrinsic to future species distribution models based on future climate models are many and varied [38][39][40][41]. Although it has been demonstrated that SDMs contribute significantly to the total variability of future species distribution projections [22,60], the overall uncertainty in suitable future habitats arising from this variability has rarely been considered [56][57][58][59][60].…”

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“…In practice, inherent uncertainty due to the variability of both SDMs and projected future climatic models under different emission scenarios [38][39][40][41] is a particular challenge when considering the reconfiguration of conservation area networks. The variability arising from four different sources, namely: input data, SDMs, General Circulation Models (GCMs) and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scenarios (GESs) [41,42], is critical in assessing future species distribution uncertainty.…”

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Expansion of Protected Areas under Climate Change: An Example of Mountainous Tree Species in Taiwan

Lin

Lien

et al. 2014

Forests

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Tree species in mountainous areas are expected to shift their distribution upward in elevation in response to climate change, calling for a potential redesign of existing protected areas. This study aims to predict whether or not the distributions of two high-mountain tree species, Abies (Abies kawakamii) and Tsuga (Tsuga chinensis var. formosana), will significantly shift upward due to temperature change, and whether current protected areas will be suitable for conserving these species. Future temperature change was projected for 15 different future scenarios produced from five global climate models. Shifts in Abies and Tsuga distributions were then predicted through the use of species distribution models (SDMs) which included occurrence data of Abies and Tsuga, as well as seasonal temperature, and elevation. The 25 km × 25 km downscaled General Circulation Model (GCMs) data for 2020-2039 produced by the Taiwan Climate Change Projection and Information Platform OPEN ACCESSForests 2014, 5 2883 was adopted in this study. Habitat suitability in the study area was calculated using maximum entropy model under different climatic scenarios. A bootstrap method was applied to assess the parameter uncertainty of the maximum entropy model. In comparison to the baseline projection, we found that there are significant differences in suitable habitat distributions for Abies and Tsuga under seven of the 15 scenarios. The results suggest that mountainous ecosystems will be substantially impacted by climate change. We also found that the uncertainty originating from GCMs and the parameters of the SDM contribute most to the overall level of variability in species distributions. Finally, based on the uncertainty analysis and the shift in habitat suitability, we applied systematic conservation planning approaches to identify suitable areas to add to Taiwan's protected area network.

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Modelling the habitat requirement of riverine fish species at the European scale: sensitivity to temperature and precipitation and associated uncertainty

Cited by 51 publications

References 79 publications

Influence of temperature on surface sediment disturbance by freshwater fish: a microcosm experiment

Influence of temperature on surface sediment disturbance by freshwater fish: a microcosm experiment

Global warming and potential shift in reference conditions: the case of functional fish-based metrics

Expansion of Protected Areas under Climate Change: An Example of Mountainous Tree Species in Taiwan

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