Glacier change in western North America: influences on hydrology, geomorphic hazards and water quality

RD Moore, SW Fleming, B Menounos… - Hydrological …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The glaciers of western Canada and the conterminous United States have dominantly
retreated since the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA) in the nineteenth century, although average …

Effects of climate change and wildfire on stream temperatures and salmonid thermal habitat in a mountain river network

DJ Isaak, CH Luce, BE Rieman, DE Nagel… - Ecological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Mountain streams provide important habitats for many species, but their faunas are
especially vulnerable to climate change because of ectothermic physiologies and …

Effects of climate change on Oregon Coast coho salmon: habitat and life-cycle interactions

TC Wainwright, LA Weitkamp - Northwest Science, 2013 - BioOne
Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) populations that spawn in the coastal rivers of
Oregon, USA, formerly supported robust fisheries but are now listed as a “threatened …

Forest responses to climate change in the northwestern United States: Ecophysiological foundations for adaptive management

DJ Chmura, PD Anderson, GT Howe… - Forest Ecology and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Climate change resulting from increased concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide
([CO2]) is expected to result in warmer temperatures and changed precipitation regimes …

Status review update for Pacific salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act: Pacific Northwest

MJ Ford, A Albaugh, K Barnas, TD Cooney, J Cowen… - 2011 - repository.library.noaa.gov
The Northwest Fisheries Science Center of the National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA,
uses the NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC series to issue scientific and …

[PDF][PDF] Impacts of climate change on key aspects of freshwater salmon habitat in Washington State

N Mantua, I Tohver, A Hamlet - 2009 - digital.lib.washington.edu
This study evaluates the sensitivity of Washington State's freshwater habitat of Pacific
Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) to climate change. Our analysis focuses on summertime …

Elevated water temperature and carbon dioxide concentration increase the growth of a keystone echinoderm

RA Gooding, CDG Harley… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Anthropogenic climate change poses a serious threat to biodiversity. In marine
environments, multiple climate variables, including temperature and CO2 concentration …

Coupled modelling of glacier and streamflow response to future climate scenarios

K Stahl, RD Moore, JM Shea… - Water Resources …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated the sensitivity of streamflow to changes in climate and glacier cover
for the Bridge River basin, British Columbia, using a semi‐distributed conceptual …

Douglas‐fir growth in mountain ecosystems: water limits tree growth from stand to region

JS Littell, DL Peterson, M Tjoelker - Ecological Monographs, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this work is to understand the nature of growth–climate relationships for
Douglas‐fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) across the climatic dimensions of its niche. We used a …

Anticipated climate warming effects on bull trout habitats and populations across the interior Columbia River basin

BE Rieman, D Isaak, S Adams, D Horan… - Transactions of the …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
A warming climate could profoundly affect the distribution and abundance of many fishes.
Bull trout Salvelinus confluentus may be especially vulnerable to climate change given that …