Ocean Associates, Inc., Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Fish Ecology Division, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2022 Jun 10;17(6):e0268813. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268813. eCollection 2022.
Stream temperatures in the Pacific Northwest are projected to increase with climate change, placing additional stress on cold-water salmonids. We modeled the potential impact of increased stream temperatures on four anadromous salmonid populations in the Chehalis River Basin (spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, coho salmon O. kisutch, and steelhead O. mykiss), as well as the potential for floodplain reconnection and stream shade restoration to offset the effects of future temperature increases. In the Chehalis River Basin, peak summer stream temperatures are predicted to increase by as much as 3°C by late-century, but restoration actions can locally decrease temperatures by as much as 6°C. On average, however, basin-wide average stream temperatures are expected to increase because most reaches have low temperature reduction potential for either restoration action relative to climate change. Results from the life cycle models indicated that, without restoration actions, increased summer temperatures are likely to produce significant declines in spawner abundance by late-century for coho (-29%), steelhead (-34%), and spring-run Chinook salmon (-95%), and smaller decreases for fall-run Chinook salmon (-17%). Restoration actions reduced these declines in all cases, although model results suggest that temperature restoration alone may not fully mitigate effects of future temperature increases. Notably, floodplain reconnection provided a greater benefit than riparian restoration for steelhead and both Chinook salmon populations, but riparian restoration provided a greater benefit for coho. This pattern emerged because coho salmon tend to spawn and rear in smaller streams where shade restoration has a larger effect on stream temperature, whereas Chinook and steelhead tend to occupy larger rivers where temperatures are more influenced by floodplain connectivity. Spring-run Chinook salmon are the only population for which peak temperatures affect adult prespawn survival in addition to rearing survival, making them the most sensitive species to increasing stream temperatures.
太平洋西北地区的溪流温度预计将随着气候变化而升高,这将给冷水性鲑鱼带来额外的压力。我们模拟了增加的溪流温度对奇努克三文鱼、银鲑和虹鳟在内的切哈雷溪流域四个溯河洄游性鲑鱼种群的潜在影响,以及恢复洪泛平原连接和溪流遮荫来抵消未来温度升高影响的潜力。在切哈雷溪流域,预计到本世纪末,夏季高峰溪流温度最多将升高 3°C,但恢复措施可以使局部温度降低多达 6°C。然而,平均而言,由于相对于气候变化,大多数河段的恢复措施降低温度的潜力较低,流域范围内的平均溪流温度预计将升高。生命周期模型的结果表明,如果没有恢复措施,夏季高温可能会导致到本世纪末,银鲑 (-29%)、虹鳟 (-34%) 和春季洄游奇努克三文鱼 (-95%) 的产卵者数量显著减少,秋季洄游奇努克三文鱼 (-17%) 的产卵者数量也会减少。在所有情况下,恢复措施都减少了这些下降,但模型结果表明,仅通过温度恢复可能无法完全缓解未来温度升高的影响。值得注意的是,对于虹鳟和两种奇努克三文鱼种群,洪泛平原连接提供的好处大于河岸恢复,但河岸恢复为银鲑提供的好处更大。这种模式的出现是因为银鲑倾向于在较小的溪流中产卵和育肥,而这些溪流中的遮荫对溪流温度的影响更大,而奇努克三文鱼和虹鳟则倾向于栖息在更大的河流中,这些河流中的温度受洪泛平原连接的影响更大。春季洄游奇努克三文鱼是唯一一种其峰值温度不仅会影响育肥期存活率,还会影响成鱼产卵前存活率的种群,因此它们对不断升高的溪流温度最为敏感。