Climatic drivers and ecological impacts of a rapid range expansion by non-native smallmouth bass

Kirk, Mark A.; Maitland, Bryan M.; Hickerson, Brian T.; Walters, Annika W.; Rahel, Frank J.

doi:10.1007/s10530-021-02724-z

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“…Our stream‐reach‐scale trend analyses allow managers to identify divergent trends in populations in the same stream reach between species, which can lead to new hypotheses about competition in certain streams, and encourage subsequent research projects that focus on local, high‐resolution data. Interspecific interactions in particular merit attention in future research because mounting evidence suggests that climate change will exacerbate interactions between native and non‐native trout (Al‐Chokhachy et al, 2013; Bell et al, 2021; Zorn et al, 2020) and drive encroachment of novel warmwater species with shifting environmental conditions that can influence native species and communities (Kirk et al, 2022). For example, in Ash Creek, Wisconsin, Mitro (2016) found that species interactions among brook and brown trout and a brook trout‐specific ectoparasitic copepod under stressful environmental and ultimately climatic conditions (high stream temperature and low stream flows) led to poor brook trout recruitment and thus can be a proximate cause of native brook trout loss in the region.…”

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Shifting climate conditions affect recruitment in Midwestern stream trout, but depend on seasonal and spatial context

Maitland

Latzka

2022

Ecosphere

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Climate change is a complex threat to freshwater ecosystems. Effects on aquatic species will likely differ among populations depending on seasonal and spatial context, which makes a detailed understanding of population responses to shifting climate conditions key to guiding strategic decision‐making. However, few empirical studies have tested for such context dependency on distinct populations across seasons or at large spatial scales. We used 26 years of standardized survey data on recreationally and economically important brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Wisconsin, USA to assess short‐ and long‐term variability in population trends, and quantify the influence of seasonal and spatial climate variability (air temperatures and precipitation) on annual recruitment strength (as indexed by young‐of‐year [YOY] relative abundance in summer). Some short‐term population fluctuations were spatially consistent across the state, indicative of broadscale environmental forcing. Over the longer term, average YOY and age 1 and older brook trout relative abundance has declined since 2006, especially for YOY, while brown trout abundance has substantially increased. The effects of climate conditions on recruitment varied by species, season, and latitude. Increasing maximum summer temperatures were associated with lower brook trout recruitment, but higher brown trout recruitment. The effect for both species was stronger at lower latitudes. Spring temperatures were positively related to brown trout recruitment at lower latitudes; in mid‐latitude and northern streams, they were related to increasing recruitment up to about 1 standard deviation, above which recruitment declined. High and low winter and spring precipitation were associated with precipitous declines in recruitment for both species. By contrast, summer precipitation was positively related to recruitment in northern streams for brook trout and southern streams for brown trout. Our results demonstrate that shifts in climate can affect recruitment in similar species differently depending on temporal (seasonal) and spatial (warm, southern regions compared with cool, northern regions) context. Given trout population trends in Wisconsin and climate projections for the Midwestern United States, location‐ and species‐specific management actions are needed that account for this context dependency. Management should aim to maximize the resiliency of populations to extreme climate conditions by buffering negative influences on recruitment.

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Shifting climate conditions affect recruitment in Midwestern stream trout, but depend on seasonal and spatial context

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Latzka

2022

Ecosphere

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“…We found only minor support for that prediction with a third of the warm‐water species expanding based on our consensus framework (Figure 4). While two of the three species belong to the same taxonomic family ( Cyprinidae ), no functional trait similarities were observed (based on trait data from Kirk et al, 2022). Previous multi‐species studies indicate that many fish species in diverse warm‐water assemblages have not shifted their distributions with climate change (Comte & Grenouillet, 2013a; Gibson‐Reinemer, Rahel, et al, 2017; Grenouillet & Comte, 2014).…”

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“…Wyoming has a legacy of nonnative species introductions that has affected the diversity and uniqueness of regional assemblages (Kirk et al, 2020; Rahel & Smith, 2018). Recent expansions of highly piscivorous smallmouth bass ( Micropterus dolomieu ) and northern pike ( Esox lucius ) have had a negative impact on native plains fishes, and the expansion of smallmouth bass appears related to climatic extremes (Booher & Walters, 2021; Hickerson et al, 2019; Kirk et al, 2022). Green sunfish, another Centrarchidae piscivore, can also have negative effects on plains fishes (Marsh‐Matthews et al, 2013).…”

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“…Streams along the Great Plains—Rocky Mountain continuum (USA) represent a model system for assessing climate‐induced range shifts. Small streams originate in high‐elevation, mountainous, cold climates and flow downstream to form low‐elevation, large plains rivers in warmer climates (Kirk et al, 2022; Mee et al, 2018). Habitat and temperature changes result in prominent shifts of biotic assemblages from high elevations to low elevations, with depauperate cold‐tolerant assemblages transitioning to more diverse warm‐tolerant assemblages (Rahel & Hubert, 1991).…”

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Assessing climate‐induced range shifts of stream fishes using a consensus framework

Kirk

Rahel

2022

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

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Climate change is eliciting distributional shifts in organisms across the globe. Whereas low-land, warm-climate organisms are expanding to high elevations and high latitudes, cold-climate organisms in mountainous regions are contracting their ranges from low elevations and low latitudes (Freeman et al., 2018;Hickling et al., 2006).Freshwater organisms may be especially affected by climate change because of dispersal constraints in aquatic ecosystems

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“…Thus far, expansions of warmwater species coincident with declines of cool and coldwater species have been discussed as a phenomenon met with intense resistance by state and tribal natural resource agencies in Wisconsin. However, many of the warmwater species that have or are projected to increase in distribution and abundance, particularly centrarchids (Kirk et al, 2022), support popular fisheries throughout North America, including in Wisconsin (Tingley et al, 2019a). The popularity of these species has led to a mixed management approach, where in many cases, few interventions have been implemented.…”

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Resist‐accept‐direct (RAD) considerations for climate change adaptation in fisheries: The Wisconsin experience

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Shultz

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Fisheries Management Eco

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Decision-makers in inland fisheries management must balance ecologically and socially palatable objectives for ecosystem services within financial or physical constraints. Climate change has transformed the potential range of ecosystem services available. The Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) framework offers a foundation for responding to climate-induced ecosystem modification; however, ecosystem trajectories and current practices must be understood to improve future decisions. Using Wisconsin's diverse inland fisheries as a case study, management strategies for recreational and subsistence fisheries in response to climate change were reviewed within the RAD framework. Current strategies largely focus on resist actions, while future strategies may need to shift toward accept or direct actions. A participatory adaptive management framework and co-production of policies between state and tribal agencies could prioritise lakes for appropriate management action, with the goal of providing a landscape of diverse fishing opportunities. This knowledge co-production represents a process of social learning requiring substantial investments of funding and time.

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Climatic drivers and ecological impacts of a rapid range expansion by non-native smallmouth bass

Cited by 11 publications

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Shifting climate conditions affect recruitment in Midwestern stream trout, but depend on seasonal and spatial context

Shifting climate conditions affect recruitment in Midwestern stream trout, but depend on seasonal and spatial context

Assessing climate‐induced range shifts of stream fishes using a consensus framework

Resist‐accept‐direct (RAD) considerations for climate change adaptation in fisheries: The Wisconsin experience

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