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DOI | 10.5194/hess-23-2965-2019 |
Quantifying thermal refugia connectivity by combining temperature modeling, distributed temperature sensing, and thermal infrared imaging | |
Dzara, Jessica R.1; Neilson, Bethany T.1; Null, Sarah E.2 | |
发表日期 | 2019 |
ISSN | 1027-5606 |
EISSN | 1607-7938 |
卷号 | 23期号:7页码:2965-2982 |
英文摘要 | Watershed-scale stream temperature models are often one-dimensional because they require fewer data and are more computationally efficient than two- or three-dimensional models. However, one-dimensional models assume completely mixed reaches and ignore small-scale spatial temperature variability, which may create temperature barriers or refugia for cold-water aquatic species. Fine spatial- and temporal-resolution stream temperature monitoring provides information to identify river features with increased thermal variability. We used distributed temperature sensing (DTS) to observe small-scale stream temperature variability, measured as a temperature range through space and time, within two 400 m reaches in summer 2015 in Nevada's East Walker and main stem Walker rivers. Thermal infrared (TIR) aerial imagery collected in summer 2012 quantified the spatial temperature variability throughout the Walker Basin. We coupled both types of high-resolution measured data with simulated stream temperatures to corroborate model results and estimate the spatial distribution of thermal refugia for Lahontan cutthroat trout and other coldwater species. Temperature model estimates were within the DTS-measured temperature ranges 21 % and 70 % of the time for the East Walker River and main stem Walker River, respectively, and within TIR-measured temperatures 17 %, 5 %, and 5 % of the time for the East Walker, West Walker, and main stem Walker rivers, respectively. DTS, TIR, and modeled stream temperatures in the main stem Walker River nearly always exceeded the 21 degrees C optimal temperature threshold for adult trout, usually exceeded the 24 degrees C stress threshold, and could exceed the 28 degrees C lethal thresh-old for Lahontan cutthroat trout. Measured stream temperature ranges bracketed ambient river temperatures by -10.1 to +2.3 degrees C in agricultural return flows, -1.2 to +4 degrees C at diversions, -5.1 to +2 degrees C in beaver dams, and -4.2 to 0 degrees C at seeps. To better understand the role of these river features on thermal refugia during warm time periods, the respective temperature ranges were added to simulated stream temperatures at each of the identified river features. Based on this analysis, the average distance between thermal refugia in this system was 2.8 km. While simulated stream temperatures are often too warm to support Lahontan cutthroat trout and other cold-water species, thermal refugia may exist to improve habitat connectivity and facilitate trout movement between spawning and summer habitats. Overall, high-resolution DTS and TIR measurements quantify temperature ranges of refugia and augment process-based modeling. |
WOS研究方向 | Geology ; Water Resources |
来源期刊 | HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/100442 |
作者单位 | 1.Utah State Univ, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, 8200 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84321 USA; 2.Utah State Univ, Dept Watershed Sci, 5210 Old Main Hill,NR 210, Logan, UT 84321 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Dzara, Jessica R.,Neilson, Bethany T.,Null, Sarah E.. Quantifying thermal refugia connectivity by combining temperature modeling, distributed temperature sensing, and thermal infrared imaging[J],2019,23(7):2965-2982. |
APA | Dzara, Jessica R.,Neilson, Bethany T.,&Null, Sarah E..(2019).Quantifying thermal refugia connectivity by combining temperature modeling, distributed temperature sensing, and thermal infrared imaging.HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES,23(7),2965-2982. |
MLA | Dzara, Jessica R.,et al."Quantifying thermal refugia connectivity by combining temperature modeling, distributed temperature sensing, and thermal infrared imaging".HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES 23.7(2019):2965-2982. |
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