Glacial Lake Refugia

Glacial lake Refugia

 
Largemouth bass can survive in warmer temperature waters. In Wisconsin, these bass were increasing in numbers.

Largemouth bass reside in warmer temperature waters.

Midwestern lake.

Minnesota lake.

 
 

Jordan Read/USGS - An Assessment of Midwestern Lake and Stream Temperatures under Climate Change

Midwest Glacial Lakes Midwest Fish Habitats Project - The mission of the Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership is to work together to protect, rehabilitate, and enhance sustainable fish habitats in glacial lakes of the Midwest for the use and enjoyment of current and future generations.

Sentinel Lakes Program - To monitor and model Minnesota lake ecosystems for the detection and better understanding of the effects of environmental stressors in order to guide management that sustains fisheries and water resources for future generations.

 

relevant rrc publications

Cartwright, J, & Johnson, HM. 2018. Springs as hydrologic refugia in a changing climate? A remote-sensing approach. Ecosphere, 9(3), e02155. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2155

Final Report: An Assessment of Midwestern Lake and Stream Temperatures under Climate Change - ScienceBase-Catalog. https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5a53d604e4b01e7be2308760. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.

Isaak DJ, Young MK, Nagel DE, et al. 2015. The cold-water climate shield: delineating refugia for preserving salmonid fishes through the 21st century. Global Change Biol 21. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12879

Hansen, Gretchen J. A., et al. “Projected Shifts in Fish Species Dominance in Wisconsin Lakes under Climate Change.” Global Change Biology, vol. 23, no. 4, Apr. 2017, pp. 1463–76. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13462.

Hansen, Gretchen J. A., et al. “Walleye Recruitment Success Is Less Resilient to Warming Water Temperatures in Lakes with Abundant Largemouth Bass Populations.” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, vol. 75, no. 1, Jan. 2018, pp. 106–15. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0249.

Rose, Kevin Christopher. Climate Warming of Wisconsin Lakes Can Be Either Amplified or Suppressed by Trends in Water Clarity. U.S. Geological Survey, 2016. DOI.org (Datacite), https://doi.org/10.5066/F7028PN4.

Warmer Waters From Climate Change Could Impact Sport Fish Communities in Midwestern Lakes - ScienceBase-Catalog. https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/57d6ece9e4b090824ff87ba3. Accessed 24 Sept. 2024.

Winslow, Luke A., et al. Data Release: A Large-Scale Database of Modeled Contemporary and Future Water Temperature Data for 10,774 Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin Lakes. U.S. Geological Survey, 2017. DOI.org (Datacite), https://doi.org/10.5066/F7DV1H10.