Seasonal streamflow extremes are key drivers of Brook Trout young-of-the-year abundance
Based on counts of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) collected over 28 yr at 115 sites in Shenandoah National Park, we developed mixed-effects models to (1) assess how well extreme streamflow, as compared to mean flows and total precipitation, can explain young-of-the-year (YOY) abundance, (2) identify potential nonlinear relationships between seasonal environmental covariates and abundance using nonlinear generalized additive mixed models, and (3) explore likely impacts of expected future weather and streamflow conditions.
The link address is: http://https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.2356
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