Winter is not coming: Evaluating impacts of changing winter conditions on coregonine reproductive phenology
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Abstract
Fishes in northern latitude lakes are at risk from climate-induced warming because the seasonality in water temperature is degrading, which can change ecosystem properties and the phenology of life-history events. Temperature-dependent embryo development models were developed for a group of cold, stenothermic fishes (Salmonidae Coregoninae) to assess the potential impacts of climate-induced changes in water temperature on cisco (Coregonus artedi) from two populations in Lake Superior (Apostle Islands [USA] and Thunder Bay [Canada]) and one in Lake Ontario (USA), vendace (C. albula) in Lake Southern Konnevesi (Finland), and European whitefish (C. lavaretus) in lakes Southern Konnevesi, Constance (Germany), Geneva (France), and Annecy (France). Water temperatures for each study group were simulated and changes in reproductive phenology across historic (1900–2006) and three future climatic-warming scenarios (2007–2099) were investigated. Models predicted that increases in water temperatures are likely to cause delayed spawning, shorter embryo incubation durations, and earlier larval hatching. Relative changes increased as warming scenarios increased in severity and were higher for littoral as compared to pelagic populations. Our simulations demonstrated that slower cooling in the autumn and (or) more rapid warming in spring can translate into substantial changes in the reproductive phenology of coregonines among our study groups. We expect that the changes in reproductive phenology predicted by our models, in the absence of thermal or behavioral adaptation, will have negative implications for population sustainability.
Suggested Citation
Stewart, T.R., Karjalainen, J., Zucchetta, M., Goulon, C., Anneville, O., Vinson, M.R., Wanzenböck, J., and Stockwell, J.D., 2024, Winter is not coming: Evaluating impacts of changing winter conditions on coregonine reproductive phenology: International Journal of Limnology, v. 60, 17, 16 p., https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2024014.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Winter is not coming: Evaluating impacts of changing winter conditions on coregonine reproductive phenology |
| Series title | International Journal of Limnology |
| DOI | 10.1051/limn/2024014 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Publication Date | September 09, 2024 |
| Year Published | 2024 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | EDP Sciences |
| Contributing office(s) | Great Lakes Science Center |
| Description | 17, 16 p. |
| Country | Canada, Finland, France, Germany, United States |
| Other Geospatial | Apostle Islands, Chaumont Bay, Lake Annecy, Lake Constance, Lake Geneva, Lake Ontario, Lake Southern Konnevesi, Lake Superior, Thunder Bay |