Drivers of fish biodiversity in a rapidly changing permafrost landscape

• Published in: Freshwater biology Vol. 66; no. 12; pp. 2301 - 2321
• Main Authors: Murdoch, Alyssa, Gray, Derek K., Korosi, Jennifer, Vucic, Jasmina M., Cohen, Rachel S., Sharma, Sapna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Air temperature; Biodiversity; Browning; Carbon; Climate change; Community structure; Depletion; Dissolved organic carbon; Dissolved organic phosphorus; Drainage patterns; Environmental changes; Environmental quality; Fish; Fish culture; Freshwater; Freshwater fish; Habitats; infrastructure; Inland water environment; Lake morphometry; Lakes; Land use; Landscape; light; Morphometry; Overwintering; Oxygen depletion; Permafrost; Phosphorus; Relative abundance; River basins; Species richness; subarctic; Summer; Water quality

Rapid environmental change occurring in northern permafrost regions may have profound implications for fish biodiversity but remains poorly understood. Climate change, increasing human development, and resultant permafrost thaw may combine to alter the quality and quantity of fish habitat including...