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Bases physiologiques des impacts des changements climatiques sur les poissons continentaux d'Amérique du Nord
Author(s) -
Whitney James E.,
AlChokhachy Robert,
Bunnell David B.,
Caldwell Colleen A.,
Cooke Steven J.,
Eliason Erika J.,
Rogers Mark,
Lynch Abigail J.,
Paukert Craig P.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
fisheries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1548-8446
pISSN - 0363-2415
DOI - 10.1080/03632415.2016.1186656
Subject(s) - climate change , ecology , fish migration , environmental change , psychological resilience , population , effects of global warming , habitat , biology , range (aeronautics) , global warming , geography , psychology , materials science , demography , sociology , composite material , psychotherapist
Global climate change is altering freshwater ecosystems and affecting fish populations and communities. Underpinning changes in fish distribution and assemblage‐level responses to climate change are individual‐level physiological constraints. In this review, we synthesize the mechanistic effects of climate change on neuroendocrine, cardiorespiratory, immune, osmoregulatory, and reproductive systems of freshwater and diadromous fishes. Observed climate change effects on physiological systems are varied and numerous, including exceedance of critical thermal tolerances, decreased cardiorespiratory performance, compromised immune function, and altered patterns of individual reproductive investment. However, effects vary widely among and within species because of species, population, and even sex‐specific differences in sensitivity and resilience and because of habitat‐specific variation in the magnitude of climate‐related environmental change. Research on the interactive effects of climate change with other environmental stressors across a broader range of fish diversity is needed to further our understanding of climate change effects on fish physiology.