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fishtail_huc12: Indices and supporting data characterizing the current and future risk to fish habitat degradation in the Northeast Climate Science Center region

This dataset represents results from this study attributed to the Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 12 watershed boundaries. Human impacts occurring throughout the Northeast United StatesDOI Northeast Climate Science Center, including urbanization, agriculture, and dams, have multiple effects on the region’s streams which support economically valuable stream fishes. Changes in climate are expected to lead to additional impacts in stream habitats and fish assemblages in multiple ways, including changing stream water temperatures. To manage streams for current impacts and future changes, managers need region-wide information for decision-making and developing proactive management strategies. Our project met that need by integrating results of a current condition assessment of stream habitats based on fish response to human land use, water quality impairment, and fragmentation by dams with estimates of which stream habitats may change in the future. Results are available for all streams in the NE CSC region through a spatially-explicit, web-based viewer (FishTail). With this tool, managers can evaluate how streams of interest are currently impacted by land uses and assess if those habitats may change with climate. These results, available in a comparable way throughout the NE CSC, provide natural resource managers, decision-makers, and the public with a wealth of information to better protect and conserve stream fishes and their habitats. These data are integrated into a web-based decision support viewer (FishTail): 1) current condition of streams determined from disturbances limiting stream fishes, 2) future conditions resulting from changes in climate, and, 3) changes in water temperature for key locations resulting from climate changes for all streams of the NE CSC region. The report that documents these data is: Daniel, W., N. Sievert, D. Infante, J. Whittier, J. Stewart, C. Paukert, and K. Herreman. 2016. A decision support mapper for conserving stream fish habitats of the Northeast Climate Science Center region. Final Report to the US Geological Survey, Northeast Climate Science Center, Amherst, MA.

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Author(s) Nick Sievert, Joanna Whittier, Kyle Herreman
Publication Date 2016-08-01
Beginning Date of Data 2016-08-01
Ending Date of Data 2016-08-01
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DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7GQ6W7C
Citation Sievert, N., Whittier, J., and Herreman, K., 2016, fishtail_huc12: Indices and supporting data characterizing the current and future risk to fish habitat degradation in the Northeast Climate Science Center region: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7GQ6W7C.
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