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Regional and Temporal Variation in the Thermal Habitat of Streams in the Great Lakes Basin Researchers: Nicholas Jones and Cindy Chu Project Description: The thermal characteristics of the streams and rivers that feed the Great Lakes play an important role in defining the species specific habitat supply available for fishes. Species-specific thermal tolerances are the critical biological elements that define these thermal habitats. The primary objectives of this project are: 1. Consolidate existing time series data on water temperature for Great Lakes streams into a single data base that can be used to define existing regional differences in seasonal temperature. 2. Evaluate how these regional and temporal differences in temperature patterns shape current levels of thermal habitat supply for the stream-resident life stages of fishes. 3. Couple these findings with up-to-date climate change scenarios to assess the likely long-term impacts of climate change on stream dependent fishes across the basin. Collaborators and
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