Multi‐century reconstructions of Pacific salmon abundance from climate‐sensitive tree rings in west central British Columbia, Canada
ABSTRACT Short records of naturally fluctuating Pacific salmon ( Oncorhynchus spp.) populations elicit challenges for the long‐term management of North American fisheries. A dendrochronologic approach was used to reconstruct long proxy histories of regional Pacific salmon populations returning to st...
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crwiley:10.1002/eco.1261 2024-06-02T08:13:18+00:00 Multi‐century reconstructions of Pacific salmon abundance from climate‐sensitive tree rings in west central British Columbia, Canada Starheim, Colette C. A. Smith, Dan J. Prowse, Terry D. 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eco.1261 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Feco.1261 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/eco.1261 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Ecohydrology volume 6, issue 2, page 228-240 ISSN 1936-0584 1936-0592 journal-article 2012 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1261 2024-05-03T11:49:32Z ABSTRACT Short records of naturally fluctuating Pacific salmon ( Oncorhynchus spp.) populations elicit challenges for the long‐term management of North American fisheries. A dendrochronologic approach was used to reconstruct long proxy histories of regional Pacific salmon populations returning to streams along west central British Columbia coastlines. Tree rings from five tree species collected at 18 sites were found to be sensitive to interannual fluctuations in large‐scale ocean and atmospheric circulation patterns. Using a regional network of climate‐sensitive ring‐width and ring‐density tree‐ring chronologies in linear regression models, multi‐century long‐term abundance records for populations of sockeye, chinook, chum and pink salmon were generated. Models explained between 27% and 39% of the variability in escapement records and were more proficient at capturing trends than annual magnitudes. The reconstructions vary in length, dating from 1400, 1536 and 1638 ad and extending to 2009 ad . Notable fluctuations in salmon abundance over the past six centuries are described, with significant population collapses shown to occur during the early 1400s, the late 1500s, the mid‐1600s, the early 1700s, the early 1800s and parts of the 1900s. These models are the first to utilize climate‐sensitive tree‐ring records to reconstruct regional abundance histories and thus contribute potentially valuable information for salmon fisheries managers. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Article in Journal/Newspaper Pink salmon Wiley Online Library British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Canada Pacific Sockeye ENVELOPE(-130.143,-130.143,54.160,54.160) Ecohydrology 6 2 228 240 |
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ABSTRACT Short records of naturally fluctuating Pacific salmon ( Oncorhynchus spp.) populations elicit challenges for the long‐term management of North American fisheries. A dendrochronologic approach was used to reconstruct long proxy histories of regional Pacific salmon populations returning to streams along west central British Columbia coastlines. Tree rings from five tree species collected at 18 sites were found to be sensitive to interannual fluctuations in large‐scale ocean and atmospheric circulation patterns. Using a regional network of climate‐sensitive ring‐width and ring‐density tree‐ring chronologies in linear regression models, multi‐century long‐term abundance records for populations of sockeye, chinook, chum and pink salmon were generated. Models explained between 27% and 39% of the variability in escapement records and were more proficient at capturing trends than annual magnitudes. The reconstructions vary in length, dating from 1400, 1536 and 1638 ad and extending to 2009 ad . Notable fluctuations in salmon abundance over the past six centuries are described, with significant population collapses shown to occur during the early 1400s, the late 1500s, the mid‐1600s, the early 1700s, the early 1800s and parts of the 1900s. These models are the first to utilize climate‐sensitive tree‐ring records to reconstruct regional abundance histories and thus contribute potentially valuable information for salmon fisheries managers. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Starheim, Colette C. A. Smith, Dan J. Prowse, Terry D. Multi‐century reconstructions of Pacific salmon abundance from climate‐sensitive tree rings in west central British Columbia, Canada |
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Multi‐century reconstructions of Pacific salmon abundance from climate‐sensitive tree rings in west central British Columbia, Canada |
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Multi‐century reconstructions of Pacific salmon abundance from climate‐sensitive tree rings in west central British Columbia, Canada |
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Multi‐century reconstructions of Pacific salmon abundance from climate‐sensitive tree rings in west central British Columbia, Canada |
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Multi‐century reconstructions of Pacific salmon abundance from climate‐sensitive tree rings in west central British Columbia, Canada |
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Multi‐century reconstructions of Pacific salmon abundance from climate‐sensitive tree rings in west central British Columbia, Canada |
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multi‐century reconstructions of pacific salmon abundance from climate‐sensitive tree rings in west central british columbia, canada |
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