Machine‐learning modeling of hourly potential thermal refuge area: A case study from the Sainte‐Marguerite River (Quebec, Canada)

• Published in: River Research and Applications
• Main Authors: Hani, Ilias, St‐Hilaire, André, Ouarda, Taha B. M. J.
• Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Canada; Gam; Marguerite; Marguerite River; Nash; Sutcliffe; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.4191; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/rra.4191

Abstract To understand the temporal and spatial variability of thermal refuges, this study focused on modeling potential thermal refuge area (PTRA) at a sub‐daily time‐step in two tributary confluences of the Sainte‐Marguerite River (Canada) during the summers of 2020 and 2021. Aquatic ectotherm spe...