Declining reservoir elevations following a two-decade drought increase water temperatures and non-native fish passage facilitating a downstream invasion
D. E. Eppehimer, C. B. Yackulic, L. A. Bruckerhoff, J. Wang, K. L. Young, K. R. Bestgen, B. A. Mihalevich, J. C. Schmidt
The paper models how declining reservoir levels and warming temperatures in the Colorado River facilitated non-native smallmouth bass invasion and reproduction.
bioRxiv · Jan 23, 2024Ecology