2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/20/2019 | 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | THE USE OF BIOLOGICAL DATA IN CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS AND BEYOND | 250 CF
THE USE OF BIOLOGICAL DATA IN CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS AND BEYOND
Climate assessments have taken on added importance to biomonitoring programs as changing air temperature and precipitation patterns and extreme weather events are triggering wide-ranging impacts in aquatic waterbodies across the globe, even in pristine locations. In this presentation, we provide examples of ways in which state and tribal biomonitoring programs are using stream macroinvertebrate data in climate assessments in the eastern US and Pacific Northwest. While the biological data have great value in and of themselves, their value is enhanced when used in combination with other types of data, including thermal and hydrologic data and landscape-scale watershed condition data. Together these multiple layers of information are being used to refine lists of climate indicator taxa, improve hypotheses on where and how climate change is likely to affect biological communities, identify ecologically meaningful thresholds related to thermal and hydrologic events, and to better understand resiliency to extreme weather events. We conclude with some examples of how biomonitoring programs are starting to utilize climate assessment information to help inform monitoring strategies and prioritization of sites for restoration and conservation.
- ClimateChange
- Invertebrate
- Temperature
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Jennifer Stamp
(), Tetra Tech Center for Ecological Sciences, Jen.Stamp@tetratech.com;
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Anna Hamilton
(), Tetra Tech Center for Ecological Sciences, Anna.Hamilton@tetratech.com;
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Britta Bierwagen
(), US EPA, bierwagen.britta@epa.gov;
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