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dc.contributor.authorGreen, Duncan G.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-20T21:21:14Z
dc.date.available2021-10-20T21:21:14Z
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/12296
dc.descriptionThesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2020en_US
dc.description.abstractAnthropogenic climate change is contributing to rising temperatures worldwide, yet the increase is particularly rapid in the Arctic. Despite their position on the front of global temperature warming, the responses of Arctic ecosystems and the individual species within them are poorly understood. Broad whitefish Coregonus nasus in the Alaska nearshore Beaufort Sea not only inhabit a rapidly changing ecosystem, but are also a key component of subsistence harvest in the region and a relatively understudied fish. I parameterized and corroborated a bioenergetics model through species-specific physiological investigation and laboratory rearing trials, and used the resulting model to simulate potential responses in growth and consumption under climate change scenarios projected with global climate models. Simulations at current estimated prey energy densities projected increases in future consumption rates of up to 4% required to maintain historically observed summer growth, while simulations in which prey energy density was reduced by 50% resulted in projected consumption increases of up to 107% necessary to maintain historic growth. Simulations in which prey energy density was increased by 50% indicated the ability for juvenile broad whitefish to reduce consumption rates by up to 32% and maintain current growth rates. These results suggest that, although the physiological effects of rising water temperatures have the potential to increase growth rates of juvenile broad whitefish, climate-induced shifts in prey availability or prey quality are likely to be regulating factors that determine the magnitude and direction of changes in growth rates.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipHilcorp, Alaska, LLCen_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsGeneral introduction -- Chapter 1: Impacts of climate change on juvenile broad whitefish Coregonus nasus in Arctic Alaska: bioenergetics model development and application -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and methods -- Study site description -- Field collections -- Respirometry -- Calorimetry -- Experimental rearing -- Bioenergetics model parameterization -- Model corroboration and revision -- Future growth scenarios -- Results -- Experimental rearing -- Respirometry -- Calorimetry and energy density estimation -- Model corroboration and comparison -- Future growth scenarios -- Discussion -- References -- General conclusion -- References -- Figures -- Tables -- Appendix.en_US
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dc.subjectBroad whitefishen_US
dc.subjectBeaufort Seaen_US
dc.subjectGlobal warmingen_US
dc.subjectBioenergeticsen_US
dc.subjectArctic regionsen_US
dc.subjectAlaskaen_US
dc.subject.otherMaster of Science in Fisheriesen_US
dc.titleImpacts of climate change on juvenile broad whitefish Coregonus nasus in Arctic Alaska: bioenergetics model development and applicationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.degreemsen_US
dc.identifier.departmentDepartment of Fisheriesen_US
dc.contributor.chairSutton, Trent M.
dc.contributor.committeeNorcross, Brenda L.
dc.contributor.committeeCunningham, Curry J.
refterms.dateFOA2021-10-20T21:21:15Z


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