Projection of Benthic Density in Headwater Reaches Using Multiple Climate Models
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- NUKAZAWA Kei
- Dept. of Civil Engineering, Tohoku University
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- ARAI Ryosuke
- Dept. of Civil Engineering, Tohoku University
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- KAZAMA So
- Dept. of Civil Engineering, Tohoku University
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- TAKEMON Yasuhiro
- Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
Bibliographic Information
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- 複数の全球気候モデルを用いた源流域における底生動物個体数密度の将来変化
- フクスウ ノ ゼン キュウ キコウ モデル オ モチイタ ゲンリュウイキ ニ オケル テイセイ ドウブツ コタイスウ ミツド ノ ショウライ ヘンカ
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Abstract
To understand impacts of global warming on benthos communities in stream ecosystems, we analyzed relations of macroinvertebrate densities to water temperature conditions in a set of headwater reaches with various altitude, ranging from 100 to 850m, within the Natori River System. We ran a distributed hydro-thermal model with input data of air temperature in future scenarios (near and far future) and projected changes in water temperature in the headwater reaches in the futures using 8 global climate models (GCMs). We projected the density of benthic macroinvertebrates in the futures using the estimated water temperature as a predictor variable of simple linear regression models obtained in the headwater reaches under present conditions. Considering lower marginal ranges in uncertainty of the density of Plecoptera, it might decrease as much as 85% of present densities or extinct even in the near future with the lowest or highest radiative forcing, respectively.
Journal
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- Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research)
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Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research) 70 (5), I_271-I_276, 2014
Japan Society of Civil Engineers