1) Examine influences of local abiotic drivers (e.g., cumulative degree days, hydrology, droughts, floods, nutrients) and habitat on cutthroat trout populations and growth ; 2) Quantify long term recovery over time after forest harvest and changes to riparian areas and instream habitat; 3) Examine fish responses to interactions between disturbance and land use as surrogates of responses to climate change; 4) Evaluate variability in reference populations over time and space as a baseline for understanding responses to natural and anthropogenic disturbances; and 5) Implement INSTREAM population model to evaluate scenarios that may have given rise to the patterns in fish populations we observe and to evaluate possible future effects of land use or climate change.
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1) Examine influences of local abiotic drivers (e.g., cumulative degree days, hydrology, droughts, floods, nutrients) and habitat on cutthroat trout populations and growth ; 2) Quantify long term recovery over time after forest harvest and changes to riparian areas and instream habitat; 3) Examine fish responses to interactions between disturbance and land use as surrogates of responses to climate change; 4) Evaluate variability in reference populations over time and space as a baseline for understanding responses to natural and anthropogenic disturbances; and 5) Implement INSTREAM population model to evaluate scenarios that may have given rise to the patterns in fish populations we observe and to evaluate possible future effects of land use or climate change.
