Climate Change

A number of studies the lab has undertaken directly or indirectly address how our environment is changing and how species and systems respond. Understanding and anticipating changes may be the best hope to understand the future of the environments we depend on.

Primary Collaborators

• Dr. Cory Suski
• Dr. Caleb Hasler

Select Publications

• K.A. Erickson, J. West, M.A. Dance, T.M. Farmer, J.C. Ballenger, S.R. Midway (2021). Changing climate associated with the range-wide decline of an estuarine finfish. Global Change Biology 27:2520–2536.
• G.J.A. Hansen, S.R. Midway, T. Wagner (2018). Walleye recruitment success is less resilient to warming water temperatures in lakes with abundant largemouth bass populations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75(1): 106–115.
• M.D. Robertson, M.F. Hernandez, S.R. Midway, C.T. Hasler, C.D. Suski (2018). Shelter-seeking behavior of crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, in elevated carbon dioxide. Aquatic Ecology 52:225–233.
• C.T. Hasler, C.M. Woodley, E.V. Schneider, B.K. Hixson, C.J. Fowler, S.R. Midway, C.D. Suski, D.L. Smith (2018). Avoidance of carbon dioxide in flowing water by bighead carp. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76(6):961–969.
• S.R. Midway, C.T. Hasler, T. Wagner, C.D. Suski (2016). Predation of freshwater fish in environments with elevated carbon dioxide. Marine and Freshwater Research 68:1585–1592.
• C.T. Hasler, S.R. Midway, J.D. Jeffrey, J.A. Tix, C. Sullivan, C. Suski (2016). Exposure to elevated pCO$_2$ alters post-treatment diel movement patterns of largemouth bass over short time scales. Freshwater Biology 61(9):1590–1600.
• T. Wagner, S.R. Midway, J. Whittier, J.T. Deweber, C.P. Paukert (2017). Annual Changes in Seasonal River Water Temperatures in the Eastern and Western United States. Water 9(2):90.