Erin S. Dunlop

Oct 13, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Daisuke Goto |Erin S. Dunlop |Joelle Young |Donald Jackson

AbstractIce phenology (onset and breakup of ice cover) regulates the timings of seasonal life history events of many animal and plant species in high-latitude lakes in the Northern Hemisphere, promoting the coexistence of species that share resources like food and shelter. Increasingly warmer, more variable Earth's climate is, however, shifting ice phenology, modifying habitat conditions, and in turn reshaping the population and interaction dynamics of many species, threatening their persistence.