Thermal refugia

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a) Thermal patchiness among deep and shallow habitats on upper Berg River, b) a dead trout at a site on the Amandel River – presumably a result of thermal stress or low dissolved oxygen, c) isolated pools on the upper Amandel River during mid-summer 2017 – surface flow mostly disappeared, and d) a site on the Amandel River dried up in March 2017, leaving the temperature logger exposed to air (Photo credit: Jeremy Shelton)
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Temperature influence impacts of invasive fish in Cape Fold Ecoregion’s rivers

A new study, led by C·I·B post-doctoral fellow Jeremy Shelton, has shown that water temperature plays a role in the impacts that an introduced fish has on native fishes.

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4 June 2018