FiCli, the Fish and Climate Change Database, informs climate adaptation and management for freshwater fishes

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Abstract

Inland fishes provide important ecosystem services to communities worldwide and are especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Fish respond to climate change in diverse and nuanced ways, which creates challenges for practitioners of fish conservation, climate change adaptation, and management. Although climate change is known to affect fish globally, a comprehensive online, public database of how climate change has impacted inland fishes worldwide and adaptation or management practices that may address these impacts does not exist. We conducted an extensive, systematic primary literature review to identify peer-reviewed journal publications describing projected and documented examples of climate change impacts on inland fishes. From this standardized Fish and Climate Change database, FiCli (pronounced fick-lee), researchers and managers can query fish families, species, response types, or geographic locations to obtain summary information on inland fish responses to climate change and recommended management actions. The FiCli database is updatable and provides access to comprehensive published information to inform inland fish conservation and adaptation planning in a changing climate.


Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title FiCli, the Fish and Climate Change Database, informs climate adaptation and management for freshwater fishes
Series title Scientific Data
DOI 10.1038/s41597-020-0465-z
Volume 7
Year Published 2020
Language English
Publisher Nature
Contributing office(s) Coop Res Unit Atlanta, Coop Res Unit Seattle, National Climate Adaptation Science Center
Description 124, 6 p.
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