Effects of climate and land-use changes on fish catches across lakes at a global scale

Yu Chun Kao; Mark W. Rogers; David B. Bunnell; Ian G. Cowx; Song S. Qian; Orlane Anneville; T. Douglas Beard; Alexander Brinker; J. Robert Britton; René Chura-Cruz; Natasha J. Gownaris; James R. Jackson; Külli Kangur; Jeppe Kolding; Anatoly A. Lukin; Abigail J. Lynch; Norman Mercado-Silva; Rodrigo Moncayo-Estrada; Friday J. Njaya; Ilia Ostrovsky; Lars G. Rudstam; Alfred L.E. Sandström; Yuichi Sato; Humberto Siguayro-Mamani; Andy Thorpe; Paul A.M. van Zwieten; Pietro Volta; Yuyu Wang; András Weiperth; Olaf L.F. Weyl; Joelle D. Young

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14624-2

Effects of climate and land-use changes on fish catches across lakes at a global scale

Yu Chun Kao, Mark W. Rogers, David B. Bunnell, Ian G. Cowx, Song S. Qian, Orlane Anneville, T. Douglas Beard, Alexander Brinker, J. Robert Britton, René Chura-Cruz, Natasha J. Gownaris, James R. Jackson, Külli Kangur, Jeppe Kolding, Anatoly A. Lukin, Abigail J. Lynch, Norman Mercado-Silva, Rodrigo Moncayo-Estrada, Friday J. Njaya, Ilia OstrovskyLars G. Rudstam, Alfred L.E. Sandström, Yuichi Sato, Humberto Siguayro-Mamani, Andy Thorpe, Paul A.M. van Zwieten, Pietro Volta, Yuyu Wang, András Weiperth, Olaf L.F. Weyl, Joelle D. Young

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Globally, our knowledge on lake fisheries is still limited despite their importance to food security and livelihoods. Here we show that fish catches can respond either positively or negatively to climate and land-use changes, by analyzing time-series data (1970–2014) for 31 lakes across five continents. We find that effects of a climate or land-use driver (e.g., air temperature) on lake environment could be relatively consistent in directions, but consequential changes in a lake-environmental factor (e.g., water temperature) could result in either increases or decreases in fish catch in a given lake. A subsequent correlation analysis indicates that reductions in fish catch was less likely to occur in response to potential climate and land-use changes if a lake is located in a region with greater access to clean water. This finding suggests that adequate investments for water-quality protection and water-use efficiency can provide additional benefits to lake fisheries and food security.

Original language	English
Article number	2526
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14624-2
Publication status	Published - Dec 1 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
This research was funded by the US Geological Survey National Climate Adaptation Science Center. We thank help from A. Sakas for data compilation and email communication at the beginning of this project. We thank E. Politi for global database support and C. Paukert for comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript. Personal funding supports, data providers, and data sources are acknowledged in Supplementary Note. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the US Government.

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© 2020, The Author(s).

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General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Physics and Astronomy

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Kao, Y. C., Rogers, M. W., Bunnell, D. B., Cowx, I. G., Qian, S. S., Anneville, O., Beard, T. D., Brinker, A., Britton, J. R., Chura-Cruz, R., Gownaris, N. J., Jackson, J. R., Kangur, K., Kolding, J., Lukin, A. A., Lynch, A. J., Mercado-Silva, N., Moncayo-Estrada, R., Njaya, F. J., ... Young, J. D. (2020). Effects of climate and land-use changes on fish catches across lakes at a global scale. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 2526. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14624-2

Kao, YC, Rogers, MW, Bunnell, DB, Cowx, IG, Qian, SS, Anneville, O, Beard, TD, Brinker, A, Britton, JR, Chura-Cruz, R, Gownaris, NJ, Jackson, JR, Kangur, K, Kolding, J, Lukin, AA, Lynch, AJ, Mercado-Silva, N, Moncayo-Estrada, R, Njaya, FJ, Ostrovsky, I, Rudstam, LG, Sandström, ALE, Sato, Y, Siguayro-Mamani, H, Thorpe, A, van Zwieten, PAM, Volta, P, Wang, Y, Weiperth, A, Weyl, OLF & Young, JD 2020, 'Effects of climate and land-use changes on fish catches across lakes at a global scale', Nature Communications, vol. 11, no. 1, 2526. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14624-2

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