Springs from cold rocky landforms: icy seeps in warming mountains

Autores
Brighenti, Stefano; Millar, Constance; Colombo, Nicola; Benech, Andrea; Canturan, Luca; Lencioni, Valeria; Scotti, Alberto; Tolotti, Mónica; Bruno, Maria C.; Janicke, Andrina; Fischer, Andrea; Gschwentner, Andrea; Hayashi, Masaki; Reato, Agustina; Hotaling, Scott; Tronstad, Lusha Marguerite; Finn, Debra; Herbst, David; Larsen, Stefano; Comiti, Francesco
Año de publicación
2023
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inglés
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documento de conferencia
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versión publicada
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The decline of cold environments is among the major effects of climate change. In mountain areas, freshwater habitats have been warming as a result of increasing air temperature, reduction of the snowmelt period, and glacier recession. However, most high-mountain regions contain landforms composed of coarse rocky materials and often containing ice, that are thermally buffered, and sustain cold/cool habitats in otherwise unfavourable climatic conditions. These cold rocky landforms, often originate very cold springs (< 2 °C), termed icy seeps, that might represent climate refugia for coldadapted aquatic organisms. Rock glaciers appear to be the most common source of icy seeps, but other mountain landforms including debris-covered glaciers, morainal deposits, talus slopes, and protalus ramparts can support similarly cold springs. Collectively, icy seeps have been understudied, and little is known about how their thermal regimes vary among types of icy seep and across major mountain ranges. We monitored summer water temperature (mostly 2021/2022) of 152 springs across 14 mountain areas of the Eastern and Western European Alps, Rocky Mountains, Great Basin Mountains, and Patagonian Andes. The monitored springs represented icy seeps from rock glaciers, morainal deposits, talus slopes, protalus ramparts, and debris-covered glaciers, plus reference springs originating from slopes composed of fine materials with diverse origins. Thermal conditions at the same spring types differed among mountain ranges, but icy seeps were consistently colder (by 0.5 – 6.0 °C) than reference springs located within the same catchments, and at comparable elevations. This thermal offset was positively correlated with spring elevation, slope aspect, and average clast size of the landform debris. Our results highlight that major geomorphological drivers are useful for identifying some mountain features as cold rocky landforms for aquatic habitats. Hydroecological research on these environments is needed to address management strategies for climate change adaptation.
Fil: Brighenti, Stefano. University of Bozen; Italia
Fil: Millar, Constance. United States Department of Agriculture; Estados Unidos
Fil: Colombo, Nicola. University of Turin; Italia
Fil: Benech, Andrea. University of Turin; Italia
Fil: Canturan, Luca. Università di Padova; Italia
Fil: Lencioni, Valeria. Museo delle Scienze; Italia
Fil: Scotti, Alberto. APEM Ltd.; Reino Unido
Fil: Tolotti, Mónica. Instituto Agrario San Michele all'Adige Fondazione Edmund Mach; Italia
Fil: Bruno, Maria C.. Instituto Agrario San Michele all'Adige Fondazione Edmund Mach; Italia
Fil: Janicke, Andrina. Austrian Academy Of Sciences;
Fil: Fischer, Andrea. Austrian Academy Of Sciences;
Fil: Gschwentner, Andrea. Austrian Academy Of Sciences;
Fil: Hayashi, Masaki. University of Calgary; Canadá
Fil: Reato, Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia "San Juan Bosco". Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica; Argentina
Fil: Hotaling, Scott. State University of Utah; Estados Unidos
Fil: Tronstad, Lusha Marguerite. University of Wyoming; Estados Unidos
Fil: Finn, Debra. University of Missouri; Estados Unidos
Fil: Herbst, David. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Larsen, Stefano. Instituto Agrario San Michele all'Adige Fondazione Edmund Mach; Italia
Fil: Comiti, Francesco. University of Bozen; Italia
6Th. European Conference of Permafrost
Puigcerdà
España
Universidad de Barcelona. Departamento de Geografía
Materia
Cold environments
Climate change
Aquatic habitats
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spelling Springs from cold rocky landforms: icy seeps in warming mountainsBrighenti, StefanoMillar, ConstanceColombo, NicolaBenech, AndreaCanturan, LucaLencioni, ValeriaScotti, AlbertoTolotti, MónicaBruno, Maria C.Janicke, AndrinaFischer, AndreaGschwentner, AndreaHayashi, MasakiReato, AgustinaHotaling, ScottTronstad, Lusha MargueriteFinn, DebraHerbst, DavidLarsen, StefanoComiti, FrancescoCold environmentsClimate changeAquatic habitatshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The decline of cold environments is among the major effects of climate change. In mountain areas, freshwater habitats have been warming as a result of increasing air temperature, reduction of the snowmelt period, and glacier recession. However, most high-mountain regions contain landforms composed of coarse rocky materials and often containing ice, that are thermally buffered, and sustain cold/cool habitats in otherwise unfavourable climatic conditions. These cold rocky landforms, often originate very cold springs (< 2 °C), termed icy seeps, that might represent climate refugia for coldadapted aquatic organisms. Rock glaciers appear to be the most common source of icy seeps, but other mountain landforms including debris-covered glaciers, morainal deposits, talus slopes, and protalus ramparts can support similarly cold springs. Collectively, icy seeps have been understudied, and little is known about how their thermal regimes vary among types of icy seep and across major mountain ranges. We monitored summer water temperature (mostly 2021/2022) of 152 springs across 14 mountain areas of the Eastern and Western European Alps, Rocky Mountains, Great Basin Mountains, and Patagonian Andes. The monitored springs represented icy seeps from rock glaciers, morainal deposits, talus slopes, protalus ramparts, and debris-covered glaciers, plus reference springs originating from slopes composed of fine materials with diverse origins. Thermal conditions at the same spring types differed among mountain ranges, but icy seeps were consistently colder (by 0.5 – 6.0 °C) than reference springs located within the same catchments, and at comparable elevations. This thermal offset was positively correlated with spring elevation, slope aspect, and average clast size of the landform debris. Our results highlight that major geomorphological drivers are useful for identifying some mountain features as cold rocky landforms for aquatic habitats. Hydroecological research on these environments is needed to address management strategies for climate change adaptation.Fil: Brighenti, Stefano. University of Bozen; ItaliaFil: Millar, Constance. United States Department of Agriculture; Estados UnidosFil: Colombo, Nicola. University of Turin; ItaliaFil: Benech, Andrea. University of Turin; ItaliaFil: Canturan, Luca. Università di Padova; ItaliaFil: Lencioni, Valeria. Museo delle Scienze; ItaliaFil: Scotti, Alberto. APEM Ltd.; Reino UnidoFil: Tolotti, Mónica. Instituto Agrario San Michele all'Adige Fondazione Edmund Mach; ItaliaFil: Bruno, Maria C.. Instituto Agrario San Michele all'Adige Fondazione Edmund Mach; ItaliaFil: Janicke, Andrina. Austrian Academy Of Sciences;Fil: Fischer, Andrea. Austrian Academy Of Sciences;Fil: Gschwentner, Andrea. Austrian Academy Of Sciences;Fil: Hayashi, Masaki. University of Calgary; CanadáFil: Reato, Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia "San Juan Bosco". Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica; ArgentinaFil: Hotaling, Scott. State University of Utah; Estados UnidosFil: Tronstad, Lusha Marguerite. University of Wyoming; Estados UnidosFil: Finn, Debra. University of Missouri; Estados UnidosFil: Herbst, David. University of California; Estados UnidosFil: Larsen, Stefano. Instituto Agrario San Michele all'Adige Fondazione Edmund Mach; ItaliaFil: Comiti, Francesco. University of Bozen; Italia6Th. European Conference of PermafrostPuigcerdàEspañaUniversidad de Barcelona. Departamento de GeografíaUniversidad de BarcelonaFernandez Fernandez, José M.Bonsoms, JosepGarcía Oteyza, JuliaOliva, Marc2023info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjectCongresoBookhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794info:ar-repo/semantics/documentoDeConferenciaapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/228338Springs from cold rocky landforms: icy seeps in warming mountains; 6Th. 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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Springs from cold rocky landforms: icy seeps in warming mountains
title Springs from cold rocky landforms: icy seeps in warming mountains
spellingShingle Springs from cold rocky landforms: icy seeps in warming mountains
Brighenti, Stefano
Cold environments
Climate change
Aquatic habitats
title_short Springs from cold rocky landforms: icy seeps in warming mountains
title_full Springs from cold rocky landforms: icy seeps in warming mountains
title_fullStr Springs from cold rocky landforms: icy seeps in warming mountains
title_full_unstemmed Springs from cold rocky landforms: icy seeps in warming mountains
title_sort Springs from cold rocky landforms: icy seeps in warming mountains
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Brighenti, Stefano
Millar, Constance
Colombo, Nicola
Benech, Andrea
Canturan, Luca
Lencioni, Valeria
Scotti, Alberto
Tolotti, Mónica
Bruno, Maria C.
Janicke, Andrina
Fischer, Andrea
Gschwentner, Andrea
Hayashi, Masaki
Reato, Agustina
Hotaling, Scott
Tronstad, Lusha Marguerite
Finn, Debra
Herbst, David
Larsen, Stefano
Comiti, Francesco
author Brighenti, Stefano
author_facet Brighenti, Stefano
Millar, Constance
Colombo, Nicola
Benech, Andrea
Canturan, Luca
Lencioni, Valeria
Scotti, Alberto
Tolotti, Mónica
Bruno, Maria C.
Janicke, Andrina
Fischer, Andrea
Gschwentner, Andrea
Hayashi, Masaki
Reato, Agustina
Hotaling, Scott
Tronstad, Lusha Marguerite
Finn, Debra
Herbst, David
Larsen, Stefano
Comiti, Francesco
author_role author
author2 Millar, Constance
Colombo, Nicola
Benech, Andrea
Canturan, Luca
Lencioni, Valeria
Scotti, Alberto
Tolotti, Mónica
Bruno, Maria C.
Janicke, Andrina
Fischer, Andrea
Gschwentner, Andrea
Hayashi, Masaki
Reato, Agustina
Hotaling, Scott
Tronstad, Lusha Marguerite
Finn, Debra
Herbst, David
Larsen, Stefano
Comiti, Francesco
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Fernandez Fernandez, José M.
Bonsoms, Josep
García Oteyza, Julia
Oliva, Marc
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cold environments
Climate change
Aquatic habitats
topic Cold environments
Climate change
Aquatic habitats
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The decline of cold environments is among the major effects of climate change. In mountain areas, freshwater habitats have been warming as a result of increasing air temperature, reduction of the snowmelt period, and glacier recession. However, most high-mountain regions contain landforms composed of coarse rocky materials and often containing ice, that are thermally buffered, and sustain cold/cool habitats in otherwise unfavourable climatic conditions. These cold rocky landforms, often originate very cold springs (< 2 °C), termed icy seeps, that might represent climate refugia for coldadapted aquatic organisms. Rock glaciers appear to be the most common source of icy seeps, but other mountain landforms including debris-covered glaciers, morainal deposits, talus slopes, and protalus ramparts can support similarly cold springs. Collectively, icy seeps have been understudied, and little is known about how their thermal regimes vary among types of icy seep and across major mountain ranges. We monitored summer water temperature (mostly 2021/2022) of 152 springs across 14 mountain areas of the Eastern and Western European Alps, Rocky Mountains, Great Basin Mountains, and Patagonian Andes. The monitored springs represented icy seeps from rock glaciers, morainal deposits, talus slopes, protalus ramparts, and debris-covered glaciers, plus reference springs originating from slopes composed of fine materials with diverse origins. Thermal conditions at the same spring types differed among mountain ranges, but icy seeps were consistently colder (by 0.5 – 6.0 °C) than reference springs located within the same catchments, and at comparable elevations. This thermal offset was positively correlated with spring elevation, slope aspect, and average clast size of the landform debris. Our results highlight that major geomorphological drivers are useful for identifying some mountain features as cold rocky landforms for aquatic habitats. Hydroecological research on these environments is needed to address management strategies for climate change adaptation.
Fil: Brighenti, Stefano. University of Bozen; Italia
Fil: Millar, Constance. United States Department of Agriculture; Estados Unidos
Fil: Colombo, Nicola. University of Turin; Italia
Fil: Benech, Andrea. University of Turin; Italia
Fil: Canturan, Luca. Università di Padova; Italia
Fil: Lencioni, Valeria. Museo delle Scienze; Italia
Fil: Scotti, Alberto. APEM Ltd.; Reino Unido
Fil: Tolotti, Mónica. Instituto Agrario San Michele all'Adige Fondazione Edmund Mach; Italia
Fil: Bruno, Maria C.. Instituto Agrario San Michele all'Adige Fondazione Edmund Mach; Italia
Fil: Janicke, Andrina. Austrian Academy Of Sciences;
Fil: Fischer, Andrea. Austrian Academy Of Sciences;
Fil: Gschwentner, Andrea. Austrian Academy Of Sciences;
Fil: Hayashi, Masaki. University of Calgary; Canadá
Fil: Reato, Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia "San Juan Bosco". Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica; Argentina
Fil: Hotaling, Scott. State University of Utah; Estados Unidos
Fil: Tronstad, Lusha Marguerite. University of Wyoming; Estados Unidos
Fil: Finn, Debra. University of Missouri; Estados Unidos
Fil: Herbst, David. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Larsen, Stefano. Instituto Agrario San Michele all'Adige Fondazione Edmund Mach; Italia
Fil: Comiti, Francesco. University of Bozen; Italia
6Th. European Conference of Permafrost
Puigcerdà
España
Universidad de Barcelona. Departamento de Geografía
description The decline of cold environments is among the major effects of climate change. In mountain areas, freshwater habitats have been warming as a result of increasing air temperature, reduction of the snowmelt period, and glacier recession. However, most high-mountain regions contain landforms composed of coarse rocky materials and often containing ice, that are thermally buffered, and sustain cold/cool habitats in otherwise unfavourable climatic conditions. These cold rocky landforms, often originate very cold springs (< 2 °C), termed icy seeps, that might represent climate refugia for coldadapted aquatic organisms. Rock glaciers appear to be the most common source of icy seeps, but other mountain landforms including debris-covered glaciers, morainal deposits, talus slopes, and protalus ramparts can support similarly cold springs. Collectively, icy seeps have been understudied, and little is known about how their thermal regimes vary among types of icy seep and across major mountain ranges. We monitored summer water temperature (mostly 2021/2022) of 152 springs across 14 mountain areas of the Eastern and Western European Alps, Rocky Mountains, Great Basin Mountains, and Patagonian Andes. The monitored springs represented icy seeps from rock glaciers, morainal deposits, talus slopes, protalus ramparts, and debris-covered glaciers, plus reference springs originating from slopes composed of fine materials with diverse origins. Thermal conditions at the same spring types differed among mountain ranges, but icy seeps were consistently colder (by 0.5 – 6.0 °C) than reference springs located within the same catchments, and at comparable elevations. This thermal offset was positively correlated with spring elevation, slope aspect, and average clast size of the landform debris. Our results highlight that major geomorphological drivers are useful for identifying some mountain features as cold rocky landforms for aquatic habitats. Hydroecological research on these environments is needed to address management strategies for climate change adaptation.
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