Climate change alters aging patterns of reservoir aquatic habitats

Two slow-moving developments are threatening reservoir aquatic habitats globally: aging and climate change. These events projected to transform in various often unpredictable ways. Aging affects in-lake directly, whereas change both off-lake conditions. Climate is expected accelerate and, some instances, possibly decelerate aging. can be indexed as functional age, an index that signals the position of a along its lifespan relying on descriptors habitat. Using existing habitat datasets projections, we developed semi-quantitative predictions about effect age USA. Driven by increased warming, was predicted increase latitudinally from south north with no obvious longitudinal gradient. Functional also changed precipitation, increasing longitudinally east west but decreasing central Our projections tentative because uncertain nature sciences, well inexactness available data models. We review general strategies suitable for systematically dealing constantly changing conditions occur this century reservoirs certainly continue get older, within scope projections.