John Durand William Fleenor Richard, Mcelreath Maria, Santos Peter Moyle
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
The invasive aquatic plant Egeria densa (Brazilian waterweed) is a submersed aquatic plant that has expanded its distribution in both its native and introduced range. Because the plant grows so densely, it can become a problem for management of waterways and habitat restoration projects. It is difficult to remove once established and mechanical and...
R E, Schroeter Teejay, Orear Matthew Young Peter Moyle
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Using stable isotopes of carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) and mixing models, we investigated the trophic levels and carbon sources of invertebrates and fishes of a large tidal marsh in the San Francisco Estuary. Our goal was to better understand an estuarine food web comprised of native and alien species. We found the following: (1) the food web w...
Quiñones, Rebecca M. Peter Moyle
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Climate change is expected to progressively shift the freshwater environments of the San Francisco Bay Area (SFBA) to states that favor alien fishes over native species. Native species likely will have more limited distributions and some may be extirpated. Stream-dependent species may decline as portions of streams dry or become warmer due to lower...
Josué Medellín-Azuara Richard Howitt Hanak, Ellen Jay Lund William Fleenor
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Sea level rise, large-scale flooding, and new conveyance arrangements for water exports may increase future water salinity for local agricultural production in California\textquoterights Sacramento\textendashSan Joaquin Delta. Increasing salinity in crop root zones often decreases crop yields and crop revenues. Salinity effects are nonlinear, and v...
Herbold, Bruce Baltz, Donald M Brown, Larry Grossinger, Robin Kimmerer, Wim Lehman, Peggy Peter Moyle Nobriga, Matthew Simenstad, Charles A
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Tidal marsh restoration is an important management issue in the San Francisco Estuary (estuary). Restoration of large areas of tidal marsh is ongoing or planned in the lower estuary (up to 6,000 ha, Callaway et al. 2011). Large areas are proposed for restoration in the upper estuary under the Endangered Species Act biological opinions (3,237 ha) an...
Peter Moyle Amber Manfree Fiedler, Peggy L
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Suisun Marsh is the largest tidal wetland in the San Francisco Estuary that has been subject to 6000 years of constant change, which is accelerating. Decisions made today will have major effects on its value as habitat for native biota in the future.
Jay Lund Peter Moyle
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Using science to adaptively guide management for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is widely talked about as good public policy. Almost every agency, stakeholder, and planning process professes support and has its own adaptive management and science efforts. But highly fragmented adaptive management and science cannot solve such urgent complex probl...
Schaefer, Minta M. Doyle, Laura A. William Fleenor Johnson, Michael L.
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are found in surface waters worldwide. Wastewater treatment plant effluent is a major source of these contaminants. The Sacramento\textendashSan Joaquin Delta (Delta) is a unique aquatic ecosystem, a source of drinking water for over 25 million Californians, and a primary source of water for Centra...
Null, Sarah E
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
This paper presents insights from interviews with over 100 California water policy experts, who answered open-ended questions regarding California\textquoterights long-term water policy challengesand potential solutions. Interviews were conducted in the spring and summer of 2010, and interviewees were selected from a range of sectors and regions wi...
Patrick K., Crain Peter Moyle
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
This paper is a review of the biology of Sacramento perch (Archoplites interruptus) based mainly on recent studies of their distribution, ecology, physiology, and genetics. The Sacramento perch is the only member of the family Centrarchidae that is endemic to California. It is most closely related to the rock basses (Ambloplites spp.) and is though...