Multidecadal trends for three declining fish species: Habitat patterns and mechanisms in the San Francisco Estuary, California, USA

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 723-734

  Feyrer, Frederick ^a   Nobriga, Matthew L ^a   Sommer, Ted R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

DOROSOMA PETENENSE; HYPOMESUS TRANSPACIFICUS; MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS;

EID: 34547142166     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-048     Document Type: Article

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