The collapse of pelagic fishes in the upper San Francisco estuary

Fisheries

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 270-277

  Sommer, Ted ^a   Armor, Chuck ^b   Baxter, Randall ^b   Breuer, Richard ^a   Brown, Larry ^c   Chotkowski, Mike ^d   Culberson, Steve ^e   Feyrer, Fredrick ^a   Gingras, Marty ^b   Herbold, Bruce ^f   Kimmerer, Wim ^g   Mueller Solger, Anke ^a   Nobriga, Matt ^e   Souza, Kelly ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^e CALFED Bay Delta Program   (United States)

^f US Environmental Protection Agency

^g SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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HYPOMESUS TRANSPACIFICUS; PISCES;

EID: 34548316368     PISSN: 03632415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8446(2007)32[270:TCOPFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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