Likely population-level effects of contaminants on a resident estuarine fish species: Comparing Gillichthys mirabilis population static measurements and vital rates in San Francisco and Tomales Bays

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1111-1120

  McGourty, Catherine R ^a   Hobbs, James A ^a   Bennett, William A ^a   Green, Peter G ^a,b   Hwang, Hyun Min ^a,b   Ikemiyagi, Naoaki ^a   Lewis, Levi ^a   Cope, Jason M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age and growth; Contaminants; Gillichthys mirabilis; Mortality; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; MARINE POLLUTION; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; TOMALES BAY; UNITED STATES;

GILLICHTHYS MIRABILIS; MIRABILIS;

EID: 70449569389     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9177-5     Document Type: Article

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