Analysis of pelagic species decline in the upper San Francisco Estuary using multivariate autoregressive modeling (MAR)

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1417-1430

  Mac Nally, Ralph ^a   Thomson, James R ^a   Kimmerer, Wim J ^b   Feyrer, Frederick ^c   Newman, Ken B ^d   Sih, Andy ^e   Bennett, William A ^f   Brown, Larry ^g   Fleishman, Erica ^h,j   Culberson, Steven D ^d,i   Castillo, Gonzalo ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

ⁱ CALFED Bay Delta Program   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Delta smelt; Expert models; Longfin smelt; Sacramento River, California, USA; San Joaquin River, California, USA; Striped bass; Threadfin shad; Threatened species; Water management

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; FISHERY MODELING; LIFE HISTORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANKTON; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FISHES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAN FRANCISCO;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

DOROSOMA PETENENSE; HYPOMESUS TRANSPACIFICUS; MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS; PISCES; SPIRINCHUS; SPIRINCHUS THALEICHTHYS;

EID: 77954334460     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1724.1     Document Type: Article

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