Modeling the Effects of Future Outflow on the Abiotic Habitat of an Imperiled Estuarine Fish

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-128

  Feyrer, Frederick ^a   Newman, Ken ^b   Nobriga, Matthew ^b   Sommer, Ted ^c  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

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

^c Bay Delta Fish and Wildlife Office ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic habitat; Annual species; Climate change; Delta smelt; Future development; Generalized additive model; Native fish; Sacramento San Joaquin Delta; San Francisco Estuary

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DELTA; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; NATIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALINITY;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

HYPOMESUS TRANSPACIFICUS;

EID: 78650709286     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9343-9     Document Type: Article

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