academic research, delta smelt, and public policy: a personal...
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Academic research, delta smelt, and public policy: a personal history
Peter Moyle
Native Delta Fishes
1975
Relationship between cumulative publications of Peter Moyle and fish imperilment in California
M.Sparkman
California Fish & Game 56(4): 314-315
OF CALIFORNIA
Peter B. Royle
AVERAGE STATUS SCORES: NATIVE FISHES
GREEN – BEST RED - WORST
Maps by Andy Bell & Rebecca Quinones
1975 Today
1982 Environmental Biology of Fishes 7(3):229-42.
Goals of Suisun Study• Monitor fish populations• Understand communities• Train students
Dr Randy Brown 1937-2006
Daniels & Moyle1983Fisheries Bulletin
hanges in bundance and Distribution of ath•e and Introduced Fi hes of 'ui ·un 1 1ar h
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P T T ER, S IN DISTRIBUTIO AND ABUNDANCE OF A ;-VOI.VED ASSEMBLAGE 01: E TUARI lE F1SHES IN CALIFOR ,I
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1992.Transactions American Fisheries Soc. 121: 67-77
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Life I li tory and tatus of Delta Smelt in the Sacramento- an Joaquin E tuary, California
PETER B. f\10Yl.E AND BR E HERROLD
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Do ALD E. STEVENs AND LEE w. MILLER
California Department of Fish and Game 400 I North JVilson H'ay. StocJ...ton. Cal(fornia 95205, 'SA
Ab tract. - The delta smelt I h•ponze~u'i transpacificu'i is endemic to the upper Sacrament<>- 'an Joaquin estuary. It ts closcl} as ociated with the freshwater-saltwater mi:\ing zone e ccpt when it
pawn in fresh water. primanl} during March. Apnl , and Ma}. The delta smelt feed on zooplankton. principally copepods. Its dominant prey was the natiYc copepod Eur)'lemora alfmis in 1972-1974 but the e>..ottc copepod Pseudod1aptomus forhesi in 1988. Because the delta smelt has a 1-year life C}cle and low fecund it} (mean, 1,907 eggs1fcmale). it is ntcularh sensJtt\e to in estuarine condt throughout the del
urve} encom After 1983. howe' throughout most di,er ion ofintlowi the mi ing lOne to the entrainment of population size is li
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Delta smeltLongfin smeltSacramento splittailGreen sturgeonSpring run ChinookLate-fall run ChinookSJ fall run ChinookSacramento perch
November 1996
Delta smelt: extinction in wild is likely
2016 FMWT index = 0(so far)
Graph by Tom Cannon
Listing, 1993
1992
1989
Strategic Plan for the Ecosystem Restoration Program -1998
Strategic Plan Core TeamFor the CALFED Bay-Delta Program
Michael HealeyWim KimmererMatt KondolfRod MeadePeter MoyleBob Twiss
March 2007
Suisun Marsh: Ecological History and Possible Futures
Peter MoyleAmber ManfreePeggy Fiedler
University of California Press 2014
Suisun Marshesca. 1900 William F. Jackson
Courtesy Crocker Art Museum
North Delta Habitat Arc
California Water BlogNovember 8, 2016
Thanks for listening
drought
Splittail – Suisun Marsh
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Biology and Population Dynamics of Sacramento Splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) in the San Francisco Estuary: A Review Peter B. Moyle1, Randall D. Baxter2, Ted Sommer3, Ted C. Foinc, and Scou A. Matems
• Dept of Wildlife. Rsh and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, CA. 2 California Dept of Fish and Game, Stockton. CA. J Cahfomia Dept. of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA. 4 Dept of Agronomy and Range Science, University of California, Davis, CA. s Dept. of Biologtcal Sctence, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA.