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11. Impending extinction of salmon, steelhead, and trout (Salmonidae) in California (August 2011)
Jacob Katz, Peter Moyle, Rebecca M. Quiñones, Joshua Israel, and Sabra Purdy.

10. The Rebirth of California Fish & Game Code 5937: Water for Fish (May 2011)
Karrigan Börk, Joe Krovoza, Jacob Katz and Peter Moyle.

9. Residential Water Conservation in Australia (April 2011)
Ryan Cahill and Jay Lund.

8. Rapid Decline of California's Native Inland Fishes: A Status Assessment (Jan. 2011)
Peter Moyle, Jacob Katz and Rebecca Quiñones.

7. California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conflict: from Cooperation to Chicken (Jan. 2011)
Kaveh Madani and Jay Lund.

6. Potential Effects of Dam Removal on Anadromous Salmonids in California (Dec. 2010)
Rebecca Quiñones, Brett Harvey, Alpa Wintzer, Mick Klasson, Mara Evans, Joseph Kiernan and Peter Moyle.

5. On Developing Prescriptions for Freshwater Flows to Sustain Desirable Fishes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Feb. 2010)
William Fleenor, William Bennett, Peter Moyle and Jay Lund.

4. Ecosystem Investments for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Development of a Portfolio Framework (Feb. 2010)
Phillip Sandstrom, Jay Lund, Peter Moyle, William Bennett and Jeffrey Mount.

3. Key Points on Delta Environmental Flows for the State Water Resources Control Board (Feb. 2010)
William Bennett, Jon Burau, Cliff Dahm, Chris Enright, Fred Feyrer, William Fleenor, Bruce Herbold, Wim Kimmerer, Jay Lund, Peter Moyle and Matthew Nobriga.

2. Changing Ecosystems: a Brief Ecological History of the Delta (Feb. 2010)
Peter Moyle, William Bennett, Cliff Dahm, John Durand, Christopher Enright, William Fleenor, Wim Kimmerer and Jay Lund.

1. Historical Review of Eel River Anadromous Salmonids, with Emphasis on Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon and Steelhead (Feb. 2010)
Ronald Yoshiyama and Peter Moyle.


Journal Articles

Climate Change and Flood Operations in the Sacramento Basin, California (2011)
Ann Willis, Jay Lund, Edwin Townsley and Beth Faber. July 2011. San Franciso Estuary and Watershed Science, 9(2).

Economic Costs and Adaptations for Alternative Regulations of California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (2011)
Stacy Tanaka, Christina Connell-Buck, Kaveh Madani, Josue Medellin-Azuara, Jay Lund and Ellen Hanak. July 2011. San Franciso Estuary and Watershed Science, 9(2).

Policy Implications of Permanently Flooded Islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (2011)
Robyn Suddeth. July 2011. San Franciso Estuary and Watershed Science, 9(2).

A Monte-Carlo Game Theoretic Approach for Multi-Criteria Decision Making Under Uncertainty (2011)
Kaveh Madani and Jay Lund. May 2011. Advances in Water Reources, vol. 34, issue 5, pp. 607-616.

Multiscale Patterns of Riparian Plant Diversity and Implications for Restoration (2011)
Joshua Viers, Alexander Fremier, Rachel Hutchinson, James Quinn, James Thorne and Mehrey Vaghti. April 2011. Restoration Ecology, 19: no. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00787.x.

Fish Habitat Optimization to Prioritize River Restoration Decisions (2011)
Sarah Null and Jay Lund. April 2011. River Research and Applications.

Environmental Heterogeneity and Community Structure of the Kobuk River, Alaska, in Response to Climate Change (2011)
John Durand, Robert Lusardi, Daniel Nover, Robyn Suddeth, Gerard Carmona-Catot, Christina Connell-Buck, Sarah Gatzke, Jacob Katz, Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle and Joshua Viers.
April 2011. Ecosphere, 2 (4).

Biology, History, Status, and Conservation of Sacramento Perch, Archoplites interruptus: A Review (2011)
Patrick Crain and Peter Moyle. April 2011. San Franciso Estuary and Watershed Science, 9(1).

Hydropower Relicensing and Climate Change (2011)
Joshua Viers. March 2011. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA), 1-7.

Freshwater Conservation Options for a Changing Climate in California's Sierra Nevada (2011)
Joshua Viers and David Rheinheimer. March 2011. Marine and Freshwater Research, 62: 266-278.

Using Topography to Meet Wildlife and Fuels Treatment Objectives in Fire-Suppressed Landscapes (2010)
Emma Underwood, Joshua Viers, James Quinn and Malcolm North. November 2010. Environmental Management 46:809-819.

Habitat Variability and Complexity in the Upper San Francisco Estuary (2010)
Peter B. Moyle, Jay Lund, William Bennett and William Fleenor. September 2010. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science.

Current and Long-Term Effects of Delta Water Quality on Drinking Water Treatment Costs from Disinfection Byproduct Formation (2010)
Wei-Hsiang Chen, Kristine Haunschild, Jay Lund and William Fleenor. September 2010. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science.

Levee Decisions and Sustainability for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (2010)
Robyn Suddeth, Jeff Mount and Jay Lund. August 2010. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science.

Hydrologic Response and Watershed Sensitivity to Climate Warming in California's Sierra Nevada (2010)
Sarah Null, Joshua Viers and Jeffrey Mount. April 2010. Plos ONE 5(4): e9932.

Ecology and Management of the Spring Snowmelt Recession (2010)
Sarah Yarnell, Joshua Viers and Jeffrey Mount. February 2010. Bioscience, vol. 60, no. 2.

Modeling the Hydrology of Climate Change in California's Sierra Nevada for Subwatershed Scale Adaptation (2009)
Charles Young, Marisa Escobar-Arias, Martha Fernandes, Brian Joyce, Michael Kiparsky, Jeffrey Mount, Vishal Mehta, David Purkey, Joshua Viers and David Yates. December 2009. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 45, no. 6.

Why Climate Change Makes Riparian Restoration More Important than Ever: Recommendations for Practice and Research (2009)
Nathaniel Seavy, Thomas Gardali, Gregory Golet, F. Thomas Griggs, Christine Howell, Rodd Kelsey, Stacy Small, Joshua Viers and James Weigand. September 2009. Ecological Restoration 27:3.

Flow and Water Temperature Simulation for Habitat Restoration in the Shasta River, California (2009)
Sarah Null, Michael Deas and Jay Lund. July 2009. River Research and Applications.

The Future of Fish in Response to Large-Scale Change in the San Francisco Estuary, California (2008)
Peter Moyle. In Mitigating Impacts of Natural Hazards on Fishery Ecosystems. K.D. McLaughlin, editor. American Fishery Society, Symposium 64, Bethesda, Maryland.

Subsidence, Sea Level Rise, and Seismicity in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (2005)
Jeffrey Mount and Robert Twiss. March 2005. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. Vol. 3, Issue 1, Article 5.

Managing Surface Water-Groundwater to Restore Fall Flows in the Cosumnes River (2004)
Jan Fleckenstein, Michael Anderson, Graham Fogg and Jeffrey Mount. July/August 2004. ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. Vol. 130, No. 4, July/August 2004, pp. 301-310. (Received the ASCE Best Theoretical Paper Award for 2004.)


Books


Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Jay Lund, Ellen Hanak, William Fleenor, William Bennett, Richard Howitt, Jeffrey Mount and Peter Moyle. February 2010. University of California Press.

Managing California's Water: From Conflict to Reconciliation
Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Ariel Dinar, Brian Gray, Richard Howitt, Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle and Barton Thompson. February 2011. Public Policy Institute of California.

Reports


Monitoring Approaches for Fisheries and Meadow Restorations in the Sierra Nevada of California (2011)
Sabra Purdy. Report prepared for: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Meadow Restoration to Sustain Stream Flows and Native Trout: A novel approach to quantifying the effects of meadow restorations to native trout (2011)
Rene Henery, Sabra Purdy, Jack Williams, Jenny Hatch, Kurt Fesenmyer, Mark Drew, David Lass and Curtis Knight. 2011.
A collaborative report to National Fish and Wildlife Foundation by Trout Unlimited, California Trout, University of Nevada, Reno, and University of California, Davis.

Improving Environmental Flow Methods Used in California FERC Licensing (2011)
Peter B. Moyle, John Williams and Joseph Kiernan. January 2011. Public Interest Energy Research (PIER), California Energy Commission.

Assessment of Restoration Actions on Big Springs Creek, Shasta River, California 2009-2010
Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle, and Michael Deas, Principal Investigators. Project Team: Carson A. Jeffres (Project Team Lead), Andrew L. Nichols and Ann D. Willis. 2010. Report prepared for: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Baseline Assessment of Physical and Biological Conditions Within Waterways on Big Springs Ranch, Siskiyou County, California (2009)
Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle, and Michael Deas, Principal Investigators. Report prepared by: Carson Jeffres (Project lead), Randy Dahlgren, Joseph Kiernan, Aaron King, Robert Lusardi, Andrew Nichols, Sarah Null, Stacy Tanaka, Ann Willis. Report prepared for California State Water Resources Control Board.

Salmon, Steelhead and Trout in California: Status of an Emblematic Fauna (2008)
Peter Moyle, Joshua Israel and Sabra Purdy, commissioned by California Trout.

Longitudinal Baseline Assessment of Salmonid Habitat Characteristics of the Shasta River, March through September, 2008
Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle, and Michael Deas, Principal Investigators. Project Team: Carson A. Jeffres (Project Team Lead), Andrew L. Nichols, Ann D. Willis, Nicholas J. Corline, Aaron M. King, Robert A. Lusardi, Randy A. Dahlgren. 2010. Report prepared for: United States Bureau of Reclamation Klamath Basin Area Office

Adapting California’s Water Management to Climate Change (2008)
Ellen Hanak and Jay Lund. November 2008. Public Policy Institute of California.

Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (2008)
Jay Lund, Ellen Hanak, William Fleenor, William Bennett, Richard Howitt, Jeffrey Mount, and Peter Moyle. July 2008. Public Policy Institute of California.

Envisioning Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (2007)
Jay Lund, Ellen Hanak, William Fleenor, Richard Howitt, Jeffrey Mount, and Peter Moyle. February 2007. Public Policy Institute of California.

Baseline Assessment of Salmonid Habitat and Aquatic Ecology of the Nelson Ranch, Shasta River, California Water Year 2007
Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle, and Michael Deas, Principal Investigators. Report prepared by: Carson Jeffres (Project lead), Evan Buckland, Bruce Hammock, Joseph Kiernan, Aaron King, Nickilou Krigbaum, Andrew Nichols, and Sarah Null. 2008. Report for United States Bureau of Reclamation Klamath Area Office.


 

Masters' Theses


Montane Meadows in the Sierra Nevada: A Comparison of Terrestrial and Aquatic Assessment Methods.
Sarah Purdy, 2010.

Ecogeomorphology Course Publications


Natural History Guide to the Tuolumne River (2010)
Edited by Robyn Suddeth; written by Denise  De Carion, Gerhard Epke, Patrick Hilton, Daniel Holmberg, Claire Stouthamer and Matthew Young

Confluence: A Natural and Human History of the Tuolumne River Watershed
Edited by Jeff Mount and Sabra Purdy; written by Gerhard Epke, Mandi Finger, Robert Lusardi, Naolmi Marks, Jeff Mount, Andrew Nichols, Sarah Null, Teejay O'Rear, Sabra Purdy, Anne Senter and Josh Viers

Conceptual Ecosystem Model of the Sub-Arctic River Response to Climate Change: Kobuk River, Alaska (2009)
John Durand, Robert Lusardi, Robyn Suddeth, Gerard Carmona, Christina Connell, Sarah Gatzke, Jacob Katz, Daniel Nover, Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle, Joshua Viers


Useful References

Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin: Causes of Decline and Strategies for Recovery (2004)
Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin, National Research Council. 2004. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.

Inland Fishes of California (2002)
Peter Moyle. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Earthquake Damage in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties (1985)
Finch, M. California Geology.

The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta The Evolution and Implementation of Water Policy: An Historical Perspective (1977)
Jackson, W. T., and A. M. Paterson. 1977. California Water Resources Center, Contribution No. 163, University of California, Davis.

Settlement Geography of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California (1957)
Thompson, J. dissertation, Stanford University.

Report to the Legislature of 1931 on State Water Plan 1930
Division of Water Resources. Division of Water Resources, Department of Public Works, Sacramento, CA.

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