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2018. Delta Smelt and Salmon Habitats Beyond the Estuary. 
Delta Smelt Salmon Beyond Estuary (BDSC) - 1 of 2.pdf (1.68 MB) Delta Smelt Salmon Beyond Estuary (BDSC) - 2 of 2.pdf (1.6 MB)
Delta Smelt Salmon Beyond Estuary (BDSC) - 1 of 2.pdf (1.68 MB) Delta Smelt Salmon Beyond Estuary (BDSC) - 2 of 2.pdf (1.6 MB).
2018. Delta Smelt and the Politics of Water in California. Fisheries. 43
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2018. Endangered winter-run Chinook salmon rely on diverse rearing habitats in a highly altered landscape.. Biological Conservation. 217 Phillis_et_al_2017_Biological_Conservation.pdf (907.84 KB)
Phillis_et_al_2017_Biological_Conservation.pdf (907.84 KB).
2018. Fishery collapse, recovery, and the cryptic decline of wild salmon on a major California River. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. cjfas-2017-0273.pdf (7.7 MB)
cjfas-2017-0273.pdf (7.7 MB).
2018. A Freshwater Conservation Blueprint for California: Prioritizing Watersheds for Freshwater Biodiversity. Freshwater Science. 37(2)
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2018. Managing flow regimes and landscapes together: Hydrospatial analysis for evaluating spatiotemporal floodplain inundation patterns with restoration and climate change implications. Hydrologic Sciences. Doctor of Philosophy:255. Whipple_Dissertation_2018.pdf (10.15 MB)
Whipple_Dissertation_2018.pdf (10.15 MB).
2018. Managing for salmon resilience in California’s variable and changing climate. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Sciences. 16(2) SFEWS_Herbold_0818_final.pdf (6.85 MB)
SFEWS_Herbold_0818_final.pdf (6.85 MB).
2018. Stream macrophytes increase invertebrate production and fish habitat utilization in a California stream. River Research and Applications. Lusardietal2018.pdf (548.37 KB)
Lusardietal2018.pdf (548.37 KB).
2017. Assessing Extinction. Bioscience. 67
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2017. Associating metrics of hydrologic variability with benthic macroinvertebrate communities in regulated and unregulated snowmelt-dominated rivers. Freshwater Biology.
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2017. Confronting the risks of large-scale invasive species control. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1
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2017. Environmental hedging: Theory and method for reconciling reservoir operations for downstream ecology and water supply. Water Resources Research.
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2017. Is extinction inevitable for Delta Smelt and Longfin Smelt? An opinion and recommendations for recovery. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science . 15(2)
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2017. Factors affecting distribution and abundance of jellyfish medusae in a temperate estuary: a multi-decadal study. Biological Invasions.
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2017. Flood regime typology for floodplain ecosystem management as applied to the unregulated Cosumnes River of California, United States. Ecohydrology. 10(e1817)
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2017. Floodplain farm fields provide novel rearing habitat for Chinook salmon. PLoS ONE. 12(6)
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2017. Floodplains: Processes and Management for Ecosystem Services. :258.
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2017. Genomics Clarifies Taxonomic Boundaries in a Difficult Species Complex.. PLoS ONE. 12(12)
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2017. Habitat partitioning by native and non-native fishes and decapods in novel habitats of the upper San Francisco Estuary. Biological Invasions.
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2017. Improved fisheries management through life stage monitoring: the case for the Southern Distinct Population Segment of North American Green Sturgeon and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River White Sturgeon. NOAA Technical Memorandum . NMFS-SWFSC-588 NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-588.pdf (1.53 MB)
NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-588.pdf (1.53 MB).
2017. Life history and current monitoring inventory of San Francisco Estuary sturgeon. NOAA Technical Memorandum . NMFS-SWFSC-589 NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-589.pdf (420.07 KB)
NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-589.pdf (420.07 KB).
2017. Little Shasta River Aquatic Habitat Assessment 2016. Little Shasta River Aquatic Habitat Assessment 2016.pdf (2.15 MB)
Little Shasta River Aquatic Habitat Assessment 2016.pdf (2.15 MB).
2017. Long-term surveys show invasive overbite clams (Potamocorbula amurensis) are spatially limited in Suisun Marsh. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 15(1)
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2017. Managing California's Freshwater Ecosystems: Lessons from the 2012-16 Drought.. Public Policy Institute of California.
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2017. Not all breaks are equal: Variable hydrologic and geomorphic responses to intentional levee breaches along the lower Cosumnes River, California. River Research and Applications. rra3159.pdf (6.52 MB)
rra3159.pdf (6.52 MB).
2017. Reservoir Operation Design. The Handbook of Applied Hydrology.
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2017. Science advancements key to increasing management value of life stage monitoring networks for endangered Sacramento River Winter run Chinook salmon in California. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 13(3) Johnson_2017_SFEWS.pdf (3.55 MB)
Johnson_2017_SFEWS.pdf (3.55 MB).
2017. Scientific framework for assessing factors influencing endangered Sacramento River winter-run Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) across the life cycle. NOAA Technical Memorandum . NMFS-SWFSC-586 NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-586_Final.pdf (1.62 MB)
NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-586_Final.pdf (1.62 MB).
2017. Seasonal aquatic macrophytes reduce water temperatures via a riverine canopy in a spring-fed stream. Freshwater Science. Willis et al. 2017 Riverine canopy.pdf (1.16 MB)
Willis et al. 2017 Riverine canopy.pdf (1.16 MB).
2017. State of the Salmonids: Status of California's Emblematic Fishes 2017. State of the Salmonids 2017 (8.35 MB)
State of the Salmonids 2017 (8.35 MB).
2017. Suisun Marsh Fish Study: trends in fish and invertebrate populations of Suisun Marsh January 2015 - December 2015. Suisun Marsh Fish Report 2015 Final - A.pdf (1.44 MB) Suisun Marsh Fish Report 2015 Final - B.pdf (789.71 KB)
Suisun Marsh Fish Report 2015 Final - A.pdf (1.44 MB) Suisun Marsh Fish Report 2015 Final - B.pdf (789.71 KB).
2017. Thirty-five experimental fisheries reveal the mechanisms of selection. bioRxiv.
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2017. Two-Way Trap and Haul as a Conservation Strategy for Anadromous Salmonids. Fisheries. 42(9) LusardiandMoyle2017.pdf (830.56 KB)
LusardiandMoyle2017.pdf (830.56 KB).
2017. Water wasted to the sea? San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 15(2)
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2017. Zooplankton ecology and trophic resources for rearing native fish on an agricultural floodplain in the Yolo Bypass California, USA. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 25:533–545.
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2016. The California Case: Managing Groundwater in Irrigated Agriculture. Harvard College Review of Environment and Society. 3(11-12)
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2016. Central Valley Domain. Viability assessment for Pacific salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act: Southwest. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-564 NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-564.pdf (6.23 MB)
NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-564.pdf (6.23 MB).
2016. Combining Physical and Behavioral Response to Salinity. Water Economics and Policy. 02(1):1650010.
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2016. Delta Smelt: Life History and Decline of a Once Abundant Species in the San Francisco Estuary. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science.
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2016. Economic Analysis of the 2016 California Drought on Agriculture. :17. Main Report (1.44 MB)
Main Report (1.44 MB).
2016. Economic and Water Supply Effects of Ending Groundwater Overdraft in California's Central Valley. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 14(1) Economic and Water Supply Effects of Ending Groundwater Overdraft in California's Central Valley (1.5 MB)
Economic and Water Supply Effects of Ending Groundwater Overdraft in California's Central Valley (1.5 MB).
2016. The Economic Impacts of the San Luis Obispo County and Paso Robles AVA Wine Industry. :38. Matthews&Medellin_San_Luis_Obispo_(2016).pdf (5.12 MB)
Matthews&Medellin_San_Luis_Obispo_(2016).pdf (5.12 MB).
2016. Economics of Declining Groundwater Levels: A Case Study for the Tulare Lake Basin, California. International Groundwater Conference.
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2016. Economics of Long Term Groundwater: A Case Study for the Tulare Lake Basin, California. Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture- An International Conference Linking Science and Policy.
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2016. Environment shapes invertebrate assemblage structure differences between volcanic spring-fed and runoff rivers in northern California. Freshwater Science. 35(3) Lusardietal2016.pdf (886.52 KB)
Lusardietal2016.pdf (886.52 KB).
2016. Environment shapes invertebrate assemblage structure differences between volcanic spring-fed and runoff rivers in northern California. Freshwater Science. 35(3)
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2016. Fish distribution in the cache slough complex of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta during a drought. IEP Newsletter.
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2016. Fishes of the Nurse-Denverton Complex: managed wetlands and tidal waterways in Suisun Marsh. IEP Newsletter.
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2016. Game Theory and Risk-Based Leveed River System Planning: The Cost of Non-cooperation. Water Resources Research. 51(2) Game theory and risk based levee system planning with noncooperation.pdf (1.34 MB)
Game theory and risk based levee system planning with noncooperation.pdf (1.34 MB)