Publications
Review of Snakehead: fish out of water by Jay Dolan.
CoCopeia . 710-711.
(2004). Review of W. N. Eschmeyer and E. S. Herald, A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California.
The Quarterly Review of Biology. 59, p. 85.
(1984). Review of “Web of Water: Life in Redwood Creek” by M. Khosla.
California Coast and Ocean . 14(1),
(1998). The role of tidal marsh restoration in fish management in the San Francisco Estuary.
San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 12(1),
(2014). Salmon, Wildlife, and Wine: Marine-Derived Nutrients in Human-Dominated Ecosystems of Central California.
Ecological Applications. 16(3), 999-1009.
(2006).
(2015). Saving California's salmon: The legacy of Ishi.
Trout. Summer, 14-17.
(1993). Seasonal Changes in Microhabitat Selection by Rainbow Trout in a Small Stream.
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 120(2), 166-176.
(1991). Segregation by species and size classes of rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri, and Sacramento sucker, Catostomus occidentalis, in three California streams.
Environmental Biology of Fishes. 10(1-2), 101-110.
(1984). Serpentine haiku.
California Coast and Ocean. 24(2), 40.
(2008). Small Populations in Jeopardy: A Delta Smelt Case Study.
Envtl. L. Rep.. 10714.
(2020). Some effects of channelization on the fishes and invertebrates of Rush Creek, Modoc County, California.
California Fish and Game. 62, 179–186.
(1976). Southern Steelhead, Hard Woody Debris, and Temperature in a California Central Coast Watershed.
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 141(2), 275-284.
(2012). Spatial and Temporal Ecology of Native and Introduced Fish Larvae in Lower Putah Creek, California.
Environmental Biology of Fishes. 58(1), 75-87.
(2000). Spatial, seasonal and diel distribution of fishes in a California reservoir dominated by native fishes.
Fisheries Research. 7(1-2), 31 - 53.
(1989). Status of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in California.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management . 14, 237-261.
(1994). Status of Splittail in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary.
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 124(4), 538-549.
(1995). Status of the Modoc sucker (Catostomus microps, Pisces: Catostomidae).
Cal-Neva Wildlife. 1974, 35–38.
(1974). Stillwaters west.
Rod and Reel Magazine . Part I, September/October; Part II, November/December, Part I pp20-26; Part II pp22-27.
(1979). Stochasticity and Assemblage Organization in an Indiana Stream Fish Assemblage.
The American Naturalist. 126(2), 275-285.
(1985). Stochasticity in Structural and Functional Characteristics of an Indiana Stream Fish Assemblage: A Test of Community Theory.
The American Naturalist. 120(4), 423-454.
(1982). Stream macrophytes increase invertebrate production and fish habitat utilization in a California stream.
River Research and Applications.
Lusardietal2018.pdf (548.37 KB)
(2018). 
Systematic Screening of Dams for Environmental Flow Assessment and Implementation.
BioScience. 64(10), 1-13.
Journal article (3.13 MB)
Appendix 1: Hydo model performance (108.16 KB)
Appendix 2: Flow-sensitive fishes (84.55 KB)
Appendix 3: Candidate dams (134.83 KB)
Appendix 4: Dam ranking (105 KB)
(2014). 




Systematic screening of dams for environmental flow assessment and implementation.
BioScience. 65(6), 1006-1018.
(2014). Threat evolution: negative feedbacks between management actions and species recovery in threatened trout (Salmonidae).
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 25(3), 521-535.
Lusardietal2015.pdf (474.06 KB)
(2015). 
Tidal effects on marsh habitat use by three fishes in the San Francisco Estuary.
Environmental Biology of Fishes.
(2020). Tidal restoration of a managed wetland in California favors non-native fishes.
Restoration Ecology.
(2021). Trophic ecology of two non-native hydrozoan medusae in the upper San Francisco Estuary.
Marine and Freshwater Research. 62, 952–961.
(2011). Two-Way Trap and Haul as a Conservation Strategy for Anadromous Salmonids.
Fisheries. 42(9),
LusardiandMoyle2017.pdf (830.56 KB)
(2017). 
Uncertainty and instream flow standards.
Fisheries. 21(8), 20–21.
(1996). Untested assumptions: Effectiveness of Screening Diversions for Conservation of Fish Populations.
Fisheries. 30(5), 20-28.
(2005). Use of Disposable Beverage Cans by Fish in the San Joaquin Valley.
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 101(3), 566-566.
(1972). Variability in Length-Weight Relationships Used to Estimate Biomass of Estuarine Fish from Survey Data.
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 134(2), 481-495.
(2005). Variation in Condition Factor and Growth in Young-of-Year Fishes in Floodplain and Riverine Habitats of the Cosumnes River, California.
Hydrobiologia. 527(1), 77-84.
(2004). Water Management Adaptations to Prevent Loss of Spring-Run Chinook Salmon in California under Climate Change .
Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 138(5), 465-478.
chinook.pdf (2.46 MB)
(2012). 
Water wasted to the sea? .
San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 15(2),
(2017). Wetland and aquatic habitats.
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 42(1-2), 165 - 176.
(1992). When Good Fish Make Bad Decisions: Coho Salmon in an Ecological Trap.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 32, 87-92.
(2012). Where the Wild Things Aren’t Making the Delta a Better Place for Native Species.
Public Policy Institute of California.
(2012). Wilderness and fisheries.
A Supplement to Wilderness Record. July-August, 8pp.
(1979). Wildlife conservation in Sri Lanka: a Buddhist dilemma..
Tigerpaper. 9(4), 1-4.
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