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Age, growth, and trophic ecology of the Redeye Bass, an alien invader of California rivers Open

Beth Chasnoff, Peter B. Moyle, Matthew J. Young, Patrick Crain · 2024

Objective The Redeye Bass Micropterus coosae is a piscivore introduced into California, which has become a threat to the state's endemic freshwater fishes. It has eliminated native fishes from the middle reaches of the Cosumnes River, our …

Increasing stability of a native freshwater fish assemblage following flow rehabilitation Open

Emily Jacinto, Nann A. Fangue, Dennis E. Cocherell, Joseph D. Kiernan, Peter B. Moyle , et al. · 2023

Stream restorations are increasingly critical for managing and recovering freshwater biodiversity in human‐dominated landscapes. However, few studies have quantified how rehabilitative actions promulgate through aquatic communities over de…

A Spatiotemporal History of Key Pelagic Fish Species in the San Francisco Estuary, CA Open

Dylan K. Stompe, Peter B. Moyle, Kiva L. Oken, James A. Hobbs, John R. Durand · 2023

Estuaries across the globe have been subject to extensive abiotic and biotic changes and are often monitored to track trends in species abundance. The San Francisco Estuary has been deeply altered by anthropogenic factors, which is reflect…

Taxonomy of the Speckled Dace Species Complex (Cypriniformes: Leuciscidae, Rhinichthys) in California, USA Open

Peter B. Moyle, Nicholas G. Buckmaster, Yingxin Su · 2023

The Speckled Dace, Rhinichthys osculus (Girard), is a small species of fish (Cypriniformes, Leuciscidae) that has the widest geographic range of any freshwater dispersing fish in western North America. The dynamic geologic history of the r…

Vulnerability to climate change of managed stocks in the California Current large marine ecosystem Open

Michelle M. McClure, Melissa A. Haltuch, Ellen Willis‐Norton, David D. Huff, Elliott L. Hazen , et al. · 2023

Introduction Understanding how abundance, productivity and distribution of individual species may respond to climate change is a critical first step towards anticipating alterations in marine ecosystem structure and function, as well as de…

Behavioral cues enable native fishes to exit a California floodplain while leaving non‐native fishes behind Open

Mollie Ogaz, Andrew L. Rypel, Robert A. Lusardi, Peter B. Moyle, Carson A. Jeffres · 2022

Floodplains are highly productive environments that provide critical rearing habitat and increased growth for diverse native fishes, including juvenile Chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ). Yet, stranding during the flood recession …

Increasing stability of a native freshwater fish assemblage following flow rehabilitation Open

Emily Jacinto, Nann A. Fangue, Dennis E. Cocherell, Joseph Kiernan, Peter B. Moyle , et al. · 2022

Stream restorations are increasingly critical for managing and recovering freshwater biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes. However, few studies have quantified how rehabilitative actions promulgate through aquatic communities over de…

Increasing stability of a native freshwater fish assemblage following flow rehabilitation Open

Emily Jacinto, Nann A. Fangue, Dennis E. Cocherell, Joseph Kiernan, Peter B. Moyle , et al. · 2022

Stream restorations are increasingly critical for managing and recovering freshwater biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes. However, few studies have quantified how rehabilitative actions promulgate through aquatic communities over de…

Increasing stability of a native freshwater fish assemblage following flow rehabilitation Open

Emily Jacinto, Nann A. Fangue, Dennis E. Cocherell, Joseph Kiernan, Peter B. Moyle , et al. · 2022

Stream restorations are increasingly critical for managing and recovering freshwater biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes. However, few studies have quantified how rehabilitative actions promulgate through aquatic communities over de…

Population genomic analysis of the Speckled Dace species complex identifies three distinct lineages in California Open

Yingxin Su, Peter B. Moyle, Matthew A. Campbell, Amanda J. Finger, Sean O’Rourke , et al. · 2022

Objective Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus is small cyprinoid fish that is widespread in western North America. In California and elsewhere it is currently treated as a single species with multiple subspecies, many undescribed. However, t…

A Spatiotemporal History of Key San Francisco Estuary Pelagic Fish Species Open

Dylan K. Stompe, Peter B. Moyle, Kiva L. Oken, James A. Hobbs, John R. Durand · 2022

Estuaries across the globe have been subject to extensive abiotic and biotic changes and are often monitored to track trends in species abundance. The San Francisco Estuary is a novel ecosystem that has been deeply altered by anthropogenic…

Cryptic Species of Freshwater Sculpin (Cottidae: Cottus) in California, USA Open

Peter B. Moyle, Matthew A. Campbell · 2022

The Riffle Sculpin (Cottus gulosus) is a small, bottom-dwelling fish regarded as widespread in the cool-water streams that flow into California’s Central Valley and into streams of the central California coast. Using population genomics, s…

Growth of Lahontan cutthroat trout from multiple sources re-introduced into Sagehen Creek, CA Open

Jonathan E. Stead, Virginia Boucher, Peter B. Moyle, Andrew L. Rypel · 2022

Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi have experienced massive declines in their native range and are now a threatened species under the US Endangered Species Act. A key management goal for this species is re-establishing …

Population genomic analysis of the speckled dace species complex (<i>Rhinichthys osculus</i>) identifies three species-level lineages in California Open

Yingxin Su, Peter B. Moyle, Matthew A. Campbell, Amanda J. Finger, Sean O’Rourke , et al. · 2021

The speckled dace ( Rhinichthys osculus ) is small cyprinid fish that is widespread in the Western USA. Currently treated as a single species, speckled dace consists of multiple evolutionary lineages that can be recognized as species and s…

Biogeochemical processes create distinct isotopic fingerprints to track floodplain rearing of juvenile salmon Open

Miranda Bell‐Tilcock, Carson A. Jeffres, Andrew L. Rypel, Malte Willmes, Richard A. Armstrong , et al. · 2021

Floodplains represent critical nursery habitats for a variety of fish species due to their highly productive food webs, yet few tools exist to quantify the extent to which these habitats contribute to ecosystem-level production. Here we co…

Correction to: Managed Wetlands Can Benefit Juvenile Chinook Salmon in a Tidal Marsh Open

Nicole M. Aha, Peter B. Moyle, Nann A. Fangue, Andrew L. Rypel, John R. Durand · 2021

Black Sea Jellyfish: Shocking Newcomers to Suisun Marsh Open

Caroline L. Newell, John R. Durand, Mariah H. Meek, Peter B. Moyle · 2021

Black Sea jellyfish love to travel. Far from their original home in the Black Sea of Southeastern Europe, Black Sea jellyfish have come to the San Francisco Estuary. Since these jellyfish first started regularly appearing in fishing nets i…

Goodbye to “Rough Fish”: Paradigm Shift in the Conservation of Native Fishes Open

Andrew L. Rypel, Parsa Saffarinia, Caryn C. Vaughn, Larry Nesper, Katherine E. O’Reilly , et al. · 2021

While sometimes difficult to admit, perspectives of European and white males have overwhelmingly dominated fisheries science and management in the USA. This dynamic is exemplified by bias against “rough fish”—a pejorative ascribing low-to-…

Keeping up with the status of freshwater fishes: A California ( <span>USA</span> ) perspective Open

Robert A. Leidy, Peter B. Moyle · 2021

Freshwater biodiversity loss exceeds that in terrestrial systems; fishes are a predominant indicator of this catastrophe. Current worldwide estimates of freshwater fish species threatened with extinction are about 30%. We discuss why stand…

Growth of Lahontan Cutthroat Trout from multiple sources reintroduced into Sagehen Creek, CA Open

Jonathan E. Stead, Virginia Boucher, Peter B. Moyle, Andrew L. Rypel · 2021

Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi have experienced massive declines in their native range and are now a threatened species under the US Endangered Species Act. A key management goal for this species is re-establishing …

Complex Tidal Marsh Dynamics Structure Fish Foraging Patterns in the San Francisco Estuary Open

Denise D. Colombano, Thomas B. Handley, Teejay A. O’Rear, John R. Durand, Peter B. Moyle · 2021

Mechanisms driving the consumption and transport of tidal marsh nutrients and energy by fishes are of key interest in the San Francisco Estuary, CA, USA. By combining multiple data sources (gill-net catches, gut contents, channel morpholog…

Managed Wetlands Can Benefit Juvenile Chinook Salmon in a Tidal Marsh Open

Nicole M. Aha, Peter B. Moyle, Nann A. Fangue, Andrew L. Rypel, John R. Durand · 2021

Loss of estuarine and coastal habitats worldwide has reduced nursery habitat and function for diverse fishes, including juvenile Chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ). Underutilized off-channel habitats such as flooded rice fields an…

One size does not fit all: variation in thermal eco-physiology among Pacific salmonids Open

Kenneth W. Zillig, Robert A. Lusardi, Peter B. Moyle, Nann A. Fangue · 2021

Pacific salmonids, cold-water fishes native to the northern hemisphere, span a massive geographic range (~ 33° latitude) and are exposed to a wide variety of environmental conditions regionally and temporally. California is home to the gre…

Small Populations in Jeopardy: A Delta Smelt Case Study Open

Karrigan Börk, Peter B. Moyle, John R. Durand, Tien‐Chieh Hung, Andrew L. Rypel · 2020

Under § 7 of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA or the Act),'federal agencies must ensure that actions they authorize, fund, or carry out are" not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered species or threatened sp…

Geochemical Tools Identify the Origins of Chinook Salmon Returning to a Restored Creek Open

Malte Willmes, Emily Jacinto, Levi S. Lewis, Rachel A. Fichman, Zachary Bess , et al. · 2020

Populations of Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha in California are in decline due to the combined effects of habitat degradation, water diversions, and climate change. Reduced life history diversity within these populations inhibits …

Food Web Fuel Differs Across Habitats and Seasons of a Tidal Freshwater Estuary Open

Matthew J. Young, Emily Howe, Teejay A. O’Rear, Kathleen A. Berridge, Peter B. Moyle · 2020

Estuarine food webs are fueled by multiple different primary producers. However, identifying the relative importance of each producer to consumers is difficult, particularly for fishes that utilize multiple food sources due to both their m…

Comparing and Integrating Fish Surveys in the San Francisco Estuary: Why Diverse Long-Term Monitoring Programs are Important Open

Dylan K. Stompe, Peter B. Moyle, Avery Kruger, John R. Durand · 2020

Many fishes in the San Francisco Estuary have suffered declines in recent decades, as shown by numerous long-term monitoring programs. A long-term monitoring program, such as the Interagency Ecological Program, comprises a suite of surveys…

In Honor of Dr. Larry R. Brown Open

Bruce Herbold, Peter B. Moyle, Anke Mueller–Solger, Ted Sommer · 2020

Author(s): Herbold, Bruce; Moyle, Peter B.; Mueller–Solger, Anke; Sommer, Ted | Abstract: Abstracts are not associated with Notes. -- the SFEWS Editors

Drought and the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, 2012–2016: Environmental Review and Lessons Open

John R. Durand, Fabián A. Bombardelli, William E. Fleenor, Yumiko Henneberry, Jonathan D. Herman , et al. · 2020

This paper reviews environmental management and the use of science in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta during California’s 2012–2016 drought. The review is based on available reports and data, and guided by discussions with 27 agency staff…

Estuaries and fishes in southern Africa: A legacy of knowledge Open

Peter B. Moyle · 2020

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