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San Francisco Estuary. The San Francisco Estuary together with the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta represents a highly altered ecosystem. The region has been heavily re-engineered to accommodate the needs of water delivery, shipping, agriculture, and most recently, suburban development. These needs have wrought direct changes in the ...
Peter B. Moyle, (2009) Born. 1942. Minnesota. Occupation (s) Zoologist; Distinguished Professor of Fish Biology, Emeritus; Associate Director, Center for Watershed Science, University of California-Davis. Known for. Educator-lead author of a widely used text in fish biology (5 editions) and author of Inland Fishes of California, the standard ...
Crangon franciscorum is a species of shrimp in the family Crangonidae which is endemic to the brackish estuaries of California, [1] and found from Puget Sound in the north to San Diego, California in the south. [2] The species is especially abundant in San Francisco Bay, despite population fluctuations due to environmental stresses.
The reserve is a partnership between National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), San Francisco State University, California State Parks, Solano Land Trust, and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. Map of San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve sites Reserve sites
Duxbury Reef State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) is a marine protected area located about 1 mile (2 km) west of Bolinas in Marin County on California ’s north central coast. This marine protected area covers 0.66 square miles (1.7 km 2 ). Duxbury Reef SMCA prohibits the take of all living marine resources, except the recreational take of ...
San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds. The San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds are a roughly 16,500-acre (6,700 ha) part of the San Francisco Bay that have been used as salt evaporation ponds since the California Gold Rush era. Most of the ponds were once wetlands in the cities of Redwood City, Newark, and Hayward, and other parts of the bay.
Website. www.fws.gov /refuge /don _edwards _san _francisco _bay /. Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (DESFBNWR) is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located in the southern part of San Francisco Bay, California. Its headquarters and visitor center are in the Baylands district of Fremont, next to Coyote Hills Regional ...
The Save San Francisco Bay Association was started by citizens outraged by the dramatic loss of the bay through dikes and landfills as well as pollution. By the 1960s, filling had reduced the bay from 680 square miles (1,800 km 2 ) to just 400 square miles (1,000 km 2 ) of highly contaminated water.