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Ecological Assessment of Seleniferous Agricultural Drainwater on Fish Inhabiting the Grassland Water District and Adjacent Reaches of the San Joaquin River

Aquatic environments have been highly altered in California's Central Valley due to changes in hydrology caused by human development. The purpose of this study is to better understand the extent to which the Grassland Bypass Project (GBP) in the Central Valley of California has altered environmental conditions for fishes in Salt and Mud sloughs More...

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Sound Ecosystem Assessment (SEA) Final Report

The SEA program was a multidisciplinary, ecosystem-level investigation of factors affecting recovery of pink salmon and Pacific herring in Prince William Sound, Alaska following the 1989 oil spill. Conceived in 1993, SEA was part of the restoration effort sponsored by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Trustee Council. The 7 year program involved More...

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