Decline in Thermal Habitat Conditions for the Endangered Delta Smelt as Seen from Landsat Satellites (1985–2019)
Gregory Halverson, Christine Lee, Erin L. Hestir, Glynn Hulley, Kerry Cawse‐Nicholson, Simon J. Hook, Brian A. Bergamaschi, Shawn Acuña, Nicholas Tufillaro, R. G. Radocinski, Gerardo Rivera, Ted Sommer
Abstract
. Warming waters in the San Francisco Estuary are reducing the available habitat for the delta smelt.
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SmeltEstuaryDeltaEndangered speciesEnvironmental scienceFisheryHabitatRiver deltaBass (fish)Spawn (biology)BayHydrology (agriculture)EcologyOceanographyBiologyFish <Actinopterygii>GeologyEngineeringGeotechnical engineeringAerospace engineeringIsotope Analysis in EcologyMarine and fisheries researchFish Ecology and Management Studies