People seek reliable natural resources despite climate change. Diverse habitats and
biologies stabilize productivity against disturbances like climate, prompting arguments to …

The State of Bay-Delta Science, 2008 (Healey et al. 2008). The Delta Smelt is endemic to
the upper San Francisco Estuary. Much of its historic habitat is no longer available and …

Conventional flood control has emphasized structural measures such as levees, reservoirs,
and engineered channels—measures that typically simplify river channels and cut them off …

Effective conservation and restoration of estuarine wetlands require accurate maps of their
historical and current extent, as well as estimated losses of these valued habitats. Existing …

This chapter provides an overview of the main drivers of change in estuarine systems, their
expected causes and impacts on estuarine fish and fisheries. An analysis of global, regional …

Conservation biology and restoration ecology share a common interest in maintaining or
enhancing populations, communities, and ecosystems. Much could be gained by more …

Effective conservation of endangered species requires knowledge of the full range of life-
history strategies used to maximize population resilience within a stochastic and ever …

There is a need to quantify large-scale plant productivity in coastal marshes to understand
marsh resilience to sea level rise, to help define eligibility for carbon offset credits, and to …

Key features: Captures the historic context and recent developments in science and policy
arenas that address the potential for coastal wetlands to be considered as significant …

The papers in this special issue feature state-of-the-art approaches to understanding the
physical processes related to sediment transport and geomorphology of complex coastal …