As we confront novel environmental challenges, a full understanding of the physical and
biological processes that govern species responses to climate change will help maintain …

Building resilience in coastal resources and related communities is improved by a holistic
ecosystem research approach for integrating socioecological system components; a key …

ABSTRACT A majority of the world's largest net-based fisheries target planktivorous forage
fish that serve as a critical trophic link between the plankton and upper-level consumers …

Forage fish play a central role in the transfer of energy from lower to higher trophic levels.
Ocean conditions may influence this energy pathway in the Northern California Current …

Understanding the role of forage fish in marine food webs is an important part of ecosystem-
based fisheries management. Food web models are a common tool used to account for …

Marine animals forage in areas that aggregate prey to maximize their energy intake.
However, these foraging 'hot spots' experience environmental variability, which can …

A continuous 23 year midwater trawl survey (1990–2012) of the epipelagic forage
assemblage off the coast of central California (lat. 36° 30′–38° 20′ N) is described and …

Forage fishes are ecologically and economically important in marine ecosystems worldwide
and thus are a focal topic for ecosystem-based fisheries management. In the California …

All anadromous fishes, including juvenile salmon, encounter estuarine habitats as they
transition from riverine to marine environments. We compare the estuarine use between …

The southernmost stock of longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) is approaching extirpation
in the San Francisco Estuary (SFE); however, patterns of genetic structure, diversity and …