San Francisco Bay Fish Study

Source:

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Description:

The San Francisco Bay Study (Bay Study) was established in 1980 to determine the effects of freshwater outflow on the abundance and distribution of fish and mobile crustaceans in the San Francisco Estuary, primarily downstream of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Sampling ranges from south of the Dumbarton Bridge in South San Francisco Bay, to just west of Alcatraz Island in Central San Francisco Bay, throughout San Pablo and Suisun bays, north to the confluence Steamboat and Cache sloughs on the Sacramento River, and east to Old River Flats on the San Joaquin River. The open water or boat survey samples 52 stations monthly: 35 original stations, 7 stations added in 1988, 4 stations added in 1991, and 6 stations added in 1994. The study included a beach seine survey, discontinued in 1987, and a shore-based ringnet survey for crabs, discontinued in 1994. For more information, visit https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Delta/Bay-Study.

Provenance:

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Subregion(s):

San Francisco Bay

Topic(s):

fish

Temporal Coverage:

1980-1994

Geometry Type:

Table data

File Format:

Mixed

Citation:

1994. California Department of Fish and Wildlife. San Francisco Bay Fish Study.

WRMP Primary Indicator:

21 - Distribution and abundance of indicator species - tidal marsh fishes.

Operational Landscape Unit(s):

Central Bay - Corte Madera, Central Bay - East Bay Crescent, Central Bay - Golden Gate, Central Bay - Mission - Islais, Central Bay - Point Richmond, Central Bay - Richardson, Central Bay - San Leandro, Central Bay - San Rafael, Central Bay - Yosemite - Visitacion, Lower South Bay - Mowry, Lower South Bay - San Francisquito, Lower South Bay - Santa Clara Valley, Lower South Bay - Stevens, San Pablo Bay - Carquinez North, San Pablo Bay - Carquinez South, San Pablo Bay - Gallinas, San Pablo Bay - Napa - Sonoma, San Pablo Bay - Novato, San Pablo Bay - Petaluma, San Pablo Bay - Pinole, San Pablo Bay - Wildcat, South Bay - Alameda, South Bay - Belmont - Redwood, South Bay - Colma - San Bruno, South Bay - San Lorenzo, South Bay - San Mateo, Suisun Bay - Montezuma Slough, Suisun Bay - Port Chicago, Suisun Bay - Suisun Slough, and Suisun Bay - Walnut

Keyword(s):

abundance and distribution of fish and mobile crustaceans

Documentation URL:

https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Delta/Bay-Study

License:

Public Domain with Attribution

More details at:

https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BayStudy/