Spatial heterogeneity in prey availability, feeding success, and dietary selectivity for the threatened longfin smelt

A Barros, JA Hobbs, M Willmes, CM Parker… - Estuaries and …, 2022 - Springer
Food availability is a key determinant of the nursery value of a given habitat for larval and
juvenile fishes. Growth, survival, and recruitment success are often inter-correlated and …

Effects of Salinity on Fertilization, Hatching, and Larval Performance of Longfin Smelt Spirinchus thaleichthys

MM Rahman, LS Lewis, NA Fangue… - Aquaculture …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the spawning and rearing habitats of fishes is critical to effective fisheries
management and conservation. Longfin smelt Spirinchus thaleichthys is an imperiled …

Growth, osmoregulation and ionoregulation of longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) yolk-sac larvae at different salinities

YR Yanagitsuru, IY Daza, LS Lewis… - Conservation …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) is a threatened anadromous fish species that
spawns in freshwater to moderately brackish (ie 5–10 ppt) reaches of the upper San …

Hatching distribution, abundance, and losses to freshwater diversions of longfin smelt inferred using hydrodynamic and particle-tracking models

E Gross, W Kimmerer, J Korman, L Lewis… - Marine Ecology …, 2022 - int-res.com
The distribution of larval fishes is influenced by where they hatch and their movements after
hatching. In the San Francisco Estuary, the threatened longfin smelt Spirinchus thaleichthys …

Variability in coastal habitat available for Longfin Smelt Spirinchus thaleichthys in the northeastern Pacific Ocean

MJ Young, FV Feyrer, ST Lindley… - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
An understanding of oceanographic conditions and processes important to marine animal
ecology is fundamental to the development of effective management and conservation …

Using physiology to recover imperiled smelt species

YR Yanagitsuru, BE Davis, MR Baerwald, TR Sommer… - Fish Physiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Delta smelt is an endemic and critically endangered fish species inhabiting the San
Francisco Estuary that has become entangled in the conflict between environmental and …

[HTML][HTML] Informing extinction risk: Summarizing population viability through a meta-analysis of multiple long-term monitoring programs for a declining estuarine fish …

VD Tobias, E Chen, J Hobbs, M Eakin, S Detwiler - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Decisions about whether to designate a species for conservation and protection depend on
the ability to summarize their population trajectories and their risk of extinction. Such …

Effects of incubation temperature on the upper thermal tolerance of the imperiled longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys)

YR Yanagitsuru, F Mauduit, AJ Lundquist… - Conservation …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Upper thermal limits in many fish species are limited, in part, by the heart's ability to meet
increased oxygen demand during high temperatures. Cardiac plasticity induced by …

Physiological response of longfin smelt to changing temperatures and turbidities

C Pasparakis, F Biefel, F De Castro… - Conservation …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Coastal estuaries globally, including the San Francisco Estuary (SFE), are experiencing
significant degradation, often resulting in fisheries collapses. The SFE has undergone …

Genomic analyses indicate resilience of a commercially and culturally important marine gastropod snail to climate change

MJ Nimbs, C Champion, SE Lobos, HA Malcolm… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Genomic vulnerability analyses are being increasingly used to assess the adaptability of
species to climate change and provide an opportunity for proactive management of …