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Joshua T. Ackerman

Habitat Use by Breeding Waterbirds in Relation to Tidal Marsh Restoration in the San Francisco Bay Estuary

Abstract

The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project aims to restore many former salt production ponds, now managed for wildlife and water quality, to tidal marsh.

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Monitoring Nesting Waterbirds for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: 2022 Breeding Season

San Francisco Bay supports thousands of breeding waterbirds annually and historically has hosted large populations of American avocets (Recurvirostra americana), black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus), and Forster’s terns (Sterna forsteri).

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South San Francisco Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project—A Synthesis of Phase-1 Mercury Studies

Abstract

The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (SBSPRP) encompasses over 6,000 hectares of former salt production ponds along the south edge of the San Francisco Bay and represents t

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Breeding Waterbird Ecology and Management for the SBSPRP

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Breeding Waterbird Populations Have Declined in South San Francisco Bay: An Assessment Over Two Decades

In south San Francisco Bay, former salt ponds now managed as wildlife habitat support large populations of breeding waterbirds. In 2006, the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project began the process of converting 50% to 90% of these managed pond habitats into tidal marsh.

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Establishing Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) Nesting Sites at Pond A16 Using Social Attraction for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project

 

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Evaluation of Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) and snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) nesting on modified islands at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California—2015 Annual Report

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Evaluation of Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) and snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) nesting on modified islands at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California--2016 Annual report

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Evaluation of social attraction measures to establish Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri) nesting colonies for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, San Francisco Bay, California--2017 Annual Report

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Egg turning behavior and incubation temperature in Forster's terns in relation to mercury contamination

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Prey fish returned to Forster's tern colonies suggest spatial and temporal differences in fish composition and availability

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Social attraction used to establish Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) nesting colonies on modified islands at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California—Final report

Executive Summary
To address the 2008/2010 and Supplemental 2014 National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Fisheries Biological Opinion for operation of the Federal Columbia River Power

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Managing Salt Ponds to Increase Waterbird Nesting Habitat While Minimizing Methyl Mercury Biomagnification

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The South Bay Mercury Project: Using Biosentinels to Monitor Effects of Wetland Restoration for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project

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Will restoration increase mercury in biota?

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Waterbird Nesting Ecology and Management in San Francisco Bay

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Mercury Bioaccumulation in Estuarine Fishes: Novel Insights from Sulfur Stable Isotopes

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Mercury contamination and stable isotopes reveal variability in foraging ecology of generalist California gulls

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Island Characteristics Within Wetlands Influence Waterbird Nest Success and Abundance

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Waterbird Nest-Site Selection is Influenced by Neighboring Nests and Island Topography

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