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

Abstract

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Phalarope Migration Surveys June – September 2022

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (SBSPRP) is restoring over 15,000 acres of former salt
evaporation ponds to a mix of tidal marsh and ponded wetland habitats. These wetlands provide habitat

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Review and analysis of historical phalarope population trends

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (SBSPRP) is restoring over 15,000 acres of former
salt evaporation ponds to a mix of tidal marsh and ponded wetland habitats. These wetlands

  • Read more about Review and analysis of historical phalarope population trends

Bridging the gap between disparate phalarope survey methodologies to evaluate population status

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (SBSPRP) is restoring over 15,000 acres of former
salt evaporation ponds to a mix of tidal marsh and ponded wetland habitats. These wetlands

  • Read more about Bridging the gap between disparate phalarope survey methodologies to evaluate population status

Coordinated phalarope surveys at western North American staging sites, 2019-2020

Wilson’s and red-necked phalaropes (Phalaropus tricolor and P. lobatus, respectively), have
poorly understood conservation statuses. These species breed in northerly latitudes of North

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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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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

  • Read more about 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
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California Dept of Fish & Wildlife
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