Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5173
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5173
This study was funded by the USFWS Coastal Program and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) San Francisco Bay Priority Ecosystems Science Program. Details regarding the function of the Alviso salt ponds were provided by Marge Kohler, Clyde Morris, and Eric Mruz from USFWS, and Pat Mapelli from Cargill. Pond survey data and pond A14 temperature data were provided by Nicole Athearn of the USGS. Temperature data from pond 3 of the Napa–Sonoma Salt Pond Complex were provided by Jeremy Bricker, formerly of Stanford University. Slough salinity data were provided by the Environmental Services Department (ESD) South Bay Monitoring Program, of the City of San Jose.