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Historical and Recent Inputs of Anthropogenic Organic Compounds to San Francisco Bay: Prospects for the Future
Wilfred E. Pereira, Frances D. Hostettler, Samuel N. Luoma, Alexander Van Geen, Christopher C. Fuller, and Roberto J. Anima
Graph 1 || Graph 2 || Graph 3

Possible Causes for Decline in the Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) Population

  • Reduction in egg production
  • Loss of larval fish into water diversion projects
  • Food limitations in the striped bass food chain
  • Water quality changes
  • Toxic effects of pollutants
  • Over-fishing

Striped Bass population in SF Bay

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