Modification of the biological intercept model to account for ontogenetic effects in laboratory-reared delta smelt

Fishery Bulletin, Jan, 2007 by James A. Hobbs, William A. Bennett, Jessica E. Burton, Bradd Baskerville-Bridges

Acknowledgments

We thank D. Martasian, J. Raum, L. Lewis, and Z. Kane for the work on this project. We also thank the Association of Bay Areas Governments (ABAG), Interagency Ecological Program, and the CALFED Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration Program for Funding; the Graduate Group in Ecology at University of California Davis; and S. Morgan and P. Moyle for helpful comments on the manuscript.

Manuscript submitted 24 November 2004 to the Scientific Editor's Office.

Manuscript approved for publication 15 March 2006 by the Scientific Editor.

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