Helminths of Three Species of Goby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from Mission Bay, San Diego

Helminths of three species of goby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from Mission Bay, San Diego.

Examination of spotted sand bass (Paralabrax maculatofasciatus) pollutant bioaccumulation in San Diego Bay, San Diego, California

The spotted sand bass (Paralabrax maculatofasciatus) is an important recreational sport and subsistence food fish within San Diego Bay, a large industrialized harbor in San Diego, California. Despite this importance, few studies examining the species life history relative to pollutant tissue concentrations and the consumptive fishery exist. This study utilized data from three independent spotte...

Insect Introductions and Diet Changes in an Endemic Hawaiian Amphidromous Goby, Awaous stamineus (Pisces: Gobiidae)l

Data are presented from gut content analysis of 94 Awaous stamineus (Edouyx & Souleyet) ('o'opu niikea) collected from the Wainiha River on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i during the period from June 1990 to May 1991. Also presented are results from gut analysis of 11 preserved museum specimens captured in Lii'iemalo'o stream, O'ahu, in February 1938 and June 1939. The results ...

Stormwater toxicity in Chollas Creek and San Diego Bay, California.

Stormwater discharges from Chollas Creek, a tributary of San Diego Bay, have been shown to be toxic to aquatic life. The primary objective of this study was to provide the linkage between in-channel measurements and potential impairments in the receiving waters of San Diego Bay. This study addressed this objective within the context of four questions: (1) How much area in San Diego Bay is affec...

Effects of the Blob on settlement of spotted sand bass, Paralabrax maculatofasciatus, to Mission Bay, San Diego, CA

The West Coast of the United States experienced variable and sometimes highly unusual oceanographic conditions between 2012 and 2015. In particular, a warm mass of surface water known as the Pacific Warm Anomaly (popularly as "The Blob") impinged on southern California in 2014, and warm-water conditions remained during the 2015 El Niño. We examine how this oceanographic variability affected del...