Abstract
The past 30 years have seen the decline of several aquatic species in the Sacramento River and Delta of California (Brown 1992). These declines have been attributed to many factors, including overfishing, insufficient water flows, heavy metals, pesticides, introduction of foreign species, and entrainment in pumping stations. Determining the roles of these various factors in the decline of an aquatic species can be uncertain because of incomplete data and interactions among contributing factors.
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Byard, J.L. (1999). The Impact of Rice Pesticides on the Aquatic Ecosystems of the Sacramento River and Delta (California). In: Ware, G.W. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 159. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1496-0_4
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