A review of the use of science and adaptive management in California's draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan /

"The San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary is a large, complex estuarine ecosystem in California. It has been substantially altered by dikes, levees, channelization, pumps, human development, introduced species, dams on its tributary streams and contaminants. The Delta supplies water from the state&#...

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel to Review California's Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan, National Research Council (U.S.). Water Science and Technology Board
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2011.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780309212328
0309212324
1283278758
9781283278751
9786613278753
6613278750
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Background
  • Critical gaps in the scope of the draft BDCP
  • Use of science in the BDCP
  • Adaptive management in the BDCP
  • Management fragmentation and a lack of coherence
  • In conclusion.
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Critical gaps in the scope of the draft BDCP
  • Use of science in the BDCP
  • Adaptive management in the BDCP
  • Management fragmentation and a lack of coherence
  • In conclusion
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A: Statement of Task
  • B: BDCP Steering Committee Members and Planning Agreement Signature Dates
  • C: BDCP Proposed Covered Species and Associated Habitats
  • D: Possible Causal Connections in Suppression of Populations of Endangered Suckers in Upper Klamath Lake
  • E: BDCP Adaptive Management Process Framework
  • F: Water Science and Technology Board
  • G: Ocean Studies Board
  • H: Panel Biographical Information.