Interagency Ecological Program and US Fish and Wildlife Service: Juvenile/Larval Fish and Zooplankton collections at Liberty Island, California 2002-2005 & 2013-2019

• Main Authors: Morgan D Gilbert, Lori Smith, Geoff Steinhart, IEP
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2023
• Subjects: Fishes; Cache Slough; IEP; Interagency Ecological Program; Alosa Alosa sapidissima; Percina Percina macrolepida; Ameiurus Ameiurus melas; Pomoxis Pomoxis nigromaculatus; Lepomis Lepomis macrochirus; Ameiurus Ameiurus nebulosus; Tridentiger Tridentiger trigonocephalus; Ictalurus Ictalurus punctatus; Ilypnus Ilypnus gilberti; Oncorhynchus Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Cyprinus Cyprinus carpio; Hypomesus Hypomesus transpacificus; Pimephales Pimephales promelas; Notemigonus Notemigonus crysoleucas; Carassius Carassius auratus; Lepomis Lepomis cyanellus; Mylopharodon Mylopharodon conocephalus; Lavinia Lavinia exilicauda; Micropterus Micropterus salmoides; Spirinchus Spirinchus thaleichthys; Leptocottus Leptocottus armatus; Cottus Cottus asper; Oncorhynchus Oncorhynchus mykiss; Lucania Lucania parva; Lepomis Lepomis microlophus; Lythrurus Lythrurus umbratilis; Cyprinella Cyprinella lutrensis; Orthodon Orthodon microlepidotus; Ptychocheilus Ptychocheilus grandis; Pogonichthys Pogonichthys macrolepidotus; Catostomus Catostomus occidentalis; Tridentiger Tridentiger bifasciatus; Micropterus Micropterus dolomieu; Micropterus Micropterus punctulatus; Platichthys Platichthys stellatus; Morone Morone saxatilis; Dorosoma Dorosoma petenense; Gasterosteus Gasterosteus aculeatus; Hysterocarpus Hysterocarpus traskii; Hypomesus Hypomesus nipponensis; Lepomis Lepomis gulosus; Gambusia Gambusia affinis; Ameiurus Ameiurus catus; Pomoxis Pomoxis annularis; Acipenser Acipenser transmontanus; Acanthogobius Acanthogobius flavimanus; Alosa sapidissima; Percina macrolepida; Ameiurus melas; Pomoxis nigromaculatus; Lepomis macrochirus; Ameiurus nebulosus; Tridentiger trigonocephalus; Ictalurus punctatus; Ilypnus gilberti; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Cyprinus carpio; Hypomesus transpacificus; Pimephales promelas; Notemigonus crysoleucas; Carassius auratus; Lepomis cyanellus; Mylopharodon conocephalus; Lavinia exilicauda; Micropterus salmoides; Spirinchus thaleichthys; Menidia audens; Lampetra tridentata; Leptocottus armatus; Cottus asper; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Lucania parva; Lepomis microlophus; Lythrurus umbratilis; Cyprinella lutrensis; Orthodon microlepidotus; Ptychocheilus grandis; Pogonichthys macrolepidotus; Catostomus occidentalis; Tridentiger bifasciatus; Micropterus dolomieu; Micropterus punctulatus; Platichthys stellatus; Morone saxatilis; Dorosoma petenense; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Hysterocarpus traskii; Hypomesus nipponensis; Lepomis gulosus; Gambusia affinis; Ameiurus catus; Pomoxis annularis; Acipenser transmontanus; Acanthogobius flavimanus; Catostomus catostomus
• Online Access: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/987/2

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office (LFWO) Delta Juvenile Fish Monitoring Program (DJFMP) has intermittently sampled Liberty Island with various equipment since 2002. Liberty Island was a reclaimed agricultural island until it flooded in 1997-1998 and we subsequently left to passively restore as a tidally influenced wetland. Larval trawls and beach were the only sampling methods used during both early (2002-2005) and late (2009-2019) sampling periods. The main purpose of the sampling was to gather information about fish presence and abundance in Liberty Island during the passive restoration, with an emphasis on reproductive and early life-stages of native species. Larval trawls, or tow nets, were used to catch larval fish in 2004-2005 and again from 2013-2019. Zooplankton nets were used 2013-2019. Water quality measurements were collected alongside each tow.