Difference between revisions of "Sedimentation and Contamination from Carneros Watershed affecting Elkhorn Slough"
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| − | ** Terrestrial animals specifically felids and mostly domesticated cats contribute to an increase in ''T. gondi'' occurrence in sea otters in Elkhorn Slough. ''T. gondi'' is a parasitic pathogen that affects muscle and nerve tissue and has resulted in fatal brain infections of southern sea otters | + | ** Terrestrial animals specifically felids and mostly domesticated cats contribute to an increase in ''T. gondi'' occurrence in sea otters in Elkhorn Slough. ''T. gondi'' is a parasitic pathogen that affects muscle and nerve tissue and has resulted in fatal brain infections of southern sea otters. <ref> Miller et al. (2002) http://www.otterproject.org/atf/cf/%7B1032ABCB-19F9-4CB6-8364-2F74F73B3013%7D/RISK%20PAPER-MILLER.PDF. </ref> |
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Revision as of 15:01, 1 February 2011
Contents
Summary
Location/Sources
Resources at stake
- Soil stability
- ...
- Water quality
- Terrestrial animals specifically felids and mostly domesticated cats contribute to an increase in T. gondi occurrence in sea otters in Elkhorn Slough. T. gondi is a parasitic pathogen that affects muscle and nerve tissue and has resulted in fatal brain infections of southern sea otters. [1]
- Habitat suitability
Stakeholders
- Private Landowners
- Farmers
- Elkhorn Slough Foundation (ESF)
- non-profit environmental organization concerned with conservation of Elkhorn Slough
- Audubon Society
- Elkhorn Slough is said to be an Important Bird Area along the Pacific Flyway
- US Fish and Wildlife
- endangered species present
- Army Corps of Engineers
- responsible for 404 permitting
- California Department of Fish and Game
- concern over habitat health (ESNERR)
- enforcement of California Endangered Specices
Laws and regulations
- Clean Water Act
- Section 401
- US Endangered Species Act
- California Endangered Species Act
Science
Systems
- ↑ Miller et al. (2002) http://www.otterproject.org/atf/cf/%7B1032ABCB-19F9-4CB6-8364-2F74F73B3013%7D/RISK%20PAPER-MILLER.PDF.
