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Abstract
By the time most of the Sierra Nevada snowpack has melted each summer, freshwater outflows from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to San Francisco Bay are typically small, even after the wettest winters. These small delta outflows during the warm months (in comparison with the large flows of winter and spring) are overwhelmed by salty coastal waters, and the bay becomes more and more salty as summer progresses. Because longer lowflow seasons allow the bay to'become saltier, timing of the Sierra Nevada snowmelt and runoff, which are the source of the delta flows, has a profound influence on the salinity 0 the bay and, thus/ can affect its ecosystems (Peterson et al 1995).
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Sierra Nevada runoff into San Francisco Bay - Why has it come earlier recently? |
| Series title | Newsletter of the Interagency Ecological Program for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1995 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Interagency Ecological Program |
| Contributing office(s) | San Francisco Bay-Delta, Pacific Regional Director's Office |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 1 |
| Last page | 3 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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