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xi We thank our many colleagues who have roamed the Marsh with us and shared their knowledge of its flora, fauna, and ecology. The many enthusiastic and skeptical participants in the 2011 Suisun Marsh symposium collectively encouraged us to write this book. The symposium was sponsored by the Delta Science Program of the Delta Stewardship Council, the Center for Aquatic Biology and Aquaculture, and the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis. The Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis generously supported Amber Manfree so that she could devote her time to this book. We also recognize the pioneering work of the late Randall L. Brown, who had key responsibility for the first Suisun Marsh workshop in March 2004 and whose summary of the workshop is still a useful source of insights and information (http://www.science.calwater.ca.gov/pdf/suisunmarsh_report_093004.pdf). His consistent promotion of independent science-based research in the Marsh is a model for other administrators to follow. Special thanks to: Alison Whipple, Chuck Striplen, and Robin Grossinger of the San Francisco estuary institute, as well as Joseph Honton and Bethany Hopkins, for advice and insight (chapter 2). Jules evens of Avocet Research Associates, Laureen Barthman-Thompson, Leonard Liu of Point Reyes Bird observatory, isa Woo of the U.S. Geological Survey, and Katherine Smith for information and review, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Sara estrella) for providing updated species faunal lists for Suisun Marsh (chapter 6). Robert Schroeter, Bruce Herbold, ted Sommer, Bill Bennett, Alpa Wintzer, Acknowledgments xii Acknowledgments John Durand, Steve Chappell, and orlando Rocha of the Suisun Resource Conservation District, and Kate Le and terri Fong of the California Department of Water Resources, all of whom have contributed considerably to our understanding of Suisun Marsh’s fishes and invertebrates (chapter 7). The synthesis in chapter 5 was supported by the U.S. Geological Survey. We thank state and federal biologists, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Dan yparraguirre and Shaun oldenburger), and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Mike Wolder, Cheryl Strong, and Khristi Wilkins) for providing the data for the midwinter waterfowl survey, the parts survey, band recovery data, and the breeding population survey. Alex Hartman produced the maps of the western United States. early versions of the manuscript were reviewed by Mike Miller, Phil Garone, Shaun oldenburger, Steve Chappell, and Bruce Wickland. The use of trade, product, or firm names in the publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. ...

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