In many marine ecosystems worldwide, overfishing is a prominent cause in removing large predatory fishes from ecological communities. Fluctuation in the abundance of higher trophic level species can transform an ecosystem's structure and function by a . . .

Religious freedom is necessarily a broad concept since it must apply to a wide range of religions. Yet, religious freedom in the United States is rooted in the First Amendment, which was created for a limited set of religions (i.e., Protestant Christi . . .

Environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring approaches promise to greatly improve detection of rare, endangered, and invasive aquatic species. Although research has shown eDNA to be a sensitive monitoring tool, rigorous comparisons to traditional field sampli . . .

The primary pathway of human exposure to mercury is the consumption of contaminated fish. Identification of patterns of fish tissue mercury levels are a key mechanism for understanding risk drivers and human exposure potential. Site-specific fish tiss . . .

Researchers have documented that fishes breed in many different places and times, however, fishes are known to be particular when choosing a spawning site and no theory has been developed to predict when and where a particular species should spawn. Eg . . .

Conservation of native fishes in California waterways is of high concern due to increasing numbers of native species gaining threatened or endangered status. Research geared towards the conservation of native species takes on both an environmental and . . .