Table 14. Dominant species, resident species, and commercial species that use 

 coastal wetlands for spawning or nursery grounds in southern California. 



Location, source 

 and sampling 

 program 



Dominant species Resident species 



Commercial spp. using 

 wetland for spawning 

 or nursery grounds 



Tijuana Estuary 

 Ford et al. 



(1971): 



11 stations 



in Dec. 1970 



+ spring 1970 



data of Mclllwee 



(1970) 



arrow goby 

 cheekspot goby 

 Ca. killifish 

 topsmelt 

 striped mullet 



arrow goby 

 Cheekspot goby 

 Ca. killifish 

 topsmelt 

 striped mullet 



California halibut 

 diamond turbot 

 kelp bass 

 spotted sand bass 

 barred sand bass 



Upper Newport Bay topsmelt 



Allen (1980): 

 3 stations, 

 monthly from 

 Jan. 1978- 

 Jan. 1979 



Ca. killifish 

 Ca . mosquitofish 

 arrow goby 

 deep body anchovy 



topsmelt 

 Ca. killifish 

 Ca. mosquitofish 

 arrow goby 

 longjaw mudsucker 



not assessed; 

 possibly Anchoa sp. 

 and diamond turbot 



Anaheim Bay 

 Lane & Hill 

 ( 1975) : various 

 dates. 1971- 

 1974 



topsmelt 



gobies 



Ca. killifish 



deep body anchovy 



shiner surfperch 



topsmelt 

 Ca. killifish 

 shiner surfperch 

 staghorn sculpin 

 goby species 



deep body anchovy 

 shiner surfperch 

 California halibut 

 diamond turbot 



Ballona Wetland 



Swift & Frantz 



(1981): 



13 stations, 



monthly from 



June 1980- 



June 1981 



arrow goby 



Ca . mosquitofish 



topsmelt 



Ca. killifish 



longjaw mudsucker 



arrow goby 

 Ca. mosquitofish 

 Ca. killifish 

 longjaw mudsucker 



diamond turbot? 



Colorado Lagoon 



Allen & Horn 



(1975): 



3 stations, 



monthly in 1973 



northern anchovy 

 topsmelt 

 slough anchovy 

 shiner surfperch 



topsmelt 



shiner surfperch 

 Ca. killifish 

 staghorn sculpin 

 slough anchovy 



not assessed; 

 possibly slough 

 anchovy 



Mugu Lagoon 



Onuf et al. 



(1978): 



4 stations, 



20 monthly 



samples, 1977- 



1978 



shiner surfperch 

 topsmelt 



staghorn sculpin 

 Ca. killifish 

 Ca. halibut 

 diamond turbot 

 white croaker 

 bay pipefish 

 longjaw mudsucker 



topsmelt 

 Ca. killifish 

 Ca. halibut 

 diamond turbot 

 longjaw mudsucker 

 grey smoothound 

 bay blenny 

 shadow goby 



shiner surfperch 

 Ca. halibut 

 diamond turbot 



Elkhorn Slough 



Nybakken et al. 



(1977): 



4 stations, 



23 months 



surfperches 

 flatfishes 

 staghorn sculpin 



not assessed 



black surfperch 

 white surfperch 

 starry flounder 

 & other flatfishes 



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