California Freshwater Shrimp Inventory at Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore
2007. California Freshwater Shrimp Inventory at Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore. San Francisco Bay Area Network, National Park Service
The California freshwater shrimp is a translucent crustacean inhabiting low-elevation coastal streams. Listed as federally endangered since 1988, it is known to inhabit 16 streams in Marin, Sonoma and Napa Counties. Within Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the only streams to harbor these shrimp are mainstem Lagunitas Creek and its major tributary, Olema Creek. Other streams within both parks have the potential to harbor shrimp, but prior to this inventory in 2002, suitable habitat had not been surveyed. To fully document the distribution of this species of special concern, biologists surveyed thirteen streams within park boundaries for California freshwater shrimp presence.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Date of Issue
- 2007-08
- Publisher
- San Francisco Bay Area Network, National Park Service
- Units
- GOGA , PORE , SFAN
- Keywords
- California Freshwater Shrimp, coastal, crustaceans, endangered, freshwater, freshwater invertebrates, inventory, streams, Syncaris pacifica, Threatened and Endangered Species
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Freshwater Invertebrates , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | At-risk Biota | T&E Species and Communities