Captive-reared Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) exhibit high survival in natural conditions using in situ enclosures

• Melinda R. Baerwald ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Melinda.Baerwald@water.ca.gov

  Affiliation California Department of Water Resources, West Sacramento, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7462-5212

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• Nicole Kwan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation California Department of Water Resources, West Sacramento, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1178-7788

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• Catarina Pien,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation California Department of Water Resources, West Sacramento, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4427-6300

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• Grace Auringer,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California – Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Evan W. Carson,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation San Francisco Bay-Delta Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento, California, United States of America

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• Dennis E. Cocherell,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California – Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Luke Ellison,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California – Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Nann A. Fangue,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California – Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Amanda J. Finger,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California – Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Daphne A. Gille,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation California Department of Water Resources, West Sacramento, California, United States of America

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• Haley Hudson,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation California Department of Water Resources, West Sacramento, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4667-0678

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• Tien-Chieh Hung,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California – Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9618-5887

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• Ted Sommer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation California Department of Water Resources, West Sacramento, California, United States of America

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• Troy Stevenson,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California – Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Brian M. Schreier

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation California Department of Water Resources, West Sacramento, California, United States of America

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