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Articles Environment & Ecology   What is the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary San Francisco Bay and the Delta combine to form the West Coast’s largest estuary, where fresh water from the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and watersheds flows out through the Bay and into the Pacific Ocean. The Estuary came into being about the […]

Articles Ecology & Environment     Current Pollutant Loads and Trends As of 1991, 5,000 to 40,000 tons of pollutants were finding their way into the Estuary each year, and the amount has likely increased since then with the recent population growth and development. The greatest uncontrolled sources are untreated urban and agriculturally runoff, although […]

Teacher Orientation Activity Guides     Expedition 4: Trade Away! Students analyze the top imports and exports between the United States and Japan and draw conclusions about the relationship of specific products to job opportunities and wages. Rationale In today’s global economy, every country engages in the import and export of goods and services. When […]

Articles Ecology & Environment   Current Pollutant Loads and Trends As of 1991, 5,000 to 40,000 tons of pollutants were finding their way into the Estuary each year, and the amount has likely increased since then with the recent population growth and development. The greatest uncontrolled sources are untreated urban and agriculturally runoff, although stormwater […]

Articles Ecology & Environment   Bioinvasion Rates At least 121 non-native organisms have established themselves in the Estuary’s waters and wetlands to date. Such invasions — many of which occur via the discharge of ship ballast water taken up in foreign ports — may constitute the biggest single threat to the Estuary’s native biodiversity. More […]

Maps & Charts Trade & Economics     Top 30 US Exports to Japan: 1996 (In Millions of Dollars, FAS Value) Commodity Export values 1 Integrated circuits 4,036 2 Computers & Components 3,290 3 Corn 2,462 4 Motor Vehicles 2,458 5 Office Machine Parts 2,282 6 Raw Wood 1,698 7 Tobacco Products 1,529 8 Aircraft, […]

Maps & Charts Trade & Economics   Top 30 US Imports from Japan: 1996 (In Millions of Dollars, Customs Value) Commodity Import Value 1 Motor Vehicles for Transportation of Persons 20,225 2 Computers & Components 9,343 3 Integrated Circuits 7,654 4 Auto Parts & Accessories 6,337 5 Office Machine Parts 4,507 6 Int. Spark Ignition […]

Maps & Charts Trade & Economics   Japan Country Fact Sheet Trade 1994 1995 1996 A. Total Japanese Exports ($B) 396.2 441.5 411.2 B. Total Japanese Imports ($B) 275 335.4 349.3 C. Total U.S. Exports (FAS, $B) 698.3 786.5 835.4 D. Total U.S. Imports (CV, $B) 802.7 891.6 949.7 E. U.S. Exports to Japan (FAS, […]

Articles Ecology & Environment   Bay Invaders Destroy Native Species’ Food By Jane Kay, San Francisco Examiner March 20, 1996 212 non-natives found in estuary, more than twice that anywhere else Clams, crabs, shrimp, worms and other tiny marine animals hitchhiking on oceangoing ships have turned San Francisco Bay and the Delta into North America’s […]

Articles Ecology & Environment     Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in a United State Estuary: A Case Study of the Biological Invasions of the San Francisco Bay and Delta By Andrew Cohen (Energy and Resources Group, University of California at Berkeley) and James Carlton (Maritime Studies Program, Williams College) Executive Summary 1. The San Francisco Bay […]