This study uses Landsat 5, 7, and 8 level 2 collection 2 surface temperature to examine habitat suitability conditions spanning 1985-2019, relative to the thermal tolerance of the endemic and endangered delta smelt () and two non-native fish, the largemouth bass () and Mississippi silverside () in the upper San Francisco Estuary. This product was validated using thermal radiometer data collected from 2008 to 2019 from a validation site on a platform in the Salton Sea (RMSE = 0.78 °C, = 0.99, = 0.99, < 0.01, and = 237). Thermally unsuitable habitat, indicated by annual maximum water surface temperatures exceeding critical thermal maximum temperatures for each species, increased by 1.5 km yr for the delta smelt with an inverse relationship to the delta smelt abundance index from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife ( = -0.44, = 0.2, < 0.01). Quantile and Theil-Sen regression showed that the delta smelt are unable to thrive when the thermally unsuitable habitat exceeds 107 km. A habitat unsuitable for the delta smelt but survivable for the non-natives is expanding by 0.82 km yr. Warming waters in the San Francisco Estuary are reducing the available habitat for the delta smelt.
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