SFEWS: Delta smelt predation; Central Valley surface water diversions; Predicting juvenile salmon fish routing, Sacramento River predator diet analysis

In this edition of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Journal:

ESSAY

Did a Shifting Ecological Baseline Mask the Predatory Effect of Striped Bass on Delta Smelt?
Matthew L. Nobriga, William E. Smith
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/46f3j55m

RESEARCH

Climate and Land-Use Controls on Surface Water Diversions in the Central Valley, California
Jordan P. Goodrich, Daniel R. Cayan, David W. Pierce
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3408m651

Combining Models of the Critical Streakline and the Cross-Sectional Distribution of Juvenile Salmon to Predict Fish Routing at River Junctions
Dalton J. Hance, Russell W. Perry, Jon R. Burau, Aaron Blake, Paul Stumpner, Xiaochung Wang, Adam Pope
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1wr2f87f

Sacramento River Predator Diet Analysis: A Comparative Study
Dylan K. Stompe, Jason D. Roberts, Carlos A. Estrada, David M. Keller, Nicholas M. Balfour, Amanda I. Banet
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3sb5g6w4

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About the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science journal: San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science is an open access journal providing peer-reviewed research about the complex environmental and water management issues of the Bay‒Delta, linking new science to policy with great effect

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