SF ESTUARY AND WATERSHED SCIENCE: Winter-run salmon, Delta restoration, wetland availability, Delta smelt foraging, pesticides in the Delta, and more …

In the latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science:

RESEARCH MONOGRAPH

Synthesizing Relationships Between Winter-Run Chinook Salmon Out-Migration Survival and Water Operations in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta
Alexander Jensen, Brian M. Mahardja, Jianchun Huang, Samaneh Saadat, Joshua Israel
https://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2025v23iss4art1

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Restoring the Heart of a Healthy Estuary: A Review of Restoration in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh
Dylan Chapple, Jennica Moffat, Ron Melcer, Margo Mattson, Kaylee Griffith, Kate Anderson, Annika Keeley, Cheryl Patel
https://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2025v23iss4art2

Flooded Wetland Availability for Breeding Waterfowl in a Mediterranean Climate: Mapping 38 Years of Historical Data in the Suisun Marsh, California
Sarah H. Peterson, Austen A. Lorenz, Carley R. Schacter, Mark P. Herzon, Michael L. Casazza, Joshua T. Ackerman
https://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2025v23iss4art3

Effects of Flow on Pesticides in Water and Zooplankton in the Northern Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta
James Orlando, Laura Twardochleb, David Bosworth, Michelle L. Hladik, Corey Sanders, Matthew De Parsia, Brittany E. Davis
https://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2025v23iss4art4

The Influence of Zooplankton Availability on Delta Smelt Condition and Foraging Across Habitat Contexts
Amanda R. McCormick, Christine E. Burdi, Brian M. Mahardja, Denise M. Goodman, Siara A. Mitchell, Calvin Y. Lee, Swee J. Teh, Bruce G. Hammock
https://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2025v23iss4art5

Predicting Sediment Bulk Density for San Francisco Estuary
Samantha C. McGill, Jessica R. Lacy
https://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2025v23iss4art6

About the Journal

San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science is an open-access journal that provides peer-reviewed research about the complex environmental and water management issues of the Bay–Delta, linking science to policy with great effect.

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