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. Smithhttps://escholarship.org/uc/item/46f3j55m RESEARCH Climate and Land-Use Controls on Surface...
Spinal deformities in California native fish species, the Sacramento Splittail, were first seen in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in 2011. It is now known that this is due to exposure to the chemical element selenium. By the USGS, California Water...
Microplastics are ubiquitous and persistent pollutants in the ocean, and a pervasive and preventable threat to the health of marine ecosystems. Microplastics, defined as particles less than 5 mm, come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and plastic types,...
In 2013, the Department of Toxic Substances Control’s Safer Consumer Products regulations outlined a framework for the Department to regulate product-chemical combinations that require manufacturers to evaluate alternatives. The program selects products based on the potential for exposure to a...
There are numerous agencies involved in water quality issues that are focused on the San Francisco Bay and the Delta. In this brown bag seminar, Stephanie Fong, Interagency Ecological Program Coordinator Chair, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, discussed the...
