The latest edition of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science journal is now available. 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,...
Hatcheries are a complex issue, tasked with meeting diverse demands that are often at odds: producing large numbers of fish for commercial and recreational fisheries while also serving purposes such as mitigation and conservation. These objectives often clash: hatchery fish...
From the USGS: The USGS and partners are conducting environmental DNA (eDNA) research in the Colorado River downstream from Glen Canyon Dam and in Lake Powell to detect invasive fish species and other aquatic threats before they become established. eDNA...
USGS scientists recently published four decades of modeled daily stream temperature values for nearly 60,000 river reaches across the lower 48 United States From the USGS: Temperature is a key water quality parameter that affects a range of stream functions,...
From the USGS: The San Francisco Bay and Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Estuary (hereafter, Bay-Delta) is the largest estuary on the West Coast of the United States. The Bay- Delta covers more than 1,600 square miles and drains a watershed of...
