ESTUARY NEWS: Thinking like a beaver; Scanning for ancient channels; Cooking fish food in a ship channel? and more … Maven Delta science June 18, 2021Estuary News is a publication of the San Francisco Estuary Partnership. In the June edition of Estuary News: Thinking like...
DELTA ISB: 21st Century Science For 21st Century Environmental Decision Making: The Challenges And Opportunities Of Near-term Iterative Ecological Forecasting Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science June 17, 2021What if we could predict changes to ecosystems in the same way we can predict the weather? An emerging field...
REPORT: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta Maven Delta scienceReports June 10, 2021The Delta Independent Science Board (Delta ISB), which provides scientific oversight of programs that support adaptive management, has finished its...
SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Preparing for a fast-forward future; Salinity variation in the estuary; Juvenile salmon entrainment; Use of the SmeltCam for surveys; and more … Maven Delta science June 10, 2021San Francisco Estuary and Watershed ScienceVolume 19, Issue 2 | June 2021 NOTE In Honor of Dr. Larry R. BrownBruce Herbold, Peter B....
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Non-native species in the Delta, Contemplating the future of the DISB, and Regional San treatment plant upgrade Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesScience June 3, 2021At the May meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Steve Brandt, Chair of the Delta Independent Science Board, provided...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Delta smelt monitoring, new research on salmon survival and flow volume Estuary News Group Delta scienceScience June 3, 2021This month, Pearls digs into some nuances of Delta smelt monitoring—and how we can get more bang from our sampling...
EXPLAINER: Bay Delta Hydrology 101 Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceHydrologyNotebook News and FeaturesScience May 26, 2021X2, OMR, Gates, Barriers, and more: Dr. Ted Sommer sorts out the hydrodynamics of the Delta At the 2021 Bay-Delta...
UC SANTA CRUZ: Survival of migrating juvenile salmon depends on stream flow thresholds UC Santa Cruz Delta scienceEcosystemsScience May 20, 2021New understanding of relationship between stream flows and salmon survival provides a critical tool for balancing water needs in the...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Climate change takeaways from the Bay Delta Science Program Estuary News Group Climate changeDelta scienceScience May 3, 2021 The impact of climate change on flood risk in the Delta varies by location, which means the fixes will...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Ecological metrics for conservation planning and monitoring, Delta Lead Scientist office hours, and more … Maven Delta scienceEcosystems April 29, 2021At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen spotlighted a research article that studied...
ESTUARY PEARLS PART 3: Pesticides, HABs, New Neural Network, Ship Channel, Tule Red, Quake Risk Levees and more Estuary News Group Delta scienceEcosystems April 29, 2021ESTUARY News sent reporters to the first virtual Bay-Delta Science Conference in April 2021. This special edition of Pearls shares...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Thiamine deficiency in salmon; Restoration tradeoffs; Salmon life histories and strategies; Mudflats and shorebirds; Bird biodiversity Estuary News Group Delta scienceEcosystems April 26, 2021Estuary News sent reporters to the 11th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference, held virtually earlier this month. The theme of this...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Diversity in Bay Delta science, Art and science, Delta smelt – a scapefish, Connectivity on all levels in the Delta, and Consensus on salmon Estuary News Group Delta scienceScience April 22, 2021“People underestimate the risk of staying the same,” said Melissa Jones, environmental equity activist and director of a coalition of...
DELTA ISB: Harmful Algal Blooms in the Delta (and elsewhere) Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceWater quality April 14, 2021Harmful algal blooms (or HABs) occur when colonies of algae, under the right conditions, grow out of control and produce...
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT FORUM, Part 1: Revisiting the Foundations and Planning for the Future Maven Delta science March 31, 2021Although the 2009 Delta Reform Act now legally requires adaptive management for all restoration efforts in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta;...
