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BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Ecosystem Engineering Impacts of Invasive Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) in the Delta

December 9, 2021

Plants that grow under the water surface are known as submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). Some species of SAV have been...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Survival thresholds for Chinook salmon smolts in the Sacramento River

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science

December 2, 2021

In California’s Central Valley, studies have found that increased streamflow can improve the survival of imperiled juvenile salmon populations during...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Effects of pesticides on species in the Delta; plus activities of the Delta Science Program

Maven

Delta science

November 30, 2021

At the November meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council during the Delta Lead Scientist report, Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted recent...

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Managed Floodplain Fish Food: Bringing Dry Side Food Webs to Wet Side Fish

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science

November 10, 2021

Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley was primarily a marshy wetland. In the springtime, the snowpack would...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: A typology of drought decision making

Maven

Delta science

November 4, 2021

At the October meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, during the Lead Scientist report, Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted an article...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science

October 28, 2021

The San Francisco Bay-Delta is one of the most invaded estuaries in the world, with non-native species now a large...

UC SANTA CRUZ: Survivor salmon that withstand drought and ocean warming provide a lifeline for California Chinook

UC Santa Cruz

Delta science Fish and wildlife Science

October 28, 2021

Late migration of outgoing juvenile fish is a crucial life history strategy for survival of spring-run Chinook salmon during drought...

FEATURE: Preparing Scientists and Policy Makers for a Future Under Climate Change

Elyse De Franco

Climate change Delta science Policy and regulation

October 26, 2021

Written by Elyse De Franco Writing in the June 2021 issue of San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science, a group...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Salmon predation in the Delta; Fact sheets on steelhead trout and chinook salmon; and the activities of the Delta Science Program

Maven

Delta science Fish and wildlife

October 21, 2021

At the September meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted an article on salmon...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Montezuma Wetlands Project: Early Results and Lessens Learned from a Newly Breached Marsh

Maven

Delta science Ecosystems

October 14, 2021

The Montezuma Wetlands Project is a multi-phase restoration project that uses dredged sediment to raise elevations in diked, subsided baylands...

FEATURE: Agricultural Pesticides Accumulate in Fish Prey Species in the Delta

Elyse De Franco

Delta science

October 12, 2021

Written by Elyse DeFranco The toxic effects of insecticides sprayed on Delta farmlands don’t stop at the pests they seek...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Delta Adapts: Assessing Ecosystem Vulnerability to Climate Change

Maven

Climate change Delta science

October 7, 2021

The loss of most ecosystems in the Bay-Delta has heavily compromised the functioning of the remnant ecosystems, which are anticipated...

FEATURE: First Field-Based Assessment of Levee Risk in the Delta

Robin Meadows

Delta science Notebook News and Features

October 5, 2021

Written by Robin Meadows Like other islands in the central Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Bacon Island has subsided below sea level...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Delta Flood Risk Under Climate Change: Key Findings from the Delta Adapts Flood Risk Analysis

Maven

Climate change Delta science

September 30, 2021

The Delta Stewardship Council, with the assistance of partner agencies and consultant AECOM, developed a climate change vulnerability assessment for...