Fish food Archives

November 13, 2024 2178

Floating wetlands sound like something straight out of a fairy tale, fanciful landscapes where the laws of nature are suspended....

SCIENCE IN SHORT: Tap Dancing Through Data for Delta Drought Insights: An Interview with Rosemary Hartman

Ashleigh Papp

Notebook News and Features Science Podcasts

October 15, 2024 382

The San Francisco Estuary watershed is characterized by periods of both wet and dry. But the dry seems to be...

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Ecological effects of drought in the Delta

Maven

Delta science Science

June 13, 2024 166

The Delta and Suisun Marsh region is rich in biodiversity, offering numerous ecosystem services and significant cultural value for many...

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Making a mountain out of molehills: Synthesizing eight datasets yields Delta food web insights

Maven

Delta science Science

May 23, 2024 76

The April Delta Lead Scientist’s Report included a presentation by Dr. Denise Colombano on a synthesis project that used eight...

YOUR INPUT WANTED: Delta ISB Review of Food Webs in the Delta

Delta Stewardship Council

ANNOUNCEMENTS Science Announcement

April 27, 2024 176

From the Delta Independent Science Board: The Delta Independent Science Board is seeking input on its draft review, “Exploring scientific...

SFEWS: Keeping water in headwaters longer; Fishery impacts of hatchery-origin vs. natural-origin chinook salmon, Diets of fish in the Stanislaus River, and more …

Guest Contributor

Delta science Science

December 28, 2023 145

San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (SFEWS) provides credible scientific information on California’s complex water issues, linking new science to...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Wild baby salmon raised on a California rice farm show stunning survival to the ocean

Robin Meadows

Best of the Notebook Delta science Notebook News and Features Science

June 22, 2023 2651

When Steve Neader’s rice farm flooded last winter after three years of drought, a UC Davis research team checked to...

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Yolo Bypass floodplains and fish food

Maven

Delta science Science

June 7, 2023 260

The Yolo Bypass was originally designed as a flood control measure to protect the city of Sacramento. It is also...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Wetlands and food production, longfin smelt proposed listing, and the activities of the Delta Science Program

Maven

Delta science

November 9, 2022 115

At the October meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen highlighted Council-funded research that studied whether...

FEATURE: Wetland Responses to Restoration and Management

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science Science

May 5, 2022 472

Dr. John Durand is a research scientist at UC Davis, where he studies estuarine food webs and fishes. He has...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: I’m not that Shallow – Surprising Similarity in Zooplankton Communities Collected at Different Depths Near Wetland Restoration Sites

Maven

Delta science

February 4, 2022 109

Wetland restoration has been identified as a key management tool for increasing food availability for at-risk fishes in the San...

ESTUARY PEARLS: New ways to boost fish nutrition and identify species, a new bird atlas raises red flags, preparing for a snowless future, and more

Estuary News Group

Delta science Science

December 17, 2021 193

New ways to boost fish nutrition and identify species, a new bird atlas raises red flags, preparing for a snowless...

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 522

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

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Primary production in the Delta

Maven

Delta science

June 29, 2021 177

At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted recent research on the...

SCIENCE IN SHORT: How fish interact with wetland topography

Maven

Science Podcasts

February 12, 2021 44

In this podcast, reporter Alastair Bland and UC Davis PhD student and fish researcher David Ayers discuss the Sacramento-San Joaquin...