NOAA FISHERIES: Anchovy dominated diets off the West Coast pose new dangers for salmon NOAA Fisheries Delta scienceFish and wildlife June 26, 2025Lack of key vitamin turns fatal for as many as half of salmon offspring. By NOAA Fisheries A vitamin deficiency...
DWR: Lower Elkhorn Basin Levee Setback Project shows early signs of success for juvenile salmon Department of Water Resources (DWR) Planning and management April 9, 2025From the Department of Water Resources: Since the 1950s, California’s salmon populations have dwindled due to lost habitat from a...
SCIENCE IN SHORT: Longfin smelt, the little fish that gets around Ashleigh Papp Fish and wildlifeScience Podcasts March 5, 2025Near the bottom of the San Francisco Estuary’s food web is a small fish about the size of a herring...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How floating wetlands could transform restoration in California’s Delta Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features November 13, 2024Floating wetlands sound like something straight out of a fairy tale, fanciful landscapes where the laws of nature are suspended....
EOS: Wildfire smoke affects the function of lake ecosystems American Geophysical Union ScienceWildfires and watersheds June 27, 2024Smoke-covered lakes see shifts in biological and energy processes that influence food webs, carbon storage, and more. By Carolyn Wilke,...
SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Ecological effects of drought in the Delta Maven Delta scienceHydrology June 13, 2024The 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 scienceEcosystems May 23, 2024The April Delta Lead Scientist’s Report included a presentation by Dr. Denise Colombano on a synthesis project that used eight...
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 December 28, 2023San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (SFEWS) provides credible scientific information on California’s complex water issues, linking new science to...
FEATURE: Delta Increasingly Bogged Down with Weeds Jacoba Charles Delta scienceEcosystems August 9, 2023By Jacoba Charles, Estuary News Group Aquatic plants tend to hide in plain sight, overlooked other than the occasional striking...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Wild baby salmon raised on a California rice farm show stunning survival to the ocean Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features June 22, 2023When 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 scienceScience June 7, 2023The 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 scienceEcosystems November 9, 2022At 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 NotebookDelta scienceEcosystems May 5, 2022Dr. 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 scienceEcosystems February 4, 2022Wetland restoration has been identified as a key management tool for increasing food availability for at-risk fishes in the San...
BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Managed Floodplain Fish Food: Bringing Dry Side Food Webs to Wet Side Fish Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science November 10, 2021Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley was primarily a marshy wetland. In the springtime, the snowpack would...
