Food web Archives

August 7, 2024

Press release from UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management California’s unique geomorphology and Mediterranean-type climate have largely...

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Ecological effects of drought in the Delta

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Delta science Hydrology

June 13, 2024

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

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Delta science Ecosystems

May 23, 2024

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

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

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

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Delta science Ecosystems

November 9, 2022

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

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Managed flow pulses as food web support; Synthesis of food web data; Overview of the Science Action Agenda; and more …

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Delta science Ecosystems

December 21, 2021

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

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

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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...

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Floating wetlands: A potential solution for Delta food-web support and habitat

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Best of the Notebook Delta science Ecosystems

July 22, 2021

The Delta pelagic food web no longer adequately supports native species, and developing management strategies for foodweb support and habitat...

ESTUARY PEARLS PART 3: Pesticides, HABs, New Neural Network, Ship Channel, Tule Red, Quake Risk Levees and more

Estuary News Group

Delta science Ecosystems

April 29, 2021

ESTUARY News sent reporters to the first virtual Bay-Delta Science Conference in April 2021. This special edition of Pearls shares...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Farm to Fish: Lessons from a Multi-Year Study on Agricultural Floodplain Habitat, plus an update on activities of the Delta Science Program

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Delta science

March 4, 2021

At the February meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen discussed a new report on the...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Restoration Planning for the Sacramento –San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh: Considering the Implications of Climate Change

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Delta science Ecosystems

January 31, 2019

The Delta Reform Act requires ‘taking into consideration the physical changes that have occurred in the past and the future...

This just in … New Strategy to Improve Conditions for Delta Smelt Shows Promising Results

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Fish and wildlife

August 31, 2016

Comprehensive Approach Seeks to Reverse Decline in Smelt Population From the Department of Water Resources: The initial monitoring of a...

Delta smelt symposium, part 4: Panel discussion: What is the path forward among considerable uncertainty?

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Delta science Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

July 8, 2016

Panel of experts share their visions and options for the future of the Delta and longfin smelt Coverage of the...

Delta smelt symposium, part 2: Causal links to population declines and data gaps

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Delta science Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

July 6, 2016

Could it be water exports, predation, food web, contaminants, drought … ? Coverage of the Delta and longfin smelt symposium,...

State of Bay Delta Science 2016, part 2: Water quality and contaminant effects on species and water supply; The Bay-Delta food web; Delta landscape restoration

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Delta science Notebook News and Features Water quality

January 14, 2016

Stephanie Fong discusses what we know and don’t know about contaminants; Dr. Wim Kimmerer on Delta food web changes; and...