With One Threat Nearly Tamed, a Related Question: What Does the Bay Most Need to Be Saved From? Maven Science News May 6, 2022 19From Bay Nature: If you look up the Arrowhead Marsh along the Oakland shoreline on Google Maps, the arrowhead shape...
Environmental DNA research sheds light on invasive species Maven Science News March 4, 2022 9From the USGS: More than 6,500 nonindigenous species are now established in the United States, and new species are still...
Environmental DNA research sheds light on invasive species Maven Science News March 4, 2022 8From the USGS: How does eDNA work? The cells of all living things include DNA, the basic building blocks of...
CCST BRIEFING: Drought in the Delta Maven Best of the Notebook January 12, 2022 469What are the cascading, overlapping, and compounding events caused by drought in the Delta? In early December, the California Council...
BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Ecosystem Engineering Impacts of Invasive Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) in the Delta Maven Best of the Notebook December 9, 2021 115Plants that grow under the water surface are known as submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). Some species of SAV have been...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta Maven Best of the Notebook October 28, 2021 147The San Francisco Bay-Delta is one of the most invaded estuaries in the world, with non-native species now a large...
REPORT: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta Maven Science Publications June 10, 2021 144The Delta Independent Science Board (Delta ISB), which provides scientific oversight of programs that support adaptive management, has finished its...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Non-native species in the Delta, Contemplating the future of the DISB, and Regional San treatment plant upgrade Maven Meetings June 3, 2021 140At the May meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Steve Brandt, Chair of the Delta Independent Science Board, provided...
California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – a short history of big changes Maven Science News January 3, 2021 25From the California Water Blog: “Deltas globally adjust with changes and fluctuations in external conditions, internal dynamics, and human management....
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Update on the Science and Management of Aquatic Weeds in the Delta Maven Meetings January 3, 2017 527Panel highlights actions of multiple agencies to control the invasive aquatic weeds that clog the Delta’s waterways Invasive aquatic vegetation...
Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee, part 3: Interagency Crackdown on Aquatic Invasive Weeds in the Delta Maven Meetings June 3, 2015 400This past year, invasive weeds in the Delta were likely the worst it’s ever been, with the low flows due...
