ESTUARY PEARLS: Beavers, climate impacts, harmful algal blooms, juvenile salmon, phytoplankton production, and more … Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls September 2, 2022California will spend big bucks on beavers to try to boost their numbers and reap some of the benefits—including slowing...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Possible futures for a Delta island; Ag and urban water use; Estimating freshwater flows; fish monitoring; and more … Maven Estuary Pearls April 15, 2022This issue explores possible futures for a Delta island, and features research from the latest issue of San Francisco Estuary...
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 Estuary Pearls December 17, 2021New ways to boost fish nutrition and identify species, a new bird atlas raises red flags, preparing for a snowless...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Water management and riparian forests; Primary production in the Delta; The “SmeltCam”; Predicting ecosystem change; Delta salinity; Dr. Ted Sommer retires Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls September 9, 2021This issue dives into current uncertainties and innovations in Estuary science and features research from the latest issue of San...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Delta smelt monitoring, new research on salmon survival and flow volume Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls June 3, 2021This month, Pearls digs into some nuances of Delta smelt monitoring—and how we can get more bang from our sampling...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Climate change takeaways from the Bay Delta Science Program Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls May 3, 2021 The impact of climate change on flood risk in the Delta varies by location, which means the fixes will...
ESTUARY PEARLS PART 3: Pesticides, HABs, New Neural Network, Ship Channel, Tule Red, Quake Risk Levees and more Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls April 29, 2021ESTUARY News sent reporters to the first virtual Bay-Delta Science Conference in April 2021. This special edition of Pearls shares...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Thiamine deficiency in salmon; Restoration tradeoffs; Salmon life histories and strategies; Mudflats and shorebirds; Bird biodiversity Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls April 26, 2021Estuary News sent reporters to the 11th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference, held virtually earlier this month. The theme of this...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Diversity in Bay Delta science, Art and science, Delta smelt – a scapefish, Connectivity on all levels in the Delta, and Consensus on salmon Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls April 22, 2021“People underestimate the risk of staying the same,” said Melissa Jones, environmental equity activist and director of a coalition of...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Bay-Delta research from the most recent issue of San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. Plus: Can otters thrive in San Francisco Bay? Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls February 26, 2021North America’s largest and most ancient freshwater fish species, white sturgeon, hang out in some kinds of Estuary waterways more...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Salmon estimates, behavior, and disease; Fish passage structures, Another non-native species in the Delta, and more … Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls November 21, 2020In the latest issue of Estuary Pearls: As organizations and agencies scramble to preserve the Central Valley’s dwindling Chinook salmon...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Beaver dams, new sea level rise report, improving conditions for endangered steelhead trout, a resurgence of dinoflagellates, and more … Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls April 17, 2020Estuary Pearls is published by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership. In this month’s edition: Beaver dams may offer wildfire protection...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Farewell to some key Estuary figures Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls March 5, 2020Estuary Pearls is a publication of the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, the same folks who publish ESTUARY News. This month,...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Delta ag drainage and subsidence, contaminants in Cache Slough, Delta smelt entrainment, tidal marsh restoration Maven Estuary Pearls January 24, 2020Estuary Pearls is a collection of short articles on science activities in the Delta and is published by the San...
