Education, Training and Public Information

Saving San Francisco Bay-Delta Native Fishes: Hatchery Management and Reintroduction Strategies
There are several species of fishes in the San Francisco Estuary that are highly vulnerable to extinction or endangered status.

Endocrine Disruption in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Watershed: Laboratory and Field Experiments on a Resident Fish, Menidia audens, the Mississippi silverside
Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are widely recognized as being highly toxic to aquatic life and capable of impairing normal sexual development, behavior and fertility in fish.

Frequency, Distribution and Ecological Impact of Cryptic Hybrid Invaders: Management Tools for Eradication of Invasive Spartina
Spartina alterniflora is an exotic weed that has prolifically interbred with the native cordgrass (S. foliosa) in the San Francisco Bay’s marshlands.

Plankton Dynamics in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Long-Term Trends and Trophic Interactions
This project describes long-term zooplankton trajectories in the San Francisco Bay-Delta, in terms of the amount of carbon available for higher trophic levels.

Effects of Freshwater Flow and Population Connectivity on Benthic Community Dynamics in the San Francisco Estuary
Heavy rains last winter and spring caused mass die-offs of some of the largest populations of native Olympia oysters in the northern part of the San Francisco Estuary.

Copper-Binding Organic Ligands in the San Francisco Bay Estuary: Evaluating Current and Future Likelihood of Copper Toxicity Events in a Perturbed Ecosystem
This project seeks to characterize copper toxicity in the San Francisco Bay-Delta by analyzing total dissolved copper and copper-binding organic ligand concentrations.

Nutrients and Benthic Invasion Dynamics in San Francisco Bay
This project explores the consequences of nutrient pollution in San Francisco Bay on two mud snails.

Mercury Interactions with Algae: Effects on Mercury Bioavailability in the San Francisco Bay-Delta
This project seeks to more clearly understand the entry and movement of mercury into and through the San Francisco Bay-Delta’s food chain.

Understanding Food Webs in Shallow Nearshore Waters of the Delta
This project explores the impact of non-native species on native, resident fish populations.

Seismic Deformation Potential of Peaty Organic Soils Underlying Delta Levees
The Delta Science Fellow leading this project will study the post-earthquake volume change (settlement) of peaty soils.