Healthy Coastal Ecosystems

Sea Grant-funded scientists develop perennial “Bonsai” bull kelp for restoration
By Gina Contolini, Kelp Management Extension Fellow, California Sea Grant

2021 Spring Monitoring Report
Summary report of 2021 smolt trapping operations and overwinter survival of coho salmon in the Russian River. 

Update: assessing coastal hazard mitigation potential of nature based shorelines in California
San Francisco Bay, a densely populated region of California that is expected to account for nearly two-thirds of flooding impacts in the state, is facing growing threats of rising sea levels and co

A new perspective on urchin-kelp dynamics in Monterey
By Gina Contolini, Kelp Management Extension Fellow

Porter Creek: A Case Study in Multi-Agency Management, Research, and Applications
Created for the 2019 SRF conference by Weston Slaughter, Gary McFee, Mariska Obedzinski, Andrew Bartshire, and Will Boucher.  Porter Creek, a 7.5 mi² tributary of the lower Russian River watershed,

Over-Summer Habitat Contraction and Water Quality Declines in Intermittent Tributaries of the Russian River.
Created for the 2018 SRF conference by Elizabeth Ruiz, Chris O'Keefe, Sarah Nossaman, Andrew McClary, Mariska Obedzinski, and Andrew Bartshire. In California streams, the summer low-flow period is

Dam Remediation Improves Fish Passage on Mill Creek
Created for the 2017 SRF conference by Monica Tonty, Livier Enciso, Mariska Obedzinski, Sarah Nossaman, Andrew Bartshire, and Nick Bauer.  This poster highlights a passage remediation case study on

Precocious maturation rates of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in the Russian River Watershed, California
Created for the 2017 SRF conference by Jenna Dohman, Troy Cameron, Mariska Obedzinski, Nick Bauer, and Ben White.  This poster dives into early returning sexually mature salmon, also refered to as

Oversummer Survial of Juvenile Coho in the Russian River Basin, 2014
Created for the 2014 SRF conference by Sarah Nossaman, Mariska Obedzinski, Nick Bauer, Henning Fett, Andrew Bartshire, Amelia Johnson, Desiree Delavega, and Paul Olin. The Russian River Coho Salmon

Oversummer Survival of Juvenile Coho in the Russian River Basin`
Created by Sarah Nossaman, Mariska Obedzinski, Nick Bauer, Henning Fett, Andrew Bartshire, Amelia Johnson, and Paul Olin.