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Research Summaries

A selection of projects written in lay terminology funded by California Sea Grant or partnered agencies.

There are 162 publications in this collection, published between 2002 and 2017. Showing 1 - 50.

Bray, Erin: Studying gravel bars in rivers to identify what features facilitate groundwater exchanges that create good Chinook salmon spawning habitat, 2017

Jeffries, Ken: Determining thermal tolerances of longfin smelt and inland silverside and develop biomarkers of thermal stress using new genomics technology, 2017

Smith, Katherine: Optimizing salt marsh harvest mouse conservation through an investigation of demography, habitat use andmulti-species management, 2017

Wigginton, Rachel D: Examining the effects of perennial pepper weed on tidalmarsh ecosystems and identifying strategies to stop thenoxious weed’s spread, 2017

Dronova, Iryna: Modeling Wetland Plant Cover to Assess Ecosystems and Bird Habitats, 2014

Howe, Emily: Unraveling Sources of Food Web Support in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta’s Marsh Ecosystem, 2014

Kammerer, Brittany: Salinity Tolerances and Biomarkers of Salt Stress in Longfin and Delta Smelt, 2014

McNicol, Gavin: Controls on the Net Carbon Emissions from Restored Wetland Ecosystems, 2014

Young, Matthew: Understanding Food Webs in Shallow Nearshore Waters of the Delta, 2014

Chang, Andrew: The effects of freshwater flows on the native Olympia oyster in San Francisco Estuary, 2013

Fisch, Katie: Saving San Francisco Bay-Delta native fishes: hatchery management and reinintroduction strategies, 2013

Forsgren, Kristy: The effects of bifenthrin pesticide on the reproductive health of steelhead under hypersaline conditions., 2013

Modéran, Julien: Detecting changes at the base of the pelagic food web in the San francisco Estuary., 2013

Schmidt, Calla: Phytoplankton and bacteria nutrient use: impacts of nutrient loading on the base of the food web, 2013

Brander, Susanne: Detecting Endocrine Disruption in the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta, 2012

Buck, Kristen N.: Copper Toxicity in the San Francisco Bay-Delta, 2012

Luengen, Allison: Factors Affecting Methylmercury Accumulation in the Food Chain, 2012

Mioni, Cécile: What Controls Harmful Algal Blooms and Toxicity in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta?, 2012

Sandstrom, Phil: Sacramento River Steelhead: Hatchery vs. Natural Smolt Outmigration, 2012

Schile, Lisa: Climate Change and Tidal Marsh Plant Communities in the San Francisco Bay-Delta, 2012

Carrano, Carl J.; Kuepper, Frithjof; Green, David: The Role of Symbiotic Bacteria in Iron Acquisition and Algal Bloom Formation, 2011

Chapple, Taylor: An Estimate of White Sharks off Central California, 2011

Clemento, Anthony: Genetic Markers for Detecting Population Structure of West Coast Chinook Salmon, 2011

Das, Tapash: Predicting the Effects of Climate Change on the Size and Frequency of Floods in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley, 2011

De Ley, Paul: Roundworms as Bioindicators of Sediment Ecology at Bolsa Chica Wetlands, 2011

Drawbridge, Mark; Barrows, Rick; Hardy, Ron: Minimizing Fishmeal in California Yellowtail and White Seabass Feeds, 2011

Dugan, Jenifer E.: Kelp Wrack: Hopping with Life in Los Angeles County, 2011

Dugan, Jenifer E.: Kelp Wrack: Hopping with Life in Orange County, 2011

Dugan, Jenifer E.: Kelp Wrack: Hopping with Life in San Diego County, 2011

Dugan, Jenifer E.: Kelp Wrack: Hopping with Life in Santa Barbara County, 2011

Dugan, Jenifer E.: Kelp Wrack: Hopping with Life in Ventura County, 2011

Feddersen, Falk; Guza, Robert T.: The Physics of a "Red Tide" off Huntington Beach, 2011

Feinstein, Laura: Frequency, Distribution and Ecological Impact of Cryptic Hybrid Invaders: Management Tools for Eradication of Invasive Spartina, 2011

Goddard, Jeffrey H.R.; Pearse, John S.; Gosliner, Terrence M.: Sea Slugs as Brilliant Indicators of Climate Change in Central California, 2011

Harvey, James; Adams, Josh: Tracking Sooty Shearwaters to Identify Critical At-Sea Habitats in the California Current, 2011

Hedrick, Ronald P.; Arkush, Kristen D.: A New Tool for Assessing the Potential Disease Impacts of Propagated Marine Fish on Wild Stocks, 2011

Jensen, Paul; Moore, Bradley: Probing the Medical Potential of Microbial Marine Life, 2011

Nizet, Victor: Developing a Vaccine to Prevent Streptococcus iniae Infection in Fish, 2011

Pernet, Bruno: Spreading Non-Native Species through the Live-Bait Trade?, 2011

Winder, Monika: Plankton Dynamics in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Long-Term Trends and Trophic Interactions, 2011

Andrew, Margaret E.: Determining the Factors Controlling Site Invasibility to Lepidium latifolium, 2010

Atwill, Rob; Conrad, Patricia A.: Bacterial and Protozoal Contamination of Nearshore Marine Environments, 2010

Gracey, Andrew Y.: Gene Expression Predictors of Summer Mortality Syndrome in Pacific Oysters, 2010

Hobbs, James A: Otolith Growth and Microchemistry to Determine Variability in Recruitment Success of Delta Smelt, 2010

Johnson, Christina S.: 2007-2010 Ocean Protection Council/California Sea Grant Research, 2010

Langridge, Suzanne: Addressing Stakeholder Concerns: Pests and Pest Control in the Sacramento River Conservation Area, 2010

Lowery, Mary S.; Kelley, Kevin; Drawbridge, Mark A.: Exercising Juvenile Marine Finfish to Enhance Growth and Lower Stress, 2010

Nielsen, Karina J.; Blanchette, Carol A: Collecting Sea Palms: Planning for Sustainable Use in a Variable Environment, 2010

Perry, Russell W: Route-Specific Survival of Juvenile Salmon Migrating through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, 2010

Sullivan, Lindsay: Prey Selection of Larval and Juvenile Planktivorous Fish in the San Francisco Estuary, 2010

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