EMP Zooplankton Study

Science activity #50152, updated 16 October 2024

Description / purpose

The Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP) has conducted the Zooplankton Study since 1972 to better assess trends in the lower trophic food web in the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary. The study also detects and monitors zooplankton recently introduced to the estuary and determines their effects on native species. Under the auspices of the Interagency Ecological Program for the San Francisco Estuary and mandated by Water Right Decision D-1641, the EMP Zooplankton Study is part of the Environmental Monitoring Program and is conducted by the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFW), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), and the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR).

Linked science activities

ID	Title
#50146	Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP) →

Collaborators

None specified

Activity status

1 Awarded / Initiating (1972)
2 In progress / Ongoing (1983 - 2019)
3 Complete

Funding summary

Total allocated funding: $0

Location

Subbasins

Delta regions

Geographic tags

NORTH STOCKTON , PALM-ORWOOD , DLIS-20 [YOLO BYPASS] , HOTCHKISS TRACT , PARADISE JUNCTION , VEALE TRACT , WEST SACRAMENTO , LIBERTY ISLAND , LISBON DISTRICT , LITTLE EGBERT TRACT , CLIFTON COURT FOREBAY , DLIS-01 [PITTSBURG AREA] , EGBERT TRACT , MERRITT ISLAND , NETHERLANDS , HOLLAND TRACT

Products and outputs

Title	Description	Views
Zooplankton Study Data Management Plan	The 2019 Data Management Plan for the Zooplankton	1
Zooplankton Study Station Map	URL for Zooplankton Study current station map	1
Zooplankton Study website	URL for the Zooplankton Study	2
Zooplankton Study Metadata	Background and metadata for the Zooplankton Study	0
Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors	Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous	0
Quality Assurance & Quality Control (QA/QC) Program for DWR data	The QA/QC Program implements our QA/QC Policy thro	0

Type and context

Science action area

N/A (project initiated prior to 2017)

Management themes

Habitat management , Water quality , Water supply management

Science themes

Environmental conditions , Habitat changes , Species

Types

Core monitoring

Science functions

None specified

Management actions

Habitat protection / enhancement / restoration , Pollution control , Water demand

Science Topics

Crustaceans , Invertebrates , Main channels , Mysis , Other zooplankton , Sloughs

Lead implementing organization

California Department of Fish and Wildlife [CDFW]

Partner implementing organizations

California Department of Water Resource [DWR] , U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR]

Funding organizations

None specified

Funding programs

None specified

Funding sources

None specified