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Delta As Place
Environmental Conditions
Flood Risk And Land Use Management
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Habitat Management
Invasive / Non-native Species Management
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Water Supply Management
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Amphibians And Reptiles
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Core Monitoring
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Targeted Foundational Research
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Delta region
Cache Slough Complex
East Delta
Entire Delta
North Delta
South Delta
Suisun Marsh
Twitchell And Sherman Complex
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Yolo Bypass
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Data Application / Analytics
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Salinity Gate Management
Sea-level Rise Accommodation
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Wastewater Management
Water Conveyance / Infrastructure
Water Demand
Water Operations
Water Storage
Wetland Resilience
Wetlands
Science topics
Above-highwater Refugia
Agriculture
Air Temperature
Algae
Ammonia
Amphibians And Reptiles
Aquatic Vegetation
Arsenic
Atmosphere
Backwater
Bedload
Benthic
Benthos
Bioaccumulation
Biosentinels
Birds
Bivalve
Brazilian Waterweed
Cadmium
California Tiger Salamander
Carbon
Carbon Storage
Chemistry
Chinook Salmon
Chlorophyll A / B
Climate Change
Conductivity
Constituent Of Emerging Concern Cec
Copper
Corbicula/potamocorbula
Crustaceans
Cyanobacteria
Delta Islands
Delta Smelt
Deposition
Detritus
Direction
Dissolved Oxygen
Docks And Ports
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Energy And Mines
Environmental Drivers
Epiphytic Algae
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Estuaries
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Extreme Storms
Fecal Coliform / E. Coli
Fish
Fishing
Flame Retardants
Floating Aquatic Vegetation
Flood
Flows
Flushing Rates
Food Webs
Forest Harvesting
Forests
Fungicides
Giant Garter Snake
Giant Reed
Green Sturgeon
Greenhouse Gas Ghg
Groundwater
Gulls
Habitat
Habitat Restoration
Harmful Algal Blooms Hab
Herbicides
Hg And Methyl Mercury
Historical Ecology
Hunting
Hydrocarbons / Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Pah
Insecticides
Insects
Intertidal / Transition Zones
Invasive / Non Native Species
Invertebrates
Jellyfish
Land Elevation
Landscape Change
Landscape Metrics
Lead
Levees
Light
Longfin Smelt
Main Channels
Mammals
Managed Ponds
Marsh Wildlife
Methylmercury
Microplastics
Mollusks
Mudflats
Mysis
Nitrogen
Nitrogen / Ammonia
Non-forested Vegetation
Non-resident / Overwintering Birds
Nutria
Nutrients
Open Water
Other Discharge Contaminants
Other Species
Other Zooplankton
Outflow
Pacific Flyway
Pelagic Fish
Pesticides
Ph
Phosphorous
Phragmites
Phytoplankton
Polychlorinated Biphenyl Pcb
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Residence Time
Resilience
Restoration
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Riparian Wildlife
Roads And Bridges
Rodenticides
Sacramento Splittail
Salinity
Salmon Migration
Salmon Rearing
Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse
Saltwater / Freshwater Marshes
Sav/fav
Sea Level Rise
Seasonally Flooded
Sediments
Seismicity
Selenium
Shorebirds
Sloughs
Snowpack / Snow Water Equivalent Swe
Socio-economic Drivers
Soil
Solar Irradiance
Spongeplant
Stage
Steelhead Trout
Stormwater Runoff / Drainage
Striped Bass
Sturgeon
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
Subsidence
Surface Water / Flow
Suspended Sediment
Temperature
Terrestrial Wildlife
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Tides
Toxicity
Turbidity
Urban Development
Velocity
Vessels And Shipping Channels
Wastewater Discharge
Water
Water Conveyance / Infrastructure
Water Hyacinth
Water Intakes, Fish Screens & Passage
Water Management
Water Operations / Exports
Water Storage
Water Temperature
Water Use / Demand
Waterfowl
Waves
Wetland Mapping
Wetlands
White Sturgeon
Wildfire
Wind
Yellow Star Thistle
Zinc
Zooplankton
Science action area
N/a (project Initiated Prior To 2017)
Saa Action Area 1 (2017-2021): Invest In Assessing The Human Dimensions Of Natural Resource Management Decisions
Saa Action Area 2 (2017-2021): Capitalize On Existing Data Through Increasing Science Synthesis
Saa Action Area 3 (2017-2021): Develop Tools And Methods To Support And Evaluate Habitat Restoration
Saa Action Area 4 (2017-2021): Improve Understanding Of Interactions Between Stressors And Managed Species And Their Communities
Saa Action Area 5 (2017-2021): Modernize Monitoring, Data Management, And Modeling
Saa Need 1 (2022-2026): Improve Coordination And Integration Of Large-scale Experiments, Data Collection, And Evaluation Across Scales And Institutions
Saa Need 2 (2022-2026): Enhance Monitoring And Model Interoperability, Integration, And Forecasting.
Saa Need 3 (2022-2026): Expand Multi-benefit Approaches To Managing The Delta As A Social-ecological System
Saa Need 4 (2022-2026): Build And Integrate Knowledge On Social Processes And Human Behavior To Support Effective And Equitable Management
Saa Need 5 (2022-2026): Acquire New Knowledge And Synthesize Existing Knowledge Of Interacting Stressors To Support Species Recovery
Saa Need 6 (2022-2026): Assess And Anticipate Climate Change Impacts To Support Successful Adaptation Strategies
Unspecified
Start year
End year
Organizations and funding programs
Lead implementing organization
Audubon Canyon Ranch
California Department of Conservation [DOC]
California Department of Fish and Wildlife [CDFW]
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection [CALFIRE]
California Department of Parks and Recreation [PARKS]
California Department of Pesticide Regulation [DPR]
California Department of Transportation [Caltrans]
California Department of Water Resource [DWR]
California Energy Commission [CEC]
California Rice Commission
California Sea Grant
California State Coastal Conservancy
California State University - East Bay
California State University Long Beach
California State University Maritime Academy
California State University [CSU]
California State Water Resources Control Board [SWRCB]
California Water Board - Central Valley Region
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board [Central Valley RWQCB]
Contra Costa Water District [CCWD]
Cornell University - Lab of Ornithology
Cramer Fish Sciences
Delta Regional Monitoring Program [RMP]
Delta Stewardship Council
Delta Stewardship Council - Delta Science Program
DigitalGlobe
East Bay Municipal Utilities District
European Space Agency
Goddard Space Flight Center
Land IQ
MarineTraffic
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Michigan State University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]
National Agricultural Statistics Service [NASS]
National Audubon Society
National Marine Fisheries Service [NMFS]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]
Oregon State University
Pacific Flyway Council
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission [PSMFC]
Point Blue Conservation Science
Port of Stockton Board of Commissioners
R2 Resource Consultants Inc.
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy
San Diego State University
San Francisco Estuary Institute [SFEI]
San Francisco State University [SFSU]
San Francisco State University, Estuary & Ocean Science Center
San Joaquin County and Delta Water Quality Coalition [SJCDWQC]
Santa Clara University
Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition [SMC]
Stanford University
State Water Contractors [SWC]
Suisun Resource Conservation District
The Institute for Bird Populations
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [USACE]
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR]
U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA]
U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Biological and Environmental Research [DOE-BER]
U.S. Department of Transportation [DoT]
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [USFWS]
U.S. Geological Survey [USGS]
UNAVCO
University of California
University of California - Berkeley [UC Berkeley]
University of California - Davis [UC Davis]
University of California - Los Angeles [UCLA]
University of California - Merced [UC Merced]
University of California - Riverside [UC Riverside]
University of California - San Diego [UCSD]
University of California - Santa Barbara [UCSB]
University of California - Santa Cruz [UCSC]
University of Maryland - Center for Environmental Science
University of Vermont, USGS Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
University of Washington [UW]
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Westside San Joaquin River Watershed Coalition
Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency
Partner implementing organizations
Agricultural Coalitions: Landowners membership fees
Anchor QEA
Bachand and Associates
Bureau of Transportation Statistics [BTS]
California Cooperative Anadromous Fish and Habitat Data Program [CalFish]
California Department of Conservation [DOC]
California Department of Fish and Wildlife [CDFW]
California Department of Food and Agriculture [CDFA]
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection [CALFIRE]
California Department of Parks and Recreation [PARKS]
California Department of Pesticide Regulation [DPR]
California Department of Public Health [CDPH]
California Department of Water Resource [DWR]
California Environmental Protection Agency [CalEPA]
California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology [Caltech]
California Landscape Conservation Cooperative [CALCC]
California Natural Resources Agency [CNRA]
California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment [OEHHA]
California State Board of Equalization
California State Coastal Conservancy
California State Lands Commission [CSLC]
California State University [CSU]
California State Water Resources Control Board [SWRCB]
Central Valley Flood Protection Board [CVFPB]
Central Valley Joint Venture
Central Washington University [CWU]
Chapman University
Collaborative Adaptive Management Team [CAMT]
Conservation Farms and Ranches
Cramer Fish Sciences
Delta Conservancy
Delta Stewardship Council
Delta Stewardship Council - Delta Science Program
Department of Fish and Game [DFG]
Desert Research Institute [DRI]
Ducks Unlimited
East Bay Municipal Utilities District
EcoMetric Consulting
Fishery Foundation of California
FloodSAFE Environmental Stewardship and Statewide Resources Office [FESSRO]
Hydrofocus Inc.
ICF International Inc.
Interstate Council on Water Policy [ICWP]
Land IQ
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [LBNL]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Manomet Inc.
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories [MLML]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]
National Agricultural Statistics Service [NASS]
National Agriculture Imagery Program [NAIP]
National Audubon Society
National Marine Fisheries Service [NMFS]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]
National Science Foundation [NSF]
National Wetlands Inventory - Many Supporting Organizations
NatureServe
Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering - PRISM Climate Group
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission [PSMFC]
Point Blue Conservation Science
Purdue University
Resource Management Associates [RMA]
Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District [Regional San]
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory
San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission [BCDC]
San Francisco Estuary Institute [SFEI]
San Francisco State University [SFSU]
San Joaquin County Resource Conservation District
San Joaquin Valley Drainage Authority
Santa Clara University
Solano Land Trust
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project [SCCWRP]
Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition [SMC]
Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
State Water Contractors [SWC]
Suisun Resource Conservation District
Texas A&M
The Nature Conservancy
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [USACE]
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs [BIA]
U.S. Bureau of Land Management [BLM]
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR]
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA]
U.S. Department of Defense [DoD]
U.S. Department of Energy [DOE]
U.S. Energy Information Administration [EIA]
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [USFWS]
U.S. Forestry Service [USFS]
U.S. Geological Survey [USGS]
U.S. National Park Service [NPS]
University of British Columbia [UBC]
University of California - Berkeley [UC Berkeley]
University of California - Davis [UC Davis]
University of California - Irvine [UCI]
University of California - Merced [UC Merced]
University of California - San Diego [UCSD]
University of California - Santa Barbara [UCSB]
University of California - Santa Cruz [UCSC]
University of Kansas
University of South Carolina
University of Washington [UW]
Utah State University
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Western Ecosystems Technology Inc.
Western States Water Council [WSWC]
Yuba River Management Team
Primary funding organizations
CALFED Bay-Delta Program
California Department of Fish and Wildlife [CDFW]
California Department of Water Resource [DWR]
Delta Regional Monitoring Program [RMP]
Delta Stewardship Council
Delta Stewardship Council - Delta Science Program
Interagency Ecological Program [IEP]
State Water Contractors [SWC]
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR]
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [USFWS]
U.S. Geological Survey [USGS]
Funding programs
California Department of Fish and Wildlife CDFW - Prop 1
Delta Regional Monitoring Program RMP
Delta Science Program - Delta Science Solicitations
Delta Science Program - Operation Baseline
Delta Science Program and California Sea Grant - Delta Science Fellows Program
Interagency Ecological Program IEP
Funding Sources
CalFED Bay Delta Fund CBDF
California Department of Fish and Wildlife CDFW - General Fund
California Department of Fish and Wildlife CDFW - Prop 1
Delta Stewardship Council - General Fund
Proposition 50
Proposition 84
Wetland Program Development Grant
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Title
Title
Investigation of the resilience of the salt marsh harvest mouse and best management practices in response to climate change
Lead
University of California - Davis [UC Davis]
Description
This study aimed to investigate the response of the salt marsh harvest mouse to several threats of climate change, including extreme annual climate cycles and sea level rise. The study was based on ongoing population surveys in the Suisun Marsh, and a study of upland/elevated refuge throughout the species’ range, over the two-year study. It also involved the piloting of advance remote detection technology (camera traps, audio detectors, and digital mouse traps) and effective, affordable high tide refuge (islands and trellises). Finally, ongoing trapping efforts at established survey sites is providing data for ongoing analysis on the effects of weather patterns and space needs of populations.
Science topics
Climate change
,
Salt marsh harvest mouse
,
Saltwater / freshwater marshes
Updated
November 17, 2022
Title
Linking Trophic Ecology with Slough and Wetland Hydrodynamics, Food Web Production and Fish Abundance in Suisun Marsh
Lead
University of California - Davis [UC Davis]
Description
Suisun Marsh remains one of the most productive regions of the San Francisco Estuary (SFE), fueling interest in the Marsh as a model for restoring estuarine function to the region in the future. The UC Davis Suisun Marsh Fish Survey has 30 years of data on physical structure, water quality, benthic and pelagic invertebrates and fish. We will use these and other data to explore patterns of fish abundance in relation to zooplankton, slough geomorphology, and regional hydrodynamics. Our goal is to understand and predict the kinds of physical variability and structure that create attractive habitat for fish, in order to 1) serve as a template for wetland and subtidal habitat restoration in the Estuary and 2) anticipate the effects of sea level rise, levee failure and salinity increases that are expected to have a large impact on the Marsh in the near future. A comprehensive literature and data search will pull together known information for synthesis. Cluster analysis will identify slough complexes into types of functional habitat. Predictive maximum likelihood, hierarchical and multivariate autoregressive models will be used to predict how foodwebs and fish respond to environmental factors. Finally, coupled hydrodynamic-life history models for zooplankton will demonstrate how production is regulated by slough morphology. Results will be integrated as a white paper on the history, current functioning, and future of the Marsh.
Science topics
Levees
,
Climate change
Updated
April 29, 2022
Title
Environmental Monitoring Program [EMP]: Discrete Water Quality Monitoring
Lead
California Department of Water Resource [DWR]
Description
There are 24 fixed discrete stations within the San Francisco Estuary that are monitored at high water slack tide. The stations are primarily accessed by the Research Vessel Sentinel, or vehicle transport. Discrete sampling is completed once a month due to the intensity of collecting a wide collection of physical parameters (e.g. water temperature) and grab samples for laboratory analysis (e.g. nitrogen and phosphorous). The data from the discrete sampling is helpful to document long-term changes within the estuary.
Science topics
Algae
,
Ammonia
,
Benthic
,
Benthos
,
Bivalve
,
Carbon
,
Chemistry
,
Chlorophyll A / B
,
Climate change
,
Conductivity
,
Corbicula/Potamocorbula
,
Crustaceans
,
Cyanobacteria
,
Delta islands
,
Detritus
,
Dissolved oxygen
,
Docks and ports
,
Drought
,
Environmental drivers
,
Estuaries
,
Food webs
,
Harmful algal blooms HAB
,
Invasive / non native species
,
Invertebrates
,
Jellyfish
,
Main channels
,
Mollusks
,
Nitrogen
,
Nitrogen / ammonia
,
Nutrients
,
Open water
,
Other species
,
Other zooplankton
,
pH
,
Phosphorous
,
Phytoplankton
,
Primary production
,
Salinity
,
Sediments
,
Sloughs
,
Surface water / flow
,
Suspended sediment
,
Temperature
,
Tidal wetlands
,
Tides
,
Turbidity
,
Water
,
Water conveyance / infrastructure
,
Water management
,
Water operations / exports
,
Water temperature
,
Zooplankton
Updated
August 28, 2024
Title
Mapping the adaptation governance network of the Delta
Lead
University of California - Davis [UC Davis]
Description
Climate adaptation in the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta involves multiple agencies, communities, venues, projects, and issues. Understanding how learning and cooperation occurs within this complex governance network is critical for carrying out effective and equitable adaptation. The main objective of this project is to understand how and why human communities (e.g., community organizations, local governments, and Tribal entities) are engaged in this governance system and the drivers of learning and cooperation for climate adaptation. To accomplish this, we will map the network of current adaptation actors, institutions, and actions, assess their engagement in the governance system, and conduct in-depth case studies on existing adaptation projects in the San Joaquin – Sacramento Delta.
Science topics
Climate change
Updated
May 8, 2024
Title
Assessing sea-level rise and flooding changes in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta using historical water-level records
Lead
California State University [CSU]
Description
The project aims to recover, digitize, and analyze more than 1300 station years of ‘lost-and-forgotten’ water level records collected from 1857 to 1982 in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. These measurements, augmented by modern data, will improve our understanding of tidal, flood, and sea level trends in the system. By determining ‘hotspots’ of habitat and flood risk sensitivity, the results may be used to better focus future scientific and management priorities, to protect the environment, manage flood risk, and enhance community resilience to climate change
Science topics
Backwater
,
Climate change
,
Environmental drivers
,
Estuaries
,
Land elevation
,
Levees
,
Outflow
,
Sea level rise
,
Stage
,
Subsidence
,
Surface water / flow
,
Tides
,
Velocity
,
Vessels and shipping channels
,
Water
,
Wind
Updated
October 10, 2023
Title
In search of refuge: Investigating the thermal life history of Delta Smelt through in-situ oxygen isotope ratio analysis of otoliths.
Lead
University of California - Davis [UC Davis]
Description
The inner ear bones of fish, or otoliths, grow continuously and their chemistry reflects the water conditions that a fish has experienced throughout its life. In this project, researchers used in-situ chemical analysis to determine the oxygen isotopic composition of otoliths, which can reflect the water temperature that a fish has experienced. They applied this method to archived adult Delta Smelt otoliths from multiple different water years spanning the time from before and during the recent drought. Using these data, they investigated the relationship between delta smelt abundance and environmental parameters, such as water temperature. More specifically they investigated whether delta smelt are able to find temperature refuges, even in drought years.
Science topics
Climate change
,
Delta Smelt
,
Endangered species
,
Fish
,
Temperature
Updated
February 26, 2024