There is growing recognition of the need to understand the mechanisms underlying
organismal resilience (ie tolerance, acclimatization) to environmental change to support the …

The State of Bay-Delta Science, 2008 (Healey et al. 2008). The Delta Smelt is endemic to
the upper San Francisco Estuary. Much of its historic habitat is no longer available and …

Climate change and associated increases in water temperatures may impact physiological
performance in ectotherms and exacerbate endangered species declines. We used an …

Effective conservation of endangered species requires knowledge of the full range of life-
history strategies used to maximize population resilience within a stochastic and ever …

Abstract Suisun Marsh, in northern San Francisco Bay, is the largest brackish marsh in
California, and provides critical habitat for many fish species. Storm runoff enters the marsh …

Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) has well-documented effects on water clarity. SAV
beds can slow water movement and reduce bed shear stress, promoting sedimentation and …

Climate change is driving rapid changes in environmental conditions and affecting
population and species' persistence across spatial and temporal scales. Integrating climate …

Water temperature and inflow are key environmental drivers in aquatic systems that are
linked through a causal web of factors including climate, weather, water management, and …

Temperature and salinity often define the distributions of aquatic organisms. This is at least
partially true for Delta Smelt, an imperiled species endemic to the upper San Francisco …

Stable isotopes present in water (δ2H, δ18O) have been used extensively to evaluate
hydrological processes on the basis of parameters such as evaporation, precipitation …