Bay-Delta Science Conference 2024

Our fish team is presenting their scientific research in several talks and posters at the conference, and we’re hosting a happy hour with our friends at Environmental Science Associates (ESA).

Join our happy hour

• October 1st, 2024, 5:00–8:00 PM
• Smic’s Bar @ 1200 K St. Ste 8, Sacramento, CA 95814

Watch our talks

Longfin Smelt

Andrew Kalmbach, “Identifying the shifts in habitat use of a vulnerable fish species over four decades of paired sampling”

• October 1, 2024
• 8:30 AM
• Room B10

Jason Hassrick, “Relative abundance of northern anchovy Engraulis mordax, a potential predator of larval longfin smelt Spirinchus thaleichthys, across salinity gradients in the northern San Francisco Estuary”

• October 2, 2024
• 4:50 PM
• Room B2

Delta Smelt

Mike Tillotson, “Evaluation of Delta Smelt Distribution Reveals Association with Other Small Pelagic Species: Implications for Competitive Dynamics and Proxy Monitoring”

• October 2, 2024
• 8:30 AM
• Room B2

Eric Chapman, “Post-surgical survival of delta smelt after implantation with miniaturized acoustic transmitters; Part 1”

• October 2, 2024
• 11:30 AM
• Room B2

Check out our posters

Applied Science and Adaptive Management

• Kim Brewitt, “Development of Quantitative Tools to Forecast Larval and Post-Larval Longfin Smelt Entrainment Risk at Seasonal and Biweekly Scales.”

Emerging Technologies

• Eric Chapman, “Introducing a hydraulic injection method for instream egg incubation above a rim dam in California’s Central Valley.”

Fish Biology, Ecology, and Protection

• Teague Corning, “Diel changes in abundance and size of larval Longfin Smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) across salinity and depth gradients in the San Francisco Estuary.”
• Timothy Carrara, “Correlating ambient water velocities to the catch of small pelagic fish species of the San Francisco Bay Estuary and Delta.”

Species and Communities

• Caitlin Hall, “Comparison of Phytoplankton Community Structure and Nutrient Conditions in the San Francisco Estuary During Flow Augmentation and Non-action Periods.”
• Julien Moderan, “Covariation between zooplankton and phytoplankton communities in the San Francisco Bay-Delta.”