Monday, April 20, 2020Friday, April 17, 2020

Reconnected and it Feels So Good? Symposium on Estuarine Connectivity

Many environments are becoming increasingly fragmented by human development, but addressing this issue is more complicated than simply reconnecting all the habitat pieces. Ecological connectivity, or the Read More…

Monday, August 19, 2019Friday, August 16, 2019

Understanding How Fish Deal with Drought

Drought is a frightening word for any creature that lives in water. Aquatic animals in regions like California that have historically experienced frequent droughts have evolved remarkable Read More…

Friday, May 17, 2019Friday, May 17, 2019

Flashback Friday: Attractive Acne?

What's with the bumps? Today's Flashback Friday gets up close and personal with the Sacramento splittail. At first glance, the little raised dots on the head of Read More…

Friday, July 27, 2018Friday, July 27, 2018

Flashback Friday: In the Thick of It

In today's Flashback Friday, we go deep into the bushes in search of the Sacramento splittail. Sometimes the riverine habitat we work in doesn’t even resemble a Read More…

Friday, June 14, 2013Thursday, January 11, 2018

In the thick of it

Sometimes the riverine habitat we work in doesn’t even resemble a river – at least not at first glace. A good example is when we sample seasonally Read More…

Wednesday, May 15, 2013Monday, July 13, 2015

Attractive acne?

At first glance, the little raised dots on the head of this Sacramento splittail might resemble small pimples, but they are actually structures called nuptial tubercles: small, Read More…

Wednesday, April 18, 2012Thursday, June 25, 2015

Floodplain fish

A species named for its appearance, the Sacramento splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) is a large, native cyprinid minnow with a deeply forked caudal fin (tail) that is found Read More…