Monday, June 14, 2021Friday, June 11, 2021

Chilling Out: Temperature Management for Salmon at the 2021 Bay Delta Science Conference

For cold-loving fish like salmon, temperature plays a critical role in behavior, survival, and ecology. It’s therefore no surprise that the 2021 Bay Delta Science Conference included Read More…

Monday, May 3, 2021Friday, April 30, 2021

Smelt Science at the 11th Bay-Delta Science Conference

During the 11th Bay-Delta Science Conference held virtually from April 6-9, one session focused on studies of delta (Hypomesus transpacificus) and longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys), two tiny Read More…

Monday, March 15, 2021Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Heating Up Salmon Migration Pathways

Climate change is turning up the water temperature along migration paths used by anadromous fish species such as Chinook salmon. In a study published in the journal Read More…

Monday, September 30, 2019Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Warm It Up: Balancing the Needs of Sturgeon, Salmon, and Humans

The historic Sacramento River once flowed unobstructed from rocky Sierra Nevada headwaters to expansive Delta wetlands, providing a diversity of interconnected aquatic habitats. Fish species evolved Read More…

Friday, August 16, 2019Sunday, January 6, 2019

Flashback Friday: Winter-Run Salmon and Temperature

In today's Flashback Friday, we explore the delicate dance required to keep water cool enough for winter-run Chinook salmon in the Sacramento River. These endangered fish are Read More…

Monday, July 15, 2019Thursday, July 11, 2019

Hot and Cold: Dialing in on Temperatures for Winter-Run Salmon

Of the four runs of Chinook salmon that inhabit the Central Valley, winter-run historically had the most daunting journey to reach their spawning grounds. These cold-loving fish Read More…

Monday, May 13, 2019Thursday, September 5, 2019

Stay Cool, Babies – Growth and Temperature Tradeoffs for Juvenile Chinook

Although they spend their lives hidden beneath the surface, fish are directly affected by the weather happening outside their aquatic world. This is particularly true of species Read More…

Monday, August 22, 2016Sunday, January 6, 2019

Winter-Run Salmon and the Delicate Dance of Temperature

Winter-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) are the most endangered of California’s four salmon runs. These salmon return to freshwater in the winter, and historically sought refuge in Read More…

Monday, August 15, 2016Monday, August 15, 2016

Rainbow Trout Hit Hard by Hot Water

The Stanislaus River is home to one of the largest populations of rainbow trout in California’s Central Valley, but a new report shows the fish have suffered Read More…

Wednesday, May 11, 2016Wednesday, May 11, 2016

It’s Snow Joke: Fish Need Snowpack

Fish might be the furthest thing on the minds of skiers and snowboarders carving the Sierra slopes, but the amount of mountain snowpack that accumulates in winter Read More…