In science news this week: Delta Independent Science Board’s final review of EcoRestore’s adaptive management program; Looks are deceiving for ‘scary looking’ lamprey; Acoustic fish tags document predation; Sea-level rise and the governance gap in the San Francisco Bay Area; Caspian push and pull; US FWS looking for volunteers to help save future generations of seabirds; and more … Delta Independent Science Board’s final review of EcoRestore’s adaptive management program: “The “EcoRestore Adaptive Management Program White Paper, v3/7/2017” (White Paper) improves the prospects for managing Delta restoration projects adaptively.
… ” Read more from the US FWS here: Looks are deceiving for ‘scary looking’ lamprey Acoustic fish tags document predation: “Not only can predatory fish take a bite out of salmon populations, they can also mess with studies of fish survival.
Tagging and tracking fish with acoustic tags is an important method for understanding how young salmon move and survive.
However, this depends on a critical assumption: that the acoustic tag only represents the movement of the tagged fish, and not a predator that has consumed it (Gibson et al. 2015).
Once a tagged fish is eaten, its tag may still transmit data on the movement of the predator fish, which can skew survival estimates and lead to false conclusions.
… ” Read more from the FishBio blog here: Acoustic fish tags document predation Sea-level rise and the governance gap in the San Francisco Bay Area: “Most San Francisco Bay Area policymakers understand that sea-level rise is a serious threat to the region, agree that preparing for it should be a priority, and have a basic understanding of solutions that would help the region adapt to sea-level rise, such as wetlands, living shorelines, seawalls and levees.
… ” Read more from the US FWS here: Join us: Help save future generations of seabirds Flood plan boosts floodplain: “When the Central Valley Flood Protection Board adopts the 2017 Update to its Flood Protection Plan later this summer it be another twist in the serpentine evolution of California’s approach to flood management.
… ” Read more from Estuary News here: LA drainage goes native Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?
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About Science News and Reports: This weekly feature, posted every Thursday, is a collection of the latest scientific research and reports with a focus on relevant issues to the Delta and to California water, although other issues such as climate change are sometimes included.