SCIENCE NEWS: Hatchery Delta smelt: Hope for the species?
In science news this week: Hatchery Delta smelt: Hope for the species?
; Interim Report: Estimation of Crop Evapotranspiration in the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta: Preliminary Results for the 2014-2015 Water Year; Sea temperature changes contributing to drought; America’s toughest pine struggling for survival; One unique sucker; Soil filters out some emerging contaminants; Invasive plant species can enhance coastal ecosystems; Destruction of wetlands linked to algal blooms in the Great Lakes; and Hundred year old law on fluid flow overturned by research Hatchery Delta smelt: Hope for the species?
A workshop held in Davis, California, in May explored how to move from using hatchery delta smelt in experiments to supplementing fish in the wild.
… ” Read more from PhysOrg here: Sea temperature changes contributing to drought America’s toughest pine struggling for survival: “You might not think of whitebark pine when thinking of species in peril, but due to fungal and insect damage, the high-elevation pine tree is struggling to survive.
… ” Read more from Science Daily here: Soil filters out some emerging contaminants Invasive plant species can enhance coastal ecosystems: “Invasive plant species can be a source of valuable ecosystem functions where native coastal habitats such as salt marshes and oyster reefs have severely declined, a new study by scientists at Duke University and the University of North Carolina-Wilmington finds.
… ” Read more from Science Daily here: Invasive plant species can enhance coastal ecosystems Destruction of wetlands linked to algal blooms in the Great Lakes: “Canada’s current wetland protection efforts have overlooked how the environment naturally protects fresh-water resources from agricultural fertilizer contaminants, researchers from the University of Waterloo have found.
… ” Read more from Science Daily here: Destruction of wetlands linked to algal blooms in the Great Lakes Hundred year old law on fluid flow overturned by research: “Engineers from Imperial College London have dispelled a 100-year-old scientific law used to describe how fluid flows through rocks.
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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.