Evaluating Salmonid Fish Screening Criteria Effects on Sturgeon
Author: Brock Peterson, Junior Specialist As part of an ongoing project funded by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the […]
Wildfires, Ash, and Chinook Salmon Blood Response
Author: Sammuel Huang, Junior Specialist Featured Image photographed by Peter Aronson, Junior Specialist The ash left in the wake of wildfires […]
Congratulations, Dr. Yuzo Yanagitsuru!
Congratulations to our recent graduate, Dr. Yuzo Yanagitsuru! Thank you for all that you have done in the lab, especially your work […]
Hatchery San Joaquin River Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Telemetry
Author: Amanda Peterson Yet another year of tagging juvenile Spring-run Chinook salmon in the San Joaquin River has been successfully completed. The […]
Natural Origin San Joaquin Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Telemetry
Author: Amanda Peterson The Bureau of Reclamation, partnered with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, has been monitoring rotary screw traps […]
Evaluating the Effects of Thiamine Deficiency in Chinook Salmon
Author: Heather Bell In late 2019, at multiple hatcheries in California’s Central Valley (CCV), offspring of recently spawned fall-run Chinook salmon exhibited […]
The Role of Food Availability on Thermal Tolerance of Juvenile Chinook Salmon
Authors: Ph.D. Student Cassidy Cooper and Dr. Ken Zillig Complementing work studying trophic interactions, Cassidy and Ken are investigating how food availability […]
Temperature Effects on the Depredation of Juvenile Chinook Salmon
Authors: Dr. Alexandra McInturf and Dr. Ken Zillig In the wild, Chinook salmon populations fare poorly when temperatures get warmer, however under […]
Experimental Release of Cultured Delta Smelt
Author: Junior Specialist Theo Claire Over the past several months, the Fish Conservation Physiology Lab has designed and deployed enclosures for a […]
Green Sturgeon Broodstock Assessment
The UC Davis Green Sturgeon Broodstock program begin in 1999 in collaboration with the Yurok Tribe of northern California. Spawning green sturgeon […]