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 […]
Seeking Junior Specialist!
POSITION DESCRIPTION We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to be involved in interdisciplinary studies focusing on questions in the […]
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 […]
Field Wars: Rice of the Salmon
Featured Photo Credit: Nathan Frandino/REUTERS Author: Heather Bell Chinook salmon rearing habitat is limited in California’s Central Valley due to the conversion […]