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Registration Open:

Understanding Food Web Dynamics

from the San Francisco Estuary to the Pacific Ocean

 

The University of California Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and the Delta Science Program are hosting a one-day symposium exploring food webs research from the San Francisco Estuary to the Pacific Ocean in the International Center Multipurpose Room at UC Davis on May 31, 2024, beginning at 9:00 AM.  


This symposium will bring together food web experts from the United States Geological Survey, California State Water Resources Control Board, UC Berkeley, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and more to discuss three major topic areas.


- Modeling will address ways of using data to capture complexity, uncover hidden relationships, and generate predictions across large scales.

- Empirical Studies will feature recent site-specific research that provide generalizable insights and inform modeling.

- Management Strategies will feature applied research that offers novel solutions to food web management.



The symposium is free to attend, both in person and virtually, but attendees must reserve their tickets using the link below.

RESERVE YOUR TICKET HERE
A complex diagram explaining Food Web Interactions. Other bubbles include Drivers (Flows, Climate, Temperature, Restoration, Land use and habitat, and resource use), Focal Species (Growth rates, reproductive rates, habitat use, survival rates), Drivers (Harvest, Entrainment), Focal Species (Abundance and Production), Drivers (Invasive species, nutrient loading)

What exactly is a food web?



Food webs describe the feeding relationships and flows of energy and nutrients among species. They are long recognized as affecting ecosystem functions, dynamics, and more. Understanding food webs in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – part of one of the largest estuaries on the west coast – is critical to successful ecosystem-based management.

Healthy food webs start with ecosystem management.



"People want to know how ecosystem management can promote healthy fisheries and food webs," says Senior Environmental Scientist Denise Colombano. "We're convening a group of experts to present research on food web dynamics – from the Delta to the ocean – to spark group discussions on approaches, findings, and information gaps and to inform future research and management priorities. We hope you join us on May 31."

The Delta Science Program recognizes that communication is essential to building the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta science community and delivering pertinent information to scientists, decision-makers, the public, and other stakeholders. We communicate science to these audiences by hosting events, supporting various publications, generating outreach materials, and more.

Delta Science Program

715 P Street, 15-300

Sacramento, CA 95814

 

deltacouncil.ca.gov

Business Hours:

8:00 AM-

5:00 PM

 

(916) 445-5511

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