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POSTERABSTRACTS2016 Bay‐Delta ScienceConferenceAbstracts for poster sessions presented at the 2016 State of the Bay‐Delta ScienceConference are compiled in this document. Abstracts are listed by Poster Topicand then sorted by the presenting author’s last name. Though many posters havemultiple authors, only the presenting author is listed in the table of contents. Inthe abstracts, names of presenting authors are underlined. Asterisks (*) indicatethe poster is submitted by a student and eligible for the student poster awardscompetition.2016 Bay-Delta Science Conference – Poster Abstracts
Table of Contents – 2016 Bay-Delta Science Conference - Poster AbstractsListed by Presenting AuthorPoster ClustersAquatic Invasive Species Activities in California/Bay-Delta: Threats, Prevention, and New InvadersMarine Invasive Species in San Francisco Bay, Karen Bigham . 1Decreasing the Risk of Aquatic Species Invasion from Vessels Arriving at Bay-Delta PortsJonathan Thompson, Raya Nedelcheva . 2Invasive Watersnake Poses Threat to California Native Species, Louanne McMartin . 3Invasive Watersnakes (Nerodia spp.) in California: Monitoring, Detections, and Eradication,Valerie Cook Fletcher . 4Assessing Invasiveness of Aquatic Plants to Facilitate Management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta,Helen Benson . 5Creation of Mercury Models for the Delta and Yolo Bypass: Linking Modeling and Delta RegulatoryDecisionsAn Overview of the Creation of Mercury Models for the Delta and Yolo Bypass: Linking Modeling andDelta Regulatory Decisions, Carol DiGiorgio . 6Modeling Mercury in the Yolo Bypass, a Mercury-Contaminated Floodplain, Reed Harris . 7Progress on Extending a Delta Model to Include Mercury and Sediment, Jamie Anderson . 8Erodibility of Yolo Bypass Sediments as a Mercury Vector, Paul Work . 9Sediment – Water Exchange of Inorganic and Methyl Mercury in the Yolo Bypass,Wesley Heim . 10Methyl Mercury Production from Senescence Vegetation During Flooding in the Yolo Bypass, MarkStephenson . 11Mercury and Methylmercury Mass Balance Estimates of the Yolo Bypass During Flooding Events,David Bosworth . 12Methylmercury Imports and Exports of a Freshwater Tidal Wetland in the Yolo Bypass,Petra Lee . 13Evaluating an Emergency Response: False River Drought Barrier Efficacy and EffectsThe 2015 Emergency Drought Barrier: Huge Management Action, Huge Science Opportunity,Karen Kayfetz . 142016 Bay-Delta Science Conference – Poster Abstracts
Setting the Stage for the Science: Planning and Implementing the 2015 West False River EmergencyDrought Barrier Project, Jacob McQuirk . 15Water Quality Effects of the 2015 False River Barrier, Patrick Scott . 16Effects on Listed Fishes from the 2015 West False River Emergency Drought Barrier Project,Marin Greenwood. 17Headwater Mercury Source Reduction StrategiesHeadwater Mercury Source Reduction Strategy in the Sierra Nevada, Carrie Monohan and AlexandriaKeeble-Toll* . 18Sediment and Mercury Loads to Humbug Creek: A Sierra Nevada Tributary Impacted by the MalakoffDiggins Hydraulic Mine, Carrie Monohan . 19Mercury in Fish of the American and Bear Watershed Reservoirs: Baseline Conditions and Exposure Riskat Lake Clementine and Rollins Reservoir, CA, Alexandria Keeble-Toll* . 20Metal-Based Coagulant Effect on Dredged Sediment Slurry for Lake Combie Reservoir Sediment andMercury Removal Project, Grass Valley CA, Nicholas Graham* . 21Shallow Subsurface Groundwater Quality and Flow Paths in the Malakoff Diggins Hydraulic Pit,Travis Moore* . 22Linking Sediment Dynamics to Long-Term Management DecisionsAssessing the Role of Sediment Supply in Mudflat Width at Decadal and Seasonal Time Scales,Bruce Jaffe. 23Climatology of Salinity and Suspended Particulate Matter in San Francisco Bay,Carlos Schettini . 24Sediment Flux Measurements at the Golden Gate: Progress toward Closing the Sediment Budget for SanFrancisco Bay, Maureen Downing-Kunz . 25Primary Sediment Supply, Pathways and Transport Mechanisms to the Central Sacramento-San JoaquinDelta, Tara Morgan-King . 26Wave Attenuation Across China Camp Tidal Marsh, Madeline Foster-Martinez* . 27Mapping the Invasive Plant Arundo donax and Prioritizing it for Eradication in the Legal DeltaInvasive Plant Arundo donax: Mapping and Prioritizing Its Eradication in the Sacramento-San JoaquinDelta Region of Northern California, Alex Young . 282016 Bay-Delta Science Conference – Poster Abstracts
Index-Based Multispecies Conservation Value (IMCV) Model for Prioritizing Invasive Weed Eradication,Alex Young . 29Microcystis Drought Response Program Collaborative ResearchMicrocystis Drought Response Program Collaborative Research Summary, Peggy Lehman . 30Sampling and Analyses Conducted for the 2014 and 2015 Microcystis Drought Response Program,Mary Xiong . 31The Impact of Successive Drought Years on Microcystis Blooms in San Francisco Estuary,Peggy Lehman . 32Rates of Primary Production for the 2015 Microcystis Bloom in the San Francisco Estuary,Sarah Blaser . 33Abundance of Key Cyanobacteria Species and Cyanotoxin Concentrations During Severe Drought Years,2014 and 2015, Tomo Kurobe. 342014 and 2015 Critical Drought Effects on Zooplankton Composition during Microcystis Blooms,Sarah Lesmeister . 35Characterizing Biodiversity and Relative Abundance of Cyanobacteria by Shotgun MetagenomicSequencing Analysis, Tomo Kurobe . 36Non-Native Predator Fish Research in the Sacramento-San Joaquin DeltaWater Quality in the Delta and Chinook Salmon: a hot issue with murky consequences,Brendan M. Lehman. 37Seasonal Movements and Distribution of Central Valley Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis),Megan Sabal*. 38Examining the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Striped Bass within the Delta in Wet vs. Dry Years,Joseph Smith . 39General SessionsBird Biology, Ecology, & ProtectionPhoning It In: A New Approach to Tracking Movement Patterns and Habitat Nuances of Diving Ducks,Mason Hill . 40Factors Influencing the Abundance of Wintering Western Snowy Plovers at Crown Beach State MemorialPark, David Riensche . 41Fish Biology, Ecology, & ProtectionEstuary Monitoring Platform: Standardized Biological Sampling Across Habitat Types,Jesse Anderson. 422016 Bay-Delta Science Conference – Poster Abstracts
Effects of Bifenthrin on the Estrogenic and Dopaminergic Pathways in Embryos and Juveniles ofZebrafish (Danio Rerio), Luisa Bertotto*. 43Examining Effects of Wastewater Effluent upon Growth Rates of Inland Silversides in San Francisco BayTributaries, Zachary Bess . 44Hydraulic Conditions Near a Model Louver System in a Laboratory Flume, Kara Carr . 45Behavior of Green Sturgeon Acipenser medirostris Near a Model Louver System in a Laboratory Flume,Dennis Cocherell . 46Developmental Toxicity of 2- and 6-Hydroxychrysene in Zebrafish Embryos,Graciel Diamante* . 47Understanding Catch Patterns of Invasive Catfish Species in the Yolo Bypass,Mary Jade Farruggia . 48Effects of Temperature on the Endocrinology of Smoltification in Juvenile Rainbow/Steelhead Trout(Oncorhynchus mykiss), Marissa Giroux* . 49Migratory Behavior of Acoustically-Tagged Adult White Sturgeon and Chinook Salmon in the YoloBypass, 2012-2016, Myfanwy Johnston*. 50Inter-population Differences in Osmoregulation of Sacramento Splittail, Paige C. Mundy* . 51Temperature and Feeding Rate Interact to Impact Growth and Survival of Larval Green Sturgeon,Trinh Nguyen . 52Efforts to Conserve Pacific Lamprey, Alicia Seesholtz . 53Lots of Data without the Fishy Smell: Application of Acoustic Imaging to Evaluate Fish Behavior nearTidal Wetlands, Collin Smith . 54Occurrence of Large-Scale Loach (Paramisgurnus dabryanus) in the Sacramento-San Joaquin basin, CA,Ronald Smith . 55Reconstructing Fish Life History using Strontium Isotope Laser Ablation MC-ICP-MS Analysis of Scales,Spines, and Fin Rays as a Non-Lethal Alternative to Otolith, Malte Willmes . 56The Effect of Chlorpyrifos on Salinity Acclimation of Steelhead Trout: Changes of Serum Hormone andGene Expression in Liver, Gill and Rosette, Elvis Xu . 57Time- and Oil-Dependent Genomic and Physiological Responses to Deepwater Horizon Oil in Mahi-Mahi(Coryphaena hippurus) Embryos, Genbo Xu . 582016 Bay-Delta Science Conference – Poster Abstracts
Fish Biology, Ecology, & Protection: SalmonAerobic Scope Reveals High Thermal Performance in Juvenile Chinook Salmon, Oncorhynchustshawytscha, Sarah Baird .
02.11.2016 · 2016 Bay-Delta Science Conference – Poster Abstracts . POSTER . ABSTRACTS . 2016 Bay‐Delta Science Conference . Abstracts for poster sessions presented at the 2016 State of the Bay‐Delta Science Conference are compiled in this document. Abstracts are listed by Poster Topic and then sorted by the presenting author’s last name. Though many posters have multiple authors, only
