Fish & aquatic animals

Plastic For Dinner?
— by Kat Kerlin — last modified Oct 06, 2015 04:34 PMA quarter of fish sold at markets contain human-made debris.

Lake Tahoe Mobile App Lets Visitors Be Citizen Scientists
— by Kat Kerlin — last modified Aug 19, 2015 11:31 AMData will help researchers better understand Lake Tahoe's fragile nearshore.

Sunscreen Nanomaterials Harmful To Marine Life
— by Kat Kerlin — last modified May 12, 2015 03:51 PMNewly published UC Davis study questions the safety of nanomaterials.

UC Davis Ecologist Elected To NAS
— by UC Davis Dateline Staff — last modified Apr 28, 2015 03:02 PMNational Academy of Sciences selects UC Davis theoretical ecologist Alan Hastings to join academy.

Funding A 'Refuge'
— by Kat Kerlin — last modified Mar 30, 2015 11:02 AM$10 million in new funding to continue work on endangered Delta Smelt.

Ocean Acidification Threatens Coastal Communities
— by Kat Kerlin — last modified Mar 30, 2015 11:04 AMNationwide assessment reveals communities in 15 states vulnerable to economic risk.

Making A Splash
— by John Stumbos — last modified Dec 17, 2014 03:56 PMCalTrout makes historic commitment for endowed chair at UC Davis.

Identifying High-Priority Dams For Fish Survival
— by Kat Kerlin — last modified Oct 22, 2014 03:49 PMScientists have identified 181 California dams that may need to increase water flows to protect native fish downstream.

Invasive water snakes: risk to native species?
— by Kat Kerlin — last modified Jul 08, 2014 01:45 PMSnakes in a lake? Water snakes from eastern U.S. are invading California waterways

Swim to sea? These salmon are catching a lift
— by Ann Filmer — last modified May 19, 2014 03:02 PMSalmon being moved by truck and barge to sustain their populations during drought.

Finding common ground for farms and fish
— by John Stumbos — last modified Apr 21, 2014 11:14 AMFloodplain research project mimics natural systems for more efficient water use.

Sources on California's drought: UC Davis experts
— by Pat Bailey, Kat Kerlin — last modified Jun 18, 2015 11:52 AMExperts available to the media: drought and water-supply issues in California.

Impacts of conifer removal to restore aspen stands
— by Brad Hooker — last modified Mar 14, 2014 08:32 AMAquatic ecosystems can be protected when conifers are removed to restore aspen stands.

A timely strategy for salmon survival
— by John Stumbos — last modified Mar 04, 2014 10:26 AMProfessor Peter Moyle makes a case for saving salmon and other native fish.

Perspectives on endangered species
— by John Stumbos — last modified Feb 11, 2014 09:26 AMUC Davis scientists Peter Moyle and Aaron Lotz share their perspectives on endangered species.

River water diversions threaten green sturgeon
— by Pat Bailey — last modified Jan 21, 2014 09:44 AMYoung sturgeon may be killed by unscreened pipes that divert river water.

Wild Campus students create wildlife habitats
— by afilmer — last modified Mar 18, 2014 02:35 PMStudent organization at UC Davis creates wildlife habitats on campus and off campus.

Yosemite toad undeterred by grazing cows
— by Pamela Kan-Rice — last modified Jan 14, 2014 11:46 AMThe relationship between cattle grazing and numbers of Yosemite toads.

Endangered Species Act sets a high standard
— by afilmer — last modified Jan 08, 2014 08:50 AMProfessor Peter Moyle's op-ed about the importance of the Endangered Species Act for fish.

National survey finds frog abnormalities rare
— by Andy Fell — last modified Dec 03, 2013 09:57 AMGood news for frogs and toads — the abnormalities of the 1990s are rarer, except in local hotspots.

For fish and rice to thrive in Yolo Bypass, ‘just add water’
— by Kat Kerlin — last modified Nov 04, 2013 08:45 AMRice fields in California’s Yolo Bypass provide a bug buffet for juvenile salmon on their journey to the sea, resulting in fat and fast-growing salmon.

Three UC Davis students named Switzer environmental fellows
— by John Stumbos — last modified Oct 29, 2013 02:07 PMAngela Doerr, Sarah Moffitt, and Meredith Niles are conducting research on sustainable management practices for natural or agricultural ecosystems.

New light on how some fish adapt to saltwater
— by Pat Bailey — last modified Oct 24, 2013 04:11 PMTilapia fish readily adapt to fresh or salty water, making them both good candidates for aquaculture and potential invasive pests.

Urban fish masculinized by hormone-mimicking chemicals
— by Kat Kerlin — last modified Oct 23, 2013 12:37 PMIt’s a man’s world for fish in a San Francisco Bay–Delta estuary.

Major gift addresses California water problems
— by Kat Kerlin — last modified Oct 17, 2013 10:53 AMThe Center for Watershed Sciences received a $10 million gift to build on its success as a center for problem-solving research on California's critical water issues.

Climate change threatens extinction for 82 percent of California native fish
— by Kat Kerlin — last modified Oct 17, 2013 11:03 AMSalmon and other native freshwater fish in California will likely become extinct within the next century due to climate change if current trends continue.

Improving stream habitats in California’s Scott River
— by afilmer — last modified Oct 17, 2013 11:07 AMA UC Davis team is developing a groundwater management tool for better streamflow conditions for salmon and steelhead in northern California's Scott River Valley.

Health defects found in fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill
— by afilmer — last modified Oct 17, 2013 11:08 AMCrude oil toxicity continued to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species for at least more than a year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University of California, Davis, scientist.