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ORAL ABSTRACTS 2016 Bay‐Delta Science Conference Abstracts for oral sessions presented at the 2016 State of the Bay‐Delta Science Conference are compiled in this document. Abstracts are listed by topic in the order that they appear in the program and are sorted by day, room, and time. In the abstracts, names of presenting authors are underlined. Asterisks (*) indicate the abstract is submitted by a student and eligible for the student presentation awards competition. 2016 Bay‐Delta Science Conference, Oral Abstracts Table of Contents – 2016 Bay‐Delta Science Conference ‐ Oral Abstracts Listed by Presenting Author Plenary Speakers – Tuesday 9:00 AM Lessons from the Ocean for Integrating Science in Policy Decisions, Steve Gaines .......................... 1 The Scientific Challenges of Establishing Appropriate Baselines for Watershed Restoration, Daniel Schindler ................................................................................................................................. 2 Academic Research, Delta Smelt, and Public Policy, Peter Moyle ..................................................... 3 Use of Science in Complex Public Policy Decision‐Making, Felicia Marcus ....................................... 4 A Guide for the Perplexed, Phil Isenberg ........................................................................................... 5 Data, Decisions, Delta Science, and Delta Directions, Cliff Dahm ..................................................... 6 Estuarine Ecology – Tuesday 1:35 PM Regional Selenium Exposures of Adult Sacramento Splittail in the San Francisco Estuary, A. Robin Stewart ................................................................................................................................ 7 Unraveling Sources and Pathways of Se Exposure in Wild Sacramento Splittail with Spinal Deformities, Rachel Johnson .................................................................................................................................. 8 Fish Nursery Areas and Migratory Corridors in Suisun Marsh, Denise De Carion ............................. 9 Rearing Habitat of Larval Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasi) in Shallow Open Water and Tidal Marsh Habitats of San Pablo Bay and the Western Delta, Jillian Burns ...................................................................... 10 Native Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the San Francisco Estuary: Causes and Implications of Morphological Variation and Phenotypic Plasticity, Melissa Patten ................................................. 11 Fish Biology & Ecology ‐ Tuesday 3:35 PM Differences in Salinity Tolerance in Two populations of Sacramento Splittail, Nann Fangue ........... 12 The Highs and Lows of Twenty Years of Juvenile Winter‐run Chinook Salmon Abundance Monitoring at Red Bluff Diversion Dam, William R. Poytress ................................................................................... 13 Larval Fish Assemblage Structure and Prey Availability in Liberty Island, Lori Smith ........................ 14 Life on the Edge: Temperature and Flow Restrict Steelhead Productivity in a Large Central Valley, California River, Whitney Thorpe ....................................................................................................... 15 2016 Bay‐Delta Science Conference, Oral Abstracts Physics to Fish: Linking Stationary and Dynamic Habitat Features to Small‐Scale Fish Distribution in the Sacramento‐San Joaquin Delta, Fred Feyrer ...................................................................................... 16 Food Web Foundations I – Tuesday 1:35 PM Blue Carbon in the Delta: Its History and the Prospects for Increased Carbon Storage through Wetland Restoration, Judith Drexler ................................................................................................................ 17 Compositional Drivers of Dissolved Organic Matter Utilization by Microbes, Peter Hernes ............ 18 Evaluation of Delta Subregions for Nutrient Monitoring and Assessment, Thomas Jabusch ........... 19 Vertical Biogeochemical Variability in Sloughs Impacts Habitat Quality and Metabolic Rate Estimates, Philip Bresnahan ................................................................................................................................ 20 Using Stable Isotopes to Evaluate the Effects of Seasonal and Spatial Changes in Flow and Nutrients on Biogeochemical Processes, Habitat Quality, and Ecosystem Health in the Sacramento River, northern Delta, and northern San Francisco Bay, 2006‐2016, Carol Kendall ................................................... 21 Food Web Foundations II – Tuesday 3:35 PM Using Stable Isotopes to Identify Changes in Nitrogen Sources, Processes, and Uptake Over Time in the San Joaquin River and Eastern Delta, Megan Young ......................................................................... 22 Spatial Variability Reveals Complex Controls on Phytoplankton Abundance and Community Structure in a Shallow Tidal Freshwater System, Elizabeth Stumpner ..................................................................... 23 Are Zooplankton and Clams Dining on Super Food or Junk Food? Application of a Phytoplankton Food Quality Index, Tara Schraga ............................................................................................................... 24 High‐Throughput Genetic Sequencing Provides Novel Insight into the Cache Slough Complex Food Web, Ann Holmes ........................................................................................................................................ 25 Long‐Term Seasonal Trends in the Prey Community of Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) Within the Sacramento‐San Joaquin Delta, California, Joe Merz .................................................................. 26 Habitat Restoration and Conservation – Tuesday 1:35 PM Quantifying and Characterizing Bird Response to Tidal Restoration: A Multi‐Species Approach, Julian Wood ....................................................................................................................................... 27 Avian Response to Restoration of North Bay Salt Ponds: Managed vs. Breached Ponds, Tanya Graham .................................................................................................................................... 28 Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse Habitat Past, Present, and Future: Our Evolving Understanding of the Habitat Requirements of this "Habitat Specialist," Katie Smith ..................................................................... 29 2016 Bay‐Delta Science Conference, Oral Abstracts Restoring Saline Tidal Wetlands: 20 years of Physical and Biological Monitoring at the Sonoma Baylands Restoration, Michelle Orr .................................................................................................................. 30 If You Build It, Will They Come? Fish Response to Hamilton Wetland Restoration Project, Christopher Fitzer .............................................................................................................................. 31 Sea Level Rise – Tuesday 3:35 PM Addressing Sea Level Rise in the San Francisco South Bay, California, Thomas O'Neill .................... 32 Emerging Conflicts in Sea Level Rise Adaptation at the Local Scale: Three Bay Area Case Studies, Pedro Pinto ........................................................................................................................................ 33 A Novel Approach to Sea Level Rise in the Baylands and Delta: Taking the “Habitat‐Friendly” Levee to the Next Level, Carlos Diaz ....................................................................................................................... 34 Planning for Transportation and Ecosystem Adaptation to Sea Level Rise, Fraser Shilling ............... 35 Strategic Decision‐Making for Adaptation Using New Ways of Describing the Bay Edge, Kristina Hill ......................................................................................................................................... 36 Data Management and Tools – Tuesday 1:35 PM The Delta Restoration Hub: Demonstration Projects Proving the Potential of Open Data and Advanced Data Tools for Ecosystem Restoration Decisions in the Cache Slough Complex and McCormack‐ Williamson Tract, Mark Tompkins ..................................................................................................... 37 Connecting Scientific Research Projects and Data Through Computer Science: An Opportunity for Collaboration and Data Synthesis, Amye Osti ................................................................................... 38 California Estuary Monitoring Workgroup – Using Web Portals to Improve Scientific Understanding, Kristopher Jones ................................................................................................................................. 39 Hatch: Moving towards Seamless Database Protocols for Ecological Data, Alex Fremier ................ 40 Development of Interactive Tools for Fisheries Management, Philip Sandstrom ............................. 41 Data for Decisions: Structured Decision Making Tools for Planning and Implementing CVPIA Actions – Tuesday 3:35 PM The ARM of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act: Putting Science into Decision‐making, Cesar Blanco ....................................................................................................................................... 42 Providing the Fuel for a Structured Decision Making
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