Isa Woo

Key Points:

• We mapped intertidal microbial biofilm presence, quantity, diversity, and traits with spectroscopic data in San Francisco Bay, CA, USA
• Maps revealed lipid, carbohydrate, and carbon concentrations 2 to 4 times greater in diatoms than in cyanobacteria and chlorophyt

Our goal was to evaluate communities of benthic invertebrates and shorebirds on the Alviso mudflat prior to breaching Pond A6 to serve as the baseline for future assessments of potential impacts.

We determined that the intertidal mud flat study site adjacent to Ravenswood Pond SF2 was already at carrying capacity for small shorebirds during spring migration.

This project will examine the bird population and benthic invertebrate densities on the Alviso Shoals immediately adjacent to A6 which separates Alviso and Guadalupe Sloughs.