Science

South Bay Science Symposium 2013

Adaptive Management in Action

Held Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Photo credit: Ben Young Landis

• Agenda (PDF)
• Abstracts (PDF)
• 10 Year Anniversary Science Tribute Video
• Presentations
• Posters
• Session Videos

10 Year Anniversary Science Tribute Video

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Presentations

Introduction

• 10 Year Anniversary Science Tribute Video (15 minutes)
• Symposium Introduction
  John Bourgeois, Executive Project Manager
  Laura Valoppi, Lead Scientist
  

Session 1: Sediment Dynamics

• Does Central Valley runoff control sediment supply to South San Francisco Bay?
  Dave Schoellhamer, USGS
• Sediment Dynamics and Vegetation Recruitment in Newly Restored Salt Ponds
  Evyan Borgnis, SFU
• Restoration with Accelerated Sea Level Rise—Sediment Limited?
  Bruce Jaffe, USGS
• Getting ahead of Sea Level Rise: use of upland fill material
  Eric Mruz, USFWS

Session 2: Mercury Remobilization and Bioaccumulation

• The South Bay Mercury Project: Using Biosentinels to Monitor Effects of Wetland Restoration for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project
  Josh Ackerman, USGS
• The South Bay Mercury Project: Using Small Fish in Alviso Slough to Monitor Downstream Effects of Wetland Restoration in the South Bay Salt Ponds
  Darrel Slotton, UC Davis
• An Examination of Mercury Mobilization and Transformation Associated With Wetland Restoration in South San Francisco Bay
  Mark Marvin DiPasquale, USGS
• Changes in Management of Pond A8 in Response to Mercury Results
  John Bourgeois, SCC

Session 3: Bird Use of Pond Habitats

• Waterbird Response to Pond Management
  John Takekawa, USGS
• California Gull Population Growth and Response to Pond A6 Breach
  Catherine Burns, SFBBO
• Monitoring Western Snowy Plovers in South Bay Salt Ponds: recent results and future research needs
  Christina Donehower, SFBBO
• Balancing Waterbird Protection and Public Access
  Jana Sokale, Consultant
• Changes in Management of Ponds in Response to Bird Research Results
  Cheryl Strong, USFWS

Session 4: Bird Use of Islands

• Factors Influencing Breeding Waterbird Use of Islands in San Francisco Bay
  Alex Hartman, USGS
• Migratory and Wintering Waterbird Use of Islands within the South Bay Salt Ponds
  Lacy Smith, USGS
• Response of Waterbirds to Salt Pond Enhancements and Island Creation in the San Francisco Bay
  Stacy Moskal, USGS
• E12-E13 Design Revisions, Informed by Science, Implemented in Design and Construction: Island Design and foraging/roosting enhancements
  John Krause, CDFW

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Posters

• Tidal Marsh Revegetation by Design: Rapid Enhancement of Habitat to Benefit California Clapper Rail
  Jeanne Hammond et al.
• Tidal Marsh Restoration Program in Support of California Clapper Rail in the San Francisco Estuary
  Katy Zaremba et al.
• Transitional Plant Community Restoration Around Pond A6
  David Thomson and Aidona Kakouros
• Conserving San Francisco Bay's Waterbirds: three decades in a rapidly changing landscape
  Vanessa Tobias
• San Francisco Bay Transition Zone Conservation and Management Preliminary Decision Support System (DSS)
  Brian Fulfrost and David Thomson
• Landscape Analysis of the South Bay
  Kristen Cayce et al.
• Using Biosentienls to Assess Methylmercury Risk in Wetland Restoration Projects
  April Robinson et al.
• Seed dispersal in the Eden Landing salt ponds complex: the influence of landscape
  Dylan Chapple
• Evolution of community–based restoration techniques for transition zone habitat at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve
  Jon Backus and Jack States
• Bathymetric change surrounding the Alviso pond complex: 2010-2012
  Amy Foxgrover et al.

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Thanks to USGS for providing facilities and the conference video; and to the following sponsors of Symposium refreshments:

Organized by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey and California Coastal Conservancy