Science

South Bay Science Symposium 2011

Research Supporting Restoration of the South Bay

Presentations

Introduction

• Symposium Introduction
  John Bourgeois, Executive Project Manager
  Laura Valoppi, Lead Scientist

Session 1 - Sediment Dynamics and Physical Processes

• Sediment Flux in the Southern Reach of San Francisco Bay: Implications for Habitat Restoration
  Gregory Shellenbarger, USGS
• Mudflat Loss during South San Francisco Bay Salt Pond Restoration – Regional and Global Perspectives on Initial Post-Restoration Changes
  Bruce Jaffe, USGS
• Using Remote Sensing to Map the Evolution of Marsh Vegetation in the South Bay of San Francisco: methods and Results for 2009 -10
  Brian Fulfrost, Design, Community and Environment
• Cooley Landing Restoration: 10 years after
  Ron Duke, H. T. Harvey and Associates

Session 2 - Aquatic Species

• Pre-and Post-Salt Pond Restoration Assessment of Benthic Communities in South San Francisco Bay
  Jan Thompson, USGS
• Temporal and Spatial Changes in Benthic Invertebrate Prey Availability on the Shoals off Pond SF2 in San Francisco Bay
  Isa Woo, USGS
• Monitoring the Response of Fish Assemblages to Restoration in the South Bay Salt Ponds
  Jim Hobbs, UC Davis

Session 3 - Bird Use of Changing Habitats

• Shorebird and Duck Responses to Pond Management in the South Bay Salt Ponds
  Arriana Brand, USGS
• Reproductive Ecology of Waterbirds within the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project
  Mark Herzog, USGS
• Determining the Effects of Habitat Enhancements on Predators for Western Snowy Plover
  Caitlin Robinson-Nilsen, SFBBO
• Nesting Snowy Plover Response to New Trail Use
  Lynne Trulio, SJSU

Session 4 - Constraints on Marsh Restoration

• Restoration and Control of Invasive Spartina in the San Francisco Estuary
  Peggy Olofson, SF Estuary ISP
• The California Gull: Challenges and Opportunities for Restoration
  Cheryl Strong, USFWS
• The Effects of Wetland Restoration on Mercury Bioaccumulation in the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: Using the Biosentinel Toolbox to Monitor Changes Across Multiple Habitats and Spatial Scales
  Mark Marvin-DiPasquale, USGS
• Sea-level Rise Effects on Salt Marshes and Endemic Wildlife of San Francisco Bay
  John Takekawa, USGS

Posters

• Restoring Tidal Marsh-Upland Ecotones in South San Francisco
  David Thompson et al.
• Invasive Spartina: >85% Reduction in SF Bay
  Ingrid Hogle et al.
• South San Francisco Bay Weed Management Plan 2010 Invasive Weed Inventory
  Meg Marriott et al.
• Inventory of Vegetation Spectral Properties in the South Bay Salt Ponds: A Database For Enhancing Decision Support And Restoration Mapping
  Ann Watson et al.
• Modeling Sediment Deposition For Predicting Marsh Habitat Development
  Michelle Newcomer et al.
• Integrating Avian Datasets For Management, Modeling, And Visualization
  T. Fonseca et al.
• Integrating Biological and Physical Processes to Predict the Impact of Sea- Level Rise on Tidal Marsh Habitat
  K.M. Swanson et al.
• Hydrodynamic Simulations Of Salt Pond Restoration Activities In South San Francisco Bay
  Rusty Holleman et al.
• Pond A18: What Happens When You Stop Making Salt ?
  Ryan Mayfield
• Population Change in Wintering Shorebirds in San Francisco Bay
  across Two Decades
  Julian K. Wood et al.
• Beyond Searsville Dam
  beyondsearsvilledam.org
• Managing Salt Ponds to Increase Waterbird Nesting Habitat While Minimizing Methyl Mercury Biomagnification
  Ackerman et al.
• Seasonal Dynamics of Surface Water Mercury Speciation and Partitioning in Two Contrasting South San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds: The Influence of Primary Production
  Marvin-DiPasquale et al.
• Seasonal and tidal patterns in survival of California clapper rails: Will floating islands mediate the effects of critically limiting high tide refugia?
  Cory T. Overton et al.