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This project combines several advanced computer models to identify potential cases of “maladaptation”' in water management — when changes made to adapt to climate change inadvertently create new problems for communities or ecosystems. The goal is to create practical decision-making tools that will help water managers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and potentially other regions, make better choices as they navigate an uncertain climate future.

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This project will use an approach known as agent-based modeling — which analyzes the way many individual decisions weave together into collective outcomes — to examine the potential impacts of policy decisions about Central Valley water. This will allow policymakers to make more informed decisions that will strengthen the region’s ecological and economic health.

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This project will study how the surgical implantation of acoustic transmitters impacts longfin smelt — providing essential information that will inform further study of an imperiled and essential species. Understanding how these fish move through the San Francisco Estuary could help protect them from extinction and aid their recovery.

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