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The project will model how changes in river flow patterns and water temperatures affect the migration of endangered green sturgeon in California's rivers, helping management agencies better balance the needs of both people and fish. By combining extensive green sturgeon tracking data with environmental measurements, the project will create tools that will inform water management decisions, ultimately working to protect these ancient fish while maintaining water supplies for human needs.

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This project aims to develop and validate tools to better monitor harmful cyanobacterial blooms in California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta by creating an image classification model that can consistently classify bloom severity from photos. By improving and standardizing how these blooms are monitored, the project will help water managers and communities better track and respond to potentially harmful algal blooms that affect water quality and public health.

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This project will use citizen science to study and quantify non-fishing deaths of sturgeon in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary, with a particular focus on ship strikes in the Carquinez Strait. Through a combination of public reporting, mark-recapture studies and analysis of sturgeon carcasses, the research aims to better understand the scope of sturgeon mortality beyond recreational fishing, which is crucial information for protecting these threatened species.

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