Huge thanks to @fishteph.bsky.social, @albertruhi.bsky.social, and former technician Tyler Marino. This project was truly a team effort!

Assessing risk across species and at fine spatial and temporal scales can help pinpoint management priorities to protect estuarine food webs and guide limited conservation resources

We also found that fishes are accumulating risk faster than their zooplankton prey during key times of year. A pattern that hints at the potential for trophic mismatches that could affect the whole food web. We also found strong spatial patterns, with the strongest divergence in more saline regions.

By modeling how long-term population trends and variability impact decline probability, we examined how risk fluctuates throughout the year for age-0 fishes. We found that risk can vary from month to month, highlighting that risk might not be consistent even within the same life stage.

I'm giving a talk about our work modeling the potential effects of sea otter restoration to the San Francisco Estuary on Thursday in the Restoration Ecology session. Come check it out!

Read the full story here -> aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... Thanks to the the International Associated Laboratory "MacLife" for funding! CC @matbuoro.bsky.social @fishteph.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social