Estuaries as Labs: Lessons from Recent Large Scale Flow Experiments in the Upper San Francisco Estuary

Ted Sommer received his PhD from University of California at Davis, where he studied under noted fisheries biologist Dr. Peter Moyle.His dissertation and a key topic of his research since then has been on the ecology of the Yolo Bypass floodplain.Dr. Sommer is the Lead Scientist for the California Department of Water Resources, where he helps guide the department's aquatic science efforts, particularly for the Delta and its tributaries. He is a leading researcher on native fishes, withstudies on salmon biology, pelagic fishes, floodplain ecology, food webs, and hydrology.Since 2001 Dr. Sommer has published more than 50 research articles in peer-reviewed scientific publications.

Speaker: Dr. Ted Sommer, California Department of Water Resources