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Interagency Ecological Program Zooplankton Study

Published by California Department of Fish and Wildlife | State of California | Catalog Last Checked: October 24, 2026 at 08:46 PM | Dataset Last Updated: June 08, 2026
The Zooplankton Study was implemented in 1972 to assess food resources available to fish in the upper San Francisco Estuary (SFE). Mandated by the State Water Resources Control Board's Water Right Decision D-1641, the study is conducted jointly by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the California Department of Water Resources under the guidance and management of the Interagency Ecological Program. For over five decades, this study has monitored the zooplankton community in the region, tracking abundance trends and distributional patterns, detecting and monitoring introduced species, and documenting changes in community composition. The Zooplankton Study uses three gear types to sample macro-, meso-, and micro-zooplankton across the upper SFE on a monthly basis. ## About This Federated Record This CNRA Open Data Platform record is based on metadata federated from the Environmental Data Initiative (EDI) Data Portal. Its purpose is to improve the discoverability of the data package through the CNRA Open Data Platform. The EDI Data Portal is the repository of record for this data package. Metadata, resource links, and supporting information displayed here may not reflect the latest updates available in EDI. Resources shown here—including Full Metadata, Provenance, and Data Quality Report—are provided to help users understand and evaluate the data package and the supporting information available from EDI. For the current data package, citation, DOI, data files, metadata, provenance, data quality documentation, revision history, and other supporting information, refer to the EDI data package landing page: https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/metadataviewer?packageid=edi.522.14&key=vqSpNwnbe91Bi8trB5RY25CoPD4 Access requirements, permissions, and authorization policies for resources hosted by EDI are established and managed independently of the CNRA Open Data Platform.

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contactPoint 
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}
description The Zooplankton Study was implemented in 1972 to assess food resources available to fish in the upper San Francisco Estuary (SFE). Mandated by the State Water Resources Control Board's Water Right Decision D-1641, the study is conducted jointly by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the California Department of Water Resources under the guidance and management of the Interagency Ecological Program. For over five decades, this study has monitored the zooplankton community in the region, tracking abundance trends and distributional patterns, detecting and monitoring introduced species, and documenting changes in community composition. The Zooplankton Study uses three gear types to sample macro-, meso-, and micro-zooplankton across the upper SFE on a monthly basis. ## About This Federated Record This CNRA Open Data Platform record is based on metadata federated from the Environmental Data Initiative (EDI) Data Portal. Its purpose is to improve the discoverability of the data package through the CNRA Open Data Platform. The EDI Data Portal is the repository of record for this data package. Metadata, resource links, and supporting information displayed here may not reflect the latest updates available in EDI. Resources shown here—including Full Metadata, Provenance, and Data Quality Report—are provided to help users understand and evaluate the data package and the supporting information available from EDI. For the current data package, citation, DOI, data files, metadata, provenance, data quality documentation, revision history, and other supporting information, refer to the EDI data package landing page: https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/metadataviewer?packageid=edi.522.14&key=vqSpNwnbe91Bi8trB5RY25CoPD4 Access requirements, permissions, and authorization policies for resources hosted by EDI are established and managed independently of the CNRA Open Data Platform.
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identifier 3fd83ce4-9ae0-4d00-b8b8-47b022e5b2a6
issued 2026-06-08
keyword 
[
  "CDFW",
  "California Department of Fish and Wildlife",
  "EMP",
  "IEP",
  "Interagency Ecological Program for the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary",
  "abundance",
  "amphipod",
  "calanoid",
  "california department of fish and wildlife",
  "chlorophyll a",
  "cladocera",
  "clarke-bumpus",
  "conductivity",
  "copepod",
  "cyclopoid",
  "depth",
  "dissolved oxygen",
  "long term monitoring",
  "mysid",
  "nauplii",
  "rotifer",
  "salinity",
  "secchi",
  "temperature",
  "water quality",
  "zooplankton"
]
license http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
modified 2026-06-08
publisher 
{
  "name": "California Department of Fish and Wildlife",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
theme 
[
  "Natural Resources"
]
title Interagency Ecological Program Zooplankton Study

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