Aquatic Health Content / Aquatic Health Content for аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis en Clams and Water Pumping Explain Phytoplankton Decline in San Francisco Estuary /climate/news/clams-and-water-pumping-explain-phytoplankton-decline-san-francisco-estuary <p>A combination of invasive clams and water pumping explains the drastic suppression of phytoplankton in the San Francisco Estuary, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. &nbsp;</p> <p>Previous studies linked fish declines in the estuary in part to a limited supply of phytoplankton. These tiny microscopic algae make up the base of the food web: Fish eat zooplankton, which eat phytoplankton. &nbsp;</p> April 08, 2019 - 4:27pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/clams-and-water-pumping-explain-phytoplankton-decline-san-francisco-estuary Plastic for Dinner: A Quarter of Fish Sold at Markets Contain Human-Made Debris /news/plastic-dinner-quarter-fish-sold-markets-contain-human-made-debris <p>Roughly a quarter of the fish sampled from fish markets in California and Indonesia contained human-made debris — plastic or fibrous material — in their guts, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, and Hasanuddin University in Indonesia.</p> <p>The study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, is one of the first to directly link plastic and human-made debris to the fish on consumers’ dinner plates.</p> September 24, 2015 - 9:05am IET WebDev /news/plastic-dinner-quarter-fish-sold-markets-contain-human-made-debris