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Greetings IEP Community Members,

Below is a list of newly published or updated IEP datasets and recently published papers from IEP partners.

If you have something you'd like to share with the IEP community, please contact us at iep@wildlife.ca.gov.

IEP Datasets

Listed below are three recently published or updated IEP datasets on EDI from IEP Program Elements.

• IEP Program Element 062 – The Quantitative Analysis of Stomach Contents and Body Weight for Pelagic Fishes (aka The Diet and Condition Study)
  • This group recently published their new Delta smelt diet dataset on EDI.
    • Burdi, C.E., N.K. Ugbah, S.B. Slater, T.L. Bippus, D. Anaya, M.W. Johnson, and J.A. Jimenez. 2026. Interagency Ecological Program: Delta Smelt Diet Data collected in the San Francisco Estuary ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/20501215a5c73b1260ad847f266ced6e (Accessed 2026-06-09)
• IEP Program Element 077 – Upper Estuary Zooplankton Sampling (aka Zooplankton Study)
  • This group recently published their new zooplankton dataset on EDI.
    • Shaw, C.T. 2026. Interagency Ecological Program Zooplankton Study ver 14. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/3678dfea5b965f8ef408f58803fbb11b (Accessed 2026-06-11).
• IEP Program Element 353 – The Fish Facilities Monitoring Project
  • They recently updated their Fish Facilities Salvage Data, San Francisco, California 1993-2025 on EDI.
    • Afentoulis, V., G. Aasen, W. Griffiths, T. Celeste, T.D. Malinich, S. Siddiqui, and L. Damon. 2026. Fish Facilities Salvage Data, San Francisco, California, 1993-2025 ver 9. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/f1da5e94135634b7f601be6379dda133 (Accessed 2026-06-11).

Publications

Listed below are three recently published papers from the U.S. Geological Survey highlighting some of their activities in the Bay-Delta.

• Designs for Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California
  • This is a preprint article available on the Earth and Space Science Open Archive.
    • Keith Bouma-Gregson, Lisa V Lucas, Andrea Jaegge, et al. Designs for Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California. ESS Open Archive. 05 December 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.176495220.03206867/v1
• An Integrated Sensor Network and Data Driven Approach to Satellite Remote Sensing of Dissolved Organic Matter
  • This is an open access article.
    • Avouris, D. M., Hestir, E. L., Fleck, J., Hansen, J. A., & Bergamaschi, B. A. (2025). An integrated sensor network and data driven approach to satellite remote sensing of dissolved organic matter. Earth and Space Science, 12, e2024EA004048. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EA004048
• Estimating Biogeochemical Rates Using a Computationally Efficient Lagrangian Approach
  • This is an open access article.
    • Gross, E., Holleman, R., Kimmerer, W. et al. Estimating Biogeochemical Rates Using a Computationally Efficient Lagrangian Approach. Estuaries and Coasts 47, 1435–1455 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-024-01381-4