1. Foodweb support for the threatened Delta smelt: your title here A. A. Author 1, B. B. Author 1, C. C. Author 2, D. D. Author 2 1 Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Sciences, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, CA 2 Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT [MAXIMUM ~300 words] interesting conclusion 1 text text text text text text blah blah blah blah blah blah REALLY interesting conclusion 2 text text text text text text blah blah blah blah blah blah blah can’t-believe-what-we-found conclusion 3 text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text Really?? text text text text text text blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Whoa! text text text text text text blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Results Summary of trend/finding blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah [MAXIMUM ~200 words] Example of ~200 words: This collaborative research program is underway to characterize the foodweb of the low salinity zone (LSZ) of the northern San Francisco Estuary (SFE). Recent evidence indicates that several species of estuarine fish, including Delta Smelt (and their copepod prey), may be food limited, suggesting a link between their declines and changes at lower trophic levels. [MAXIMUM ~200 words] Yatta yatta yatta Yatta yatta yatta Yatta yatta yatta Yatta yatta yatta Yatta yatta yatta Yatta yatta yatta Yatta yatta yatta Yatta yatta yatta Yatta yatta yatta Yatta yatta yatta Yatta yatta yatta Yatta yatta yatta text text tex text text text text text text text text tex text text text text text text text text tex text text text text text text text text tex text text text text text text text text tex text text text Highlight of trend/finding blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah [MAXIMUM ~40 words] The authors wish to thank Captain David Morgan and David Bell for their assistance aboard R/V Questuary, as well as the Captain and crew of R/V Polaris. Add additional acknowledgments here. Funding for this project was provided by CALFED Science Program Grant # SCI-05-C107. Field photo Field photo(s) [MAXIMUM ~10 citations] Author(s). Year. Title blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Journal vol: page-page. Conclusions and implications Materials and methods Introduction Acknowledgments Literature cited [MAXIMUM ~20 words] e-mail addresses, web site addresses, URL for PDF version of poster ?? Further information Lab photo Exogenous organic carbon likely provides important support to the LSZ foodweb. Our research examines the base of the foodweb, from phytoplankton and bacteria to copepods, in the LSZ. These data result from the first year of a 2-year field sampling program that focuses on weekly sampling cruises during two periods when larval, juvenile, and adult delta smelt are present. During spring, our emphasis is on the spring bloom and on the potential influence of ammonium concentration on nitrate uptake and therefore growth of phytoplankton. During summer, we emphasize the grazing by zooplankton on alternative food sources including phytoplankton and ciliates, and the role of lysis of freshwater phytoplankton in fueling the foodweb. At all times we are collecting data on growth and loss rates of the major components of the planktonic system, and periodically on the grazing impact by C. amurensis. Data trends/findings blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Parameter/genus Whatever TBD Data trends/findings blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah [MAXIMUM ~200 words] Field photo Logo(s) or fun photo for balance San Francisco Bay and Delta Suisun Bay San Pablo Bay Sacramento River San Joaquin River San Francisco 020 Kilometers Carquinez Strait CA sampling area 0.5-5 psu Mar-Aug 2006