A Fish Story: Hot Water and Dangerous Behavior!

Climate change is warming up water all over the world, including in San Francisco Estuary. This has caused fish who live there to their behavior unexpected ways. All animals, fish, have regular and specialized behaviors that help them survive. Fish swim, by themselves or groups, move safer habitats, find food mates, just avoid danger. Scientists worry changes these brought on will make estuaries less safe for rare endangered like delta smelt. In Estuary, we found warmer waters smelt swim faster further away from neighbors, be eaten more often predators. could hurt ability of survive future.