Participants of the Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program’s Microbiology element have begun laboratory training for a study that will evaluate the relevance and reliability of using coliphage viruses … More
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Effort launched to develop prototype causal assessment screening tool
SCCWRP and its partners in October began developing a management tool for rapidly narrowing down potential causes of degraded ecological condition in California streams and coastal waters, part of an … More
Round 1 field sampling completed for study probing origins of sediment contaminants that bioaccumulate in fish
SCCWRP and its partners have completed the first round of field sampling for a two-year study investigating whether legacy contaminants found in the tissue of San Diego Bay fish are … More
Study shows flow classification tool can be adapted to distinguish intermittent and ephemeral streams in Southwest
SCCWRP and its partners have shown in a proof-of-concept study that a flow classification tool that can rapidly distinguish intermittent streams from ephemeral streams in the Pacific Northwest is feasible … More
Framework approved to assess sediment’s impacts on humans
The State Water Board has approved a standardized sediment assessment framework intended to better protect the health of humans who consume seafood caught in California’s enclosed bays and estuaries, the … More
Coastal vulnerability to storm surge being documented at 10 sites
SCCWRP and its project partners have begun using camera stations and water-level loggers set up at 10 Southern California sites to collect data on how El Nino storm surges this … More
Workgroup for San Diego flow ecology study begins meeting
SCCWRP in November facilitated the inaugural meeting of a San Diego-area workgroup that will be working to ascertain the minimum flow requirements necessary to sustain the ecological health of streams … More
SMC conducting trash surveys in watersheds to support Bight ’18
The Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition (SMC) has launched trash sampling surveys in wadeable streams across coastal Southern California to support the Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program’s efforts … More
Bight ’18 field sampling underway to assess sediment quality
The sampling window for the Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program opened July 1, with participants starting to collect seafloor sediments to evaluate the chemical, toxicological and biological health … More
Sampling underway for study examining uniqueness of microbial community inside sewer vs. storm drain
SCCWRP and its partners have begun collecting samples from San Diego-area sanitary sewer and storm drain systems for a study investigating whether a unique microbial community is found inside each … More