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First large-scale CEC screening study targeting marine environment incorporated into Bight ’18

Bioanalytical cell screening assays and non-targeted chemical analysis are being used for the first time to screen for CECs across the Southern California Bight as part of an expanded Bight … More

Discussions underway on how to implement proposed recycled water policy

in Bioanalytical Cell Screening Assays, Climate Change Research Plan, Emerging Contaminants Comments are Disabled

Water recycling agencies and State Water Board staff have begun discussing how to implement a proposed statewide policy that would require recycled water to be monitored using bioanalytical cell screening … More

Preliminary modeling tool unveiled to predict sea level rise’s impacts on wetlands

in Climate Change, Sea Level Rise Comments are Disabled

SCCWRP and its partners have developed a preliminary computer modeling tool that enables coastal resources managers to predict how low-lying wetlands in Upper Newport Bay and the Tijuana River Estuary … More

Study finds oxidative stress in pteropods could serve as early-warning indicator of climate change’s biological impacts

in Climate Change, Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Comments are Disabled

SCCWRP and its partners have completed a two-year study showing that pteropods, or sea snails, experience cellular and physiological stress as a result of multiple stressors exposure related to climate … More

In Washington’s Puget Sound, researchers have cultivated an underwater kelp forest – demarcated by floating buoys in the photo above – to assess whether kelp forests could alleviate the corrosive impacts of ocean acidification on vulnerable marine animals.

Study evaluating potential of kelp forests to offset impacts of coastal ocean acidification

in Climate Change, Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Comments are Disabled

West Coast researchers have completed the first year of field work for a three-year study examining whether planted kelp forests in Washington’s Puget Sound could help protect vulnerable shell-forming organisms … More

Effort launched to develop acidification thresholds for echinoderms

in Climate Change, Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Comments are Disabled

SCCWRP and its partners have launched an effort to develop expert consensus on biologically relevant thresholds at which sea stars, urchins and other echinoderms can be expected to experience adverse … More

The carapace, or external shell, of Dungeness crab larvae show signs of shell dissolution as a result of exposure to ocean acidification in the natural environment. Above, extensive pit marks are visible on a carapace magnified 11,000 times under the scanning electron microscope – a sign that its carbonate crystals are dissolving.

Signs of shell dissolution detected in Dungeness crab larvae

in Climate Change, Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Comments are Disabled

Researchers have detected signs of dissolution in the carapace, or external shell, of Dungeness crab larvae in response to ocean acidification in the natural environment, the first such documentation that … More

Member agencies provide feedback to improve West Coast acidification model’s accuracy

in Climate Change, Eutrophication, Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Comments are Disabled

SCCWRP’s member agencies provided feedback in June to a team of West Coast ocean modelers on how to assess uncertainty in a computer model that predicts how the region’s coastal … More

Environmental flow targets developed to protect Santa Clara River Estuary

in Climate Change, Ecohydrology Comments are Disabled

A scientific review panel that includes participation by SCCWRP has completed an analysis of the environmental flow needs of the Santa Clara River Estuary. The flow target analysis, completed in … More

Stream geomorphology data being collected to aid watershed managers in setting flow targets

in Ecohydrology Comments are Disabled

SCCWRP and its partners have begun field sampling at coastal stream sites across California to collect data on geomorphic structure, part of an ongoing effort to develop a standardized framework … More

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