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Study exploring how to dramatically streamline stream causal assessments

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SCCWRP and its partners have begun test-driving a novel approach to assessing stream health that has the potential to shave a year or more off the time required to determine … More

Study sheds light on how to improve DNA sequencing analysis methods to ID organisms

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SCCWRP and its partners have completed a two-year study shedding light on best-practices approaches for analyzing raw DNA sequencing data to identify the organisms present in an environmental sample, the … More

Researchers are exploring how the structure and composition of bacterial communities in California streams, including the Santa Margarita River, above, could be used to provide more holistic insights into a stream’s overall ecological health. Stream managers already collect bacteria as part of their routine algae sampling programs.

Stream food webs to be examined in study to better integrate stream assessment tools

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SCCWRP and its partners have launched a three-year effort to better integrate stream condition assessment tools in California by examining how ecological stress alters the complexity and interconnectedness of stream … More

A field crew counts and classifies trash particles in the Los Angeles River as part of the Southern California Bight 2013 Regional Monitoring Program. SCCWRP and its partners have kicked off an effort to bring statewide standardization to how trash is tracked in watersheds.

Study launched to develop standardized approaches for tracking trash in watersheds

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SCCWRP and its partners have kicked off a three-year study to develop standardized statewide approaches for tracking the levels and types of trash found in watersheds. Researchers’ goal is to … More

An analysis of the Algal Stream Condition Index (ASCI) scoring tool by the Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition (SMC) found that streams that scored low with the ASCI are found predominantly in the urban or agricultural areas of coastal Southern California, while streams with high scores tend to be clustered in the mountain regions. These insights are among the findings published in a new SMC report intended to help stream managers understand the implications of new and proposed changes to statewide stream policies.

Management impacts of stream biointegrity policies explored in new SMC report

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The Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition (SMC) has released a comprehensive new report chronicling how the region’s stream management community will potentially be impacted by new and proposed changes to … More

Effort launched to better characterize linkage between bioassays and biological impacts in fish

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SCCWRP and its partners are launching a new round of exploratory work on bioanalytical cell screening technology to better understand how these assays can be adapted to provide early evidence … More

Bioanalytical cell screening assays will be used for the first time in the Southern California Bight Regional Monitoring Program to screen for bioactive chemical contaminants in seafloor sediment. Bight ’18 participants have decided to test-drive this prototype technology as part of the program’s commitment to examine new and emerging developments in environmental science.

Bight ’18 keeps focus on key issues of management concern

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More than 80 environmental agencies will examine new and emerging developments in water-quality science and management during the 2018 cycle of the Southern California Bight Regional Monitoring Program, which initiates … More

A passive sampling device consisting of rings of polyethylene sheets is deployed into San Diego Bay on a mooring. The device, which measures the concentration of legacy contaminants like PCBs and DDTs in the water column, is being used for a study examining the origins of contaminants found in San Diego Bay fish.

New study probes origins of legacy sediment contaminants that bioaccumulate in fish

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SCCWRP and its partners have launched a two-year study to investigate whether legacy contaminants that occur in the tissue of fish in San Diego Bay are coming exclusively from contaminated … More

Recycled water is sometimes placed into holding ponds, such as this one in Santa Clara County in Northern California, to allow the water to gradually infiltrate into groundwater. California’s policy on how to monitor CECs in recycled water was recently revisited by an expert advisory panel facilitated by SCCWRP.

CEC panel informs proposed update to recycled water policy

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The State Water Board will consider updating California’s policy on monitoring contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in recycled water as early as this year based on the findings of an … More

Resolution of West Coast acidification model being increased to improve accuracy

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West Coast researchers working to develop a computer model that predicts how the region’s coastal waters will be affected by ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) have decided to increase the … More

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