SCCWRP has completed a year-long effort to interview more than 1,600 San Diego Bay anglers about their fish consumption habits for a study that will ascertain whether local anglers and … More
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San Diego Bay bioaccumulation study nearing completion
A three-year study that quantifies how sediment contamination in San Diego Bay is transferred through various levels of the marine food web has completed its first phase of data analysis … More
SCCWRP unveils algaeMetrics tool to simplify algae-based bioassessment calculations
SCCWRP has created a free online tool to help Southern California stream managers and scientists automatically generate stream bioassessment scores using raw algae data collected from wadeable streams. The algaeMetrics … More
Bight ’13 regional monitoring wrapping up major elements
Three of the five elements of the Southern California Bight 2013 Regional Monitoring Program are winding down as a series of final assessment reports is published over the next few weeks. … More
Human fecal contamination sources identified at Inner Cabrillo Beach during QMRA study
A SCCWRP-led effort to use a health risk modeling approach known as Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) at Inner Cabrillo Beach in Los Angeles County has turned up evidence that … More
SCCWRP to test new EPA health risk model at Inner Cabrillo Beach
SCCWRP in May will launch a first-of-its-kind study aimed at ascertaining whether high fecal indicator bacteria Ievels at Inner Cabrillo Beach in the Los Angeles Harbor area are indicative of … More
First phase wraps up for West Coast acidification model development
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 have successfully completed the first phase … More
SCCWRP to present preliminary results for source tracking study
SCCWRP in February will present the preliminary findings of a microbial source tracking study intended to gauge the relative degradation rates of pathogens, fecal indicator bacteria and source-associated markers in … More
Water-quality model calibrated for Santa Margarita River estuary
SCCWRP and its partners have completed calibrating a new water-quality model that will be used to study nutrient loading in the Santa Margarita River estuary in northern San Diego County. … More
SCCWRP, partners seeking comments on framework for assessing nutrient overenrichment in S.F. Bay
SCCWRP and its partners are seeking public comment on a draft of a scientific assessment framework that will be used for assessing the effects of nutrient overenrichment in San Francisco … More