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Bight ’13 toxicity sampling begins with collecting grab samples in summer 2013 (top left and bottom left), then exposing amphipods (top right) to a layer of surface sediment in a beaker (bottom right) to study their survival rates.

Bight ’13 toxicity data suggest sediment quality is improving

in Regional Monitoring, Sediment Quality Comments are Disabled

Sediment toxicity testing conducted as part of the 2013 Southern California Bight Regional Monitoring Program has revealed evidence of continuing improvement to sediment quality, according to the findings of the … More

SCCWRP applies bioassessment index to streams statewide

in Bioassessment, Indices of Biotic Integrity, Regional Monitoring Comments are Disabled

A new scoring tool that was developed to assess the biological condition of California’s wadeable streams has been applied for the first time to all wadeable streams statewide, with the … More

SCCWRP hosts transcontinental stormwater management workshop in India

in Runoff Water Quality Comments are Disabled

Leading stormwater scientists from across three continents came together at a SCCWRP-facilitated forum in India in March to discuss more effective ways to capture and use rainfall runoff in drought-prone … More

SCCWRP’s Darcy VanDervort processes receiving water samples to prepare them for screening with a bioassay developed by SCCWRP. The CEC bioassay is the first level of screening within a new, multi-tiered CEC assessment framework.

Pilot study launched to test SCCWRP’s new CEC monitoring framework statewide

in Bioanalytical Cell Screening Assays, Emerging Contaminants, Top News Comments are Disabled

SCCWRP has launched a three-year pilot study to evaluate its newly developed CEC monitoring framework across Southern California watersheds, an effort to understand how to effectively apply the framework to … More

Pinto Lake in Santa Cruz County is tainted a murky greenish color by toxic cyanobacteria. HAB events in Pinto Lake have triggered the recreational water body to be placed on the state’s 303(d) listing of impaired water bodies. A new statewide strategy co-authored by SCCWRP aims to help aquatic resource managers respond to and mitigate HAB events across California.

HAB experts develop statewide strategy for responding to toxic cyanobacterial blooms

in Eutrophication, Harmful Algal Blooms, Top News Comments are Disabled

A group of scientific experts on harmful algal blooms in California has developed a statewide strategy for responding to HABs and mitigating their impacts in water bodies across California. The … More

Expert panel urges action on West Coast ocean acidification

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Global carbon dioxide emissions are triggering fundamental changes to ocean chemistry along the North American West Coast that should be addressed through immediate and decisive management actions, including development of … More

Above, Vev Jackson, a PrecisionHawk UAS pilot, prepares to launch a fixed-wing UAS for a high-altitude test flight in the San Bernardino Mountains in January. The team was testing the use of a multispectral camera system at an elevation of 6,500 feet near Big Bear along the upper Santa Ana River.

SCCWRP testing utility of remote sensing to assess hydromodification risk

in Ecohydrology Comments are Disabled

SCCWRP has partnered with Orange County Public Works and the manufacturer of a professional-grade unmanned aerial system equipped with sensors to begin conducting high-resolution mapping of waterways susceptible to hydromodification. … More

SCCWRP, partners launching outreach campaign for OAH modeling

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A team of scientists that is developing a predictive model examining how the West Coast is impacted by ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) will launch a public outreach campaign in … More

Dr. Raphael Kudela of the University of California, Santa Cruz, delivers the HABs conference’s opening plenary session in the Grand Salon ballroom of the Queen Mary in Long Beach. All five days of the Eighth Symposium on Harmful Algae in the U.S. took place on the historic ocean liner.

Harmful algae conference focuses on research, strategy

in Eutrophication, Harmful Algal Blooms Comments are Disabled

Researchers and environmental managers working to understand and address the threat of harmful algal blooms (HABs) across the nation coalesced in Long Beach in November for a five-day national scientific … More

Caballero Creek, a channelized, algae-filled stream in the Los Angeles watershed, exemplifies severe habitat alteration and nutrient enrichment, which are two of the main factors believed to be responsible for the biological degradation of 75% of Southern California’s 4,300 miles of perennial streams. A SCCWRP-facilitated monitoring study from 2009 to 2013 indicated that the biological condition of the streams showed no signs of improvement over the five-year period.

Stream survey tracks biological degradation across Southern California

in Bioassessment, Indices of Biotic Integrity, Regional Monitoring, Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition, Top News Comments are Disabled

A five-year monitoring study of Southern California’s perennial wadeable streams has found that 75% of the region’s 4,300 miles of streams are degraded, with no discernable improvements in the health … More

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