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Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals. SFEI Contribution No. 330. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, Calif./S.F. Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, Oakland, Calif. p 328.
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2015. The Baylands and Climate Change: What We Can Do. Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Science Update 2015. California State Coastal Conservancy: Oakland, CA.
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Bay Area Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program (Abstract, SOE 2001). San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Bay Area Wetlands Ecosystem Goals Project: Key Baylands Species. SFEI Contribution No. 121. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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Bay Area Wetlands Ecosystem Goals Project: Key Baylands Habitats. SFEI Contribution No. 122. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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Bay Area Wetlands Ecosystem Goals Project: Draft Functional Correspondence between Past and Present Key Habitats. SFEI Contribution No. 123. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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Bay Area Green Infrastructure Water Quality Synthesis. SFEI Contribution No. 922. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.
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Bay Area Aquatic Resources Inventory (BAARI) . SFEI Contribution No. 746. p 79.
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Bay 2017 Bay RMP Field Sampling Report. SFEI Contribution No. 849. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.
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Bathymetric change analysis in San Francisco Bay, California, from 1971 to 2020. United States Geological Survey Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center: Santa Cruz, CA.
2023. This data release provides bathymetric change grids of four geographic areas of San Francisco Bay, California, comparing digital elevation models (DEMs) created from bathymetric data collected in the 1970s and 1980s with DEMs created from bathymetric data collected in the 2010s and 2020. These types of change analyses can provide information on the quantities and patterns of erosion and deposition in San Francisco Bay over the 9 to 47 years between surveys, and they reveals that the bay floor lost about 34 million cubic meters of sediment between the intervening time period. Results from this study can be used to assess how San Francisco Bay has responded to changes in the system such as sea-level rise and variation in sediment supply from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and local tributaries, and supports the creation of a new, system-wide sediment budget. These bathymetric change grids can also provide data to ecosystem managers about the quantities and patterns of sediment volume change in San Francisco Bay to assist in decision-making for a variety of sediment-related issues, including restoration of tidal marshes, exposure of legacy contaminated sediment, and strategies for the beneficial use of dredged sediment.
Bathymetric change analysis in San Francisco Bay, California, from 1971 to 2020. United States Geological Survey.
2023. This data release provides bathymetric change grids of four geographic areas of San Francisco Bay, California, comparing digital elevation models (DEMs) created from bathymetric data collected in the 1970s and 1980s with DEMs created from bathymetric data collected in the 2010s and 2020. These types of change analyses can provide information on the quantities and patterns of erosion and deposition in San Francisco Bay over the 9 to 47 years between surveys, and they reveals that the bay floor lost about 34 million cubic meters of sediment between the intervening time period. Results from this study can be used to assess how San Francisco Bay has responded to changes in the system such as sea-level rise and variation in sediment supply from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and local tributaries, and supports the creation of a new, system-wide sediment budget. These bathymetric change grids can also provide data to ecosystem managers about the quantities and patterns of sediment volume change in San Francisco Bay to assist in decision-making for a variety of sediment-related issues, including restoration of tidal marshes, exposure of legacy contaminated sediment, and strategies for the beneficial use of dredged sediment.
Basic Regional Spatial Analysis of Non - Indigenous Invasive Species (NIS) Spartina Invasions in the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 372. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, Ca.
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BACWA Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Municipal Wastewater Effluent Study. SFEI Contribution No. 79. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
2002. Atmospheric Deposition of Trace Metals in San Francisco Bay. SFEI Contribution No. 278. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2002. Atlas of Sediment Contamination, Toxicity, and Benthic Assemblages in San Francisco Bay. SFEI Contribution No. 38. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
1999. An Assesssment of the Loading of Toxic Contaminants to the San Francisco Bay-Delta. SFEI Contribution No. 137. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond. p 330.
1987. An Assessment of the South Bay Historical Tidal-Terrestrial Transition Zone. SFEI Contribution No. 693. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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An Assessment of The Loading of Toxic Contaminants to The San Francisco-Bay Delta: Executive Summary. SFEI Contribution No. 144. AHI: Richmond, CA. p 26.
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An Assessment of The Loading of Toxic Contaminants to The San Francisco-Bay Delta: Full Report. SFEI Contribution No. 143. AHI: Richmond, CA. p 360.
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Assessment of Nutrient Status and Trends in the Delta in 2001–2016: Effects of drought on ambient concentrations and trends. SFEI Contribution No. 865. Aquatic Science Center: Richmond, CA.
2018. Nutrients and the effects of nutrients on water quality in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a priority focus area for the Delta Regional Monitoring Program (Delta RMP). The Program’s first assessment question regarding nutrients is: “How do concentrations of nutrients (and nutrient-associated parameters) vary spatially and temporally?” In this analysis, we confirmed previously reported declining trends in the San Joaquin River for nutrient concentrations at Vernalis and chlorophyll-a concentrations at Buckley Cove and Disappointment Slough. A slight increasing trend for dissolved oxygen at Buckley Cove was also detected which could be confirmation that management actions for the San Joaquin River Dissolved Control Program are having the desired effect. Finally, at stations in Suisun Bay, the Confluence region, and Franks Tract, chlorophyll-a showed modest increasing trends, which were not evident in previous analyses. The new analyses presented in this report and the findings from earlier reports constitute encouraging early progress toward answering the Delta RMP’s assessment questions. Specifically, due to the existence of long-term data sets and synthesis efforts, spatial and temporal trends in the concentrations of nutrients and nutrient-related parameters are reasonably well understood and so are the magnitudes of the most important sources of nutrients from outside the Delta. However, additional synthesis work could be done to understand the factors behind these trends. Large knowledge gaps remain about nutrient sinks, sources, and processes within the Delta. The mechanistic, water quality-hydrodynamic models being developed for the Delta may be able to address these questions in the future.
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Assessment of emerging polar organic pollutants linked to contaminant pathways within an urban estuary using non-targeted analysis. SFEI Contribution No. 1107. Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts.
2021. A comprehensive, non-targeted analysis of polar organic pollutants using high resolution/accurate mass (HR/AM) mass spectrometry approaches has been applied to water samples from San Francisco (SF) Bay, a major urban estuary on the western coast of the United States, to assess occurrence of emerging contaminants and inform future monitoring and management activities. Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Samplers (POCIS) were deployed selectively to evaluate the influence of three contaminant pathways: urban stormwater runoff (San Leandro Bay), wastewater effluent (Coyote Creek, Lower South Bay), and agricultural runoff (Napa River). Grab samples were collected before and after deployment of the passive samplers to provide a quantitative snapshot of contaminants for comparison. Composite samples of wastewater effluent (24 hours) were also collected from several wastewater dischargers. Samples were analyzed using liquid-chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry. Resulting data were analyzed using a customized workflow designed for high-fidelity detection, prioritization, identification, and semi-quantitation of detected molecular features. Approximately 6350 compounds were detected in the combined data set, with 424 of those compounds tentatively identified through high quality spectral library match scores. Compounds identified included ethoxylated surfactants, pesticide and pharmaceutical transformation products, polymer additives, and rubber vulcanization agents. Compounds identified in samples were reflective of the apparent sources and pathways of organic pollutant inputs, with stormwater-influenced samples dominated by additive chemicals likely derived from plastics and vehicle tires, as well as ethoxylated surfactants.
Assessment Framework as a Tool for Integrating and Communicating Watershed Health Indicators for the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 634. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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Assessing the Impact of Periodic Dredging on Macroinvertebrate-Prey Availability for Benthic Foraging Fishes: Final Study Plan and Preliminary Pilot Study Results. SFEI Contribution No. 833. U.S. Geological Survey: Vallejo, CA.
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Arroyo de la Laguna: Reach-based Geomorphic Evaluation. Prepared for the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Quality Improvement Fund. SFEI Contribution No. 936. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2023. The reach of ADLL between the Arroyo Del Valle confluence (at the Interstate 680 crossing) and Verona Road is currently experiencing significant changes to its channel morphology, namely incision and widening, leading to bank erosion and bank failures. Many of the parcels adjacent to the stream channel are experiencing loss of property and damage or loss of some bank-top structures. The complex history of this reach makes it difficult to determine the current and future condition and functioning. In an effort to understand the ADLL geomorphic processes and channel evolutionary pathway, Zone 7 has partnered with SFEI to create this Reach-based Geomorphic Evaluation report that will serve as a reference for the historical, current, and likely future condition of the reach, and will provide broader context to inform decisions about potential restoration projects.
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Aquatics Herbicides: Overview of Usage, Fate and Transport, Potential Environmental Risk, and Future Recommendations for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Central Valley. SFEI Contribution No. 414. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Quality Assurance Program Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 302.
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Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Phase 3 (2005) Bioassessment of Waterbodies Treated With Aquatic Pesticides. SFEI Contribution No. 393. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Phase 3 (2004) Monitoring Project Report. SFEI Contribution No. 391. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Phase 2 (2003) Monitoring Project Report. SFEI Contribution No. 108. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Phase 1 (2002) Project Report. SFEI Contribution No. 103.
2003. Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Nonchemical Alternatives Year 3 Final Report. SFEI Contribution No. 390. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Monitoring Project Final Report. SFEI Contribution No. 392. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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Aquatic Pesticide Monitoring Program Modeling Workgroup Final Report. SFEI Contribution No. 104.
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Aquatic Pesticide Monitoring Program Literature Review. SFEI Contribution No. 71. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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Approaches to presenting the science of the San Francisco Bay/Delta estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 514. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
2005. 2005. Approaches to presenting the science of the San Francisco Bay/Delta Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 459.
Applying Sediment Quality Objective Assessments to San Francisco Bay Samples from 2008-2012. San Francisco Estuary Institute and Southern California Coastal Water Research Project: Richmond, CA.
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Applying Sediment Quality Objective Assessment Protocols to Two San Francisco Bay 303(d)-Listed Sites. Final Report. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond.
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Applied Aquatic Science: A Business Plan for EcoAtlas. San Francisco Estuary Institue: Richmond, CA.
2017. The following plan is intended to ensure the continued vitality of the toolset. The plan’s success will depend upon the continued collaboration of the public agencies that have supported the toolset thus far, but it must also integrate principles of resilience as it accounts for the tensions that arise as organizations move in different strategic directions.
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Application of Gene Expression Analysis for Sediment Toxicity Stressor Identification. SFEI Contribution No. 659.
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Appendix 1: All Deliverables Submitted for the Critical Coastal Areas Program, Phase I. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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Apparent Tolerance of Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Embryos to a Pentabrominated Diphenyl Ether Mixture (DE-71). USGS-Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: Beltsville, Maryland.
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2005. APMP Phase 3 Bioassesment Report. SFEI Contribution No. 462.
APMP Alternatives Program Executive Summary. SFEI Contribution No. 118. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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Analysis of Reference Tidal Channel Plan Form for the Montezuma Wetlands Restoration Project. SFEI Contribution No. 80. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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Alternative Flame Retardants in San Francisco Bay: Synthesis and Strategy. SFEI Contribution No. 885. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.
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Alameda Creek Watershed Historical Ecology Study. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Alameda Creek Bulk Sediment Study Technical Memorandum. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland,Ca.
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Age Estimates and Pollutant Concentrations of Sediment Cores from San Francisco Bay and Wetlands. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Adding Salinity Modifiers to CARI - Methods Brief. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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Adaptation Planning for the Bay Point Operational Landscape Unit. SFEI Contribution No. 1078. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Adaptation Pathways: San Leandro Operational Landscape Unit. SFEI Contribution No. 1077. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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2024 Quality Assurance Program Plan for The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay. SFEI Contribution No. 1169. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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2024 Detailed Workplan and Budget.
2023. In 2024, the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is entering its 32nd year of collecting data and communicating information to support water quality management decisions. This Detailed Workplan and Budget describes the activities that will be completed in 2024, the proposed funding levels, and the deliverables for each task.
The planned revenue from RMP fees for 2024 is $4,156k, with additional supplemental fees of $339k from municipal wastewater and $100k from municipal stormwater bringing the total revenue to $4,596k. The expected revenue is $5,216k as shown in Table 1 and Figures 1-2, which is reduced by $200k to account for the lower volume of dredged sediment being disposed of in the Bay, per the Long-Term Management Strategy (LTMS) plan. The $200k figure is a placeholder and the dredger contribution will be updated when we receive the final in-Bay dredge disposal volumes for calendar year 2023 (typically in March of the following year). The majority of the expenses in 2024 (71%) will be for Status and Trends monitoring and special studies (Tasks 6-7). The cost for running the RMP (Tasks 1-5) is $115k higher in 2024 than 2023 and funding allocations have been shifted slightly within each subtask.
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2023. 2023 RMP Water Cruise Report. SFEI Contribution No. 1191. Applied Marine Sciences: Livermore, CA.
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2023 RMP Update. SFEI Contribution No. 1148. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2023. The overarching goal of the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is to answer the highest priority scientific questions faced by managers of Bay water quality. The RMP is an innovative collaboration between the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, the regulated discharger community, the San Francisco Estuary Institute, and many other scientists and interested parties. The purpose of this document is to provide a concise overview of recent RMP activities and findings, and a look ahead to significant products anticipated in the next two years. The report includes:
- a brief summary of some of the most noteworthy findings of this multifaceted Program;
- a description of the management context that guides the Program; and
- a summary of progress to date and future plans for addressing priority water quality topics.
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2023 RMP Sediment Cruise Sampling and Analysis Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 1138. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2023. This report details plans associated with the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary (RMP) deep bay sediment cruise. The RMP, through the Status and Trends monitoring program, conducts routine monitoring of water, sediment and biological tissue. Deep bay stations (water depth lower than 1 foot below MLLW) have been sampled for the Status and Trends sediment program since its inception. The current monitoring design (reflective of changes made to the Program through the Status and Trends Review process) calls for sampling frequency of deep bay sediment for CECs, PBDEs, and ancillary analytes every five years during the dry season. Every ten years, metals, PAHs, and PCBs will also be sampled. For 2023, sampling operations will entail dry season sample collection at 16 RMP sediment sampling stations for CECs, PBDEs, and ancillary analytes in Central Bay, South Bay, and Lower South Bay.
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2023. 2023 RMP Sediment Cruise Report. SFEI Contribution No. 1168. Applied Marine Sciences: Livermore, CA.
This report outlines details from the annual Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary (RMP) sediment cruise, conducted July 24 – 27, 2023. The Regional Monitoring Program conducts routine monitoring of water, sediment and biological tissue. For 2023, sampling operations entailed dry season collections at 16 RMP sediment sampling sites.
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2023. 2023 RMP Margins & Nearfield Sediment and Prey Fish Cruise Report. SFEI Contribution No. 1190. San Jose State University Research Foundation: Moss Landing, CA.
This report contains information on the summer 2023 field sampling efforts conducted by the San Jose State University Research Foundation’s (SJSURF) Marine Pollution Studies Lab at Moss Landing Marine Labs (MPSL-MLML) in support of the Regional Monitoring Program’s (RMP) Central and South Bay Near-field and Margins chemical contaminant study. The work was contracted through the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) to SJSURF to collect sediment and prey fish tissue samples.
This report includes sample collections over a four week period (August 21st through September 14th) encompassing four trips. A total of 38 sediment and 12 prey fish sites were sampled, three of which included collecting duplicate sediment samples (Appendix A). Detailed sample counts and protocols can be found in the “2023 Bay Prey Fish and Near-field / Margins Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan” prepared by SFEI.
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2023 RMP Dry Season Water Cruise Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 1139. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2023. This report details plans associated with the 2023 Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary (RMP) water cruise. The RMP water sampling program was redesigned in 2002 to adopt a randomized sampling design at thirty-one stations in place of the twenty-six base program stations sampled previously. In 2007, the number of stations was decreased to twenty-two stations, and it remains as such for 2023. The analytes for 2023 are based on the Status and Trends (S&T) Review process that started in 2020.
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2023 Detailed Workplan and Budget. SFEI Contribution No. 1117. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, California.
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2023 Bay Prey Fish and Near-field / Margins Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 1141. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2023. This is a sampling and analysis plan for the Bay Status and Trends (S&T) Prey Fish and Near-field / Margins Sediment monitoring for the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP). Bay margins are defined by the RMP as extending from Mean Higher High Water (MHHW) to 1 foot below Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW). These mud flats and adjacent shallow areas of the Bay are productive and highly utilized by biota of interest (humans and wildlife). Near-field stations are located near watershed inputs in the Bay. Prey fish are a key matrix to monitoring the status and impacts of contaminants, especially near margin areas where they have shown strong contamination signals in previous RMP studies. This monitoring design provides a spatially-distributed characterization of contaminant concentrations in fish and sediment found within the margins of Central Bay, South Bay, and Lower South Bay. This study builds on previous S&T efforts to characterize surface sediment contamination across the Bay while piloting routine monitoring of prey fish. Additional samples outside of S&T will be collected for special studies. A subset of samples will be archived for potential future analysis of emerging contaminants or other analyte groups.
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2022 RMP Multi-Year Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 1058. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, California.
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2022 RMP Detailed Workplan and Budget. SFEI Contribution No. 1183. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
202AD. In 2022 the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is entering its 31st year of collecting data and communicating information to support water quality management decisions. This Detailed Workplan and Budget describes the activities that will be completed in 2022, the proposed funding levels, and the deliverables for each task.In 2022 the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is entering its 31st year of collecting data and communicating information to support water quality management decisions. This Detailed Workplan and Budget describes the activities that will be completed in 2022, the proposed funding levels, and the deliverables for each task.
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2022 Pulse of the Bay. SFEI Contribution No. 1095. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, California.
2022. The theme of the 2022 Pulse is "50 Years After the Clean Water Act." Nine different individuals or groups have contributed perspectives on progress to date and challenges ahead. This Pulse also includes summaries, from a historical perspective, on the major water quality parameters of concern in the Bay.
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2021 Update to Cyanide Rolling Averages. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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2021 Update to Copper Rolling Average. SFEI Contribution No. 1164. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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2021 RMP Water Cruise Report. SFEI Contribution No. 1098. Applied Marine Sciences: Livermore, CA.
. 2022. This report details activities associated with the biannual Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary (RMP) water cruise. The RMP water sampling program was redesigned in 2002 to adopt a randomized sampling design at thirty-one sites in place of the twenty-six “spine of the Estuary” stations sampled previously. In 2007, the number of sites was decreased to twenty-two stations, combined probabilistic and historic, and it remains as such for 2021.
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2021 RMP Water Cruise Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 1050. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, California.
2021. This report details plans associated with the annual Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary (RMP) water cruise. The RMP water sampling program was redesigned in 2002 to adopt a randomized sampling design at thirty-one sites in place of the twenty-six base program stations sampled previously. In 2007, the number of sites was decreased to twenty-two stations, and it remains as such for 2021. The analytes for 2021 have been modified based on the Status and Trends (S&T) Review process that started in 2020. The analytes that are being removed from the program include selenium and methylmercury (dissolved and particulate), while bisphenols and organophosphate esters (OPEs) have been added to S&T monitoring.
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2021 RMP Multi-Year Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 1027. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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2021 RMP Detailed Workplan and Budget. SFEI Contribution No. 1182. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2021. In 2021 the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is entering its 29th year of collecting data and communicating information to support water quality management decisions. This Detailed Workplan and Budget describes the activities that will be completed in 2021, the proposed funding levels, and the deliverables for each task.
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2021 Quality Assurance Program Plan for the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay. SFEI Contribution No. 1048. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, California.
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2020 RMP Multi-Year Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 959. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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2020. 2020 Bay RMP Detailed Workplan and Budget. SFEI Contribution No. 980. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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2021. 2020 Bay Margins Sediment Study Cruise Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 1073. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, California.
This report details plans associated with sediment sampling for the Bay Margins Sediment Study for the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP). Bay margins (i.e., mud flats and adjacent shallow areas of the Bay) are productive and highly utilized by biota of interest (humans and wildlife). This study will provide a spatially-distributed characterization of surface sediment contamination and ancillary characteristics within San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, and Carquinez Strait margin areas. This study builds on two previous studies to characterize surface sediment contamination in Central and South Bays.
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2021. 2020-21 RMP North Bay Selenium Study. SFEI Contribution No. 1052. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
This report details activities associated with the Regional Monitoring Program North Bay Selenium Study in 2020 and 2021. The study was designed to monitor two sites for selenium (Se) in water and clam tissue six times annually between June and February. Due to the COVID pandemic, however, four sample collection events were completed. This report outlines the sampling activities, personnel, and site locations monitored for the project.
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2019 Sport Fish Monitoring Sampling and Analysis Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 970. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2020. The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) monitors concentrations of contaminants in fish tissue as indicators of bioaccumulation of contaminants in the Bay. In 2019, the RMP will conduct its eighth round of sport fish monitoring by collecting sport fish samples from various locations in the Bay as a part of routine Status and Trends Monitoring. Add-ons to the routine Status and Trends sport fish monitoring design will include archiving for microplastics and fipronil, as well as additional collections of shiner surfperch in Priority Margin Unit areas (PMUs).
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2019 Selenium Intercomparison and Laboratory Selection Memorandum. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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2019 RMP Water Cruise Report. SFEI Contribution No. 967. Applied Marine Sciences: Livermore, CA.
2019. This report details activities associated with the annual Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary (RMP) water cruise. The RMP water sampling program was redesigned in 2002 to adopt a randomized sampling design at thirty-one sites in place of the twenty-six “spine of the Estuary” stations sampled previously. In 2007, the number of sites was decreased to twenty-two stations and it remains as such for 2019.
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2019 RMP North Bay Selenium Monitoring Sampling and Analysis Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 969. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2020. The goal of monitoring for selenium in the North Bay tissue and water is to identify leading indicators of change to allow prompt management response to signs of increasing impairment. At the 2016 technical workshop, participants reached a consensus that monitoring sturgeon, clams, and water are all needed to answer management questions. Recommendations for long-term monitoring of these three matrices are detailed in the North Bay Monitoring Design document (Grieb et al. 2018). The purpose of this Sampling and Analysis Plan is to clearly document the sampling design, methods, and responsibilities; and to facilitate coordination among project partners.
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2019 RMP Data Quality Assurance Report. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2021. This memo provides a high-level summary of the quality assurance assessment for data reported by the RMP. In 2019, fish tissue samples were collected from nine Bay/Delta areas and three additional wetland/slough areas for the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP). General descriptions of the sample collection methods are provided in the RMP Quality Assurance Program Plan, cruise plans, cruise reports, and field sampling reports. These documents are available from the SFEI website (http://www.sfei.org/content/status-and-trends-monitoring-documents).
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2019 RMP Contaminant Concentrations in San Francisco Bay Sportfish Cruise Report. SFEI Contribution No. 968. Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories: Moss Landing, CA.
2019. This report contains information on the spring and summer field sampling efforts conducted by the Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory at Moss Landing Marine Labs (MPSL-MLML). The purpose of this field effort was to collect sportfish for an eighth season of data (in support of 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2014 surveys) in the ongoing study of Contamination in San Francisco Bay Sportfish. The work was contracted through the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) for the Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) for Water Quality.
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2019 RMP Annual Workplan and Budget. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2019. In 2019 the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is entering its 27th year of collecting data and communicating information to support water quality management decisions. This Detailed Workplan and Budget describes the activities that will be completed in 2019, the proposed funding levels, and the deliverables for each task.
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2019 Quality Assurance Program Plan for the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay. SFEI Contribution No. 966. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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2019 Bay RMP Water Cruise Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 971. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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2019 Bay RMP Multi-Year Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 940. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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2020. 2019-20 RMP North Bay Selenium Study. 2019-20 RMP North Bay Selenium Study. SFEI Contribution No. 1051. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
This report details activities associated with the Regional Monitoring Program North Bay Selenium Study. The study was designed to monitor two sites for selenium (Se) in clam tissues and water six times between June 2019 and February 2020. This report outlines the sampling activities, personnel, and site locations monitored for the project.
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2018 RMP Tissue Data Quality Assurance Report. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2019. In 2018, bivalve tissue samples were collected from six Bay/Delta stations and a reference site for the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay. Bird egg tissue samples were collected from two sites for cormorants, and four sites for terns. General descriptions of the sample collection methods are provided in the RMP Quality Assurance Program Plan, cruise plans, cruise reports, and sampling reports. These documents are available from the SFEI website (http://www.sfei.org/content/status-and-trends-monitoring-documents)
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2018 RMP Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 904. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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2018 RMP Sediment Data Quality Assurance Report. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2019. In 2018, sediment samples were collected from 27 stations (7 historical sites, with the rest from the GRTS random draw panels) for the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay. The details of the cruise and sample collection methods are described in the RMP Quality Assurance Program Plan, cruise plans, cruise reports, and field sampling reports. These documents are available from the SFEI website (http://www.sfei.org/content/status-and-trends-monitoring-documents).
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2018 RMP Sediment Cruise Report. SFEI Contribution No. 907. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.
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2018 RMP Detailed Workplan and Budget. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.
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