SCCWRP and its partners have developed a statewide scoring tool for quantifying the condition of a stream’s physical habitat, enabling watershed managers for the first time to readily interpret and … More
Archive for November, 2018
Science tools for proposed stream biointegrity-biostimulatory policy released in draft form
The State Water Board has published draft versions of a suite of technical reports, journal manuscripts and tools co-authored by SCCWRP that will serve as the technical foundation for the … More
New workgroup to standardize DNA-based methods for routine aquatic monitoring
The California Water Quality Monitoring Council has formed a statewide workgroup to be led by SCCWRP that will examine how to bring greater consistency and standardization to DNA-based analysis methods … More
Environmental flows study to determine impacts of diverting discharges from L.A. River
Water-quality managers that work in the Los Angeles River watershed have initiated a two-year study to determine the potential ecological and recreational effects of diverting treated wastewater effluent and runoff … More
Ephemeral stream scoring tools being transitioned to management use
A new set of tools co-developed by SCCWRP to assess the condition of ephemeral streams when they are dry is being transitioned to pilot testing by the end-user management community. … More
Effort launched to develop West Coast DNA barcoding library for marine invertebrates
The Smithsonian Institute has partnered with SCCWRP, the Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program and the Western Association of Marine Labs to begin developing a DNA barcoding library that … More
Agreement reached on DNA processing, analysis methods for stream food webs study
The technical advisory group for a study examining how ecological stress alters the complexity and interconnectedness of stream food webs has reached agreement on the DNA processing and analysis methods … More
Santa Margarita River study examining how to develop ‘climate-ready’ eutrophication targets
SCCWRP and its partners have begun investigating how climate change could influence efforts to reduce eutrophication in the Santa Margarita River watershed, part of a five-year study exploring how to … More
Expert panel convened to develop acidification thresholds for echinoderms
SCCWRP has convened a nine-member panel of leading experts on sea stars, urchins and other echinoderms to reach agreement on how to use these organisms to track ocean acidification’s biological … More
Acidification modeling effort being expanded to toxic marine algal blooms
Researchers working to develop a West Coast computer model that predicts how land-based nutrient sources influence coastal ocean acidification and hypoxia are expanding the effort to examine the potential role … More