Table of Contents
Director’s Message
Stephen B. Weisberg
SOURCES
Effluent discharges to the Southern California Bight from large municipal wastewater treatment facilities in 2001 and 2002 ABSTRACT
Andrea Steinberger and Eric D. Stein
Offshore oil platform discharges to the pacific outer continental shelf along the coast of southern California in 1996 and 2000 ABSTRACT
Andrea Steinberger, Eric D. Stein and Valerie Raco-Rands
Characteristics of effluents from power generating stations in the Southern California Bight in 2000 ABSTRACT
Andrea Steinberger and Eric D. Stein
Copper emissions from antifouling paint on recreational vessels ABSTRACT
Kenneth C. Schiff, Dario W. Diehl and Aldis O. Valkirs
Atmospheric dry deposition of trace metals in the Los Angeles coastal region ABSTRACT
Lisa D. Sabin, Kenneth Schiff, Jeong Hee Lim and Keith D. Stolzenbach
Atmospheric concentrations of PAH, pesticides, and other semi-volatile organic compounds in the Los Angeles coastal region ABSTRACT
Lisa D. Sabin, Kenneth Schiff, Jeong Hee Lim and Keith D. Stolzenbach
Nitrogen deposition on coastal watersheds in the Los Angeles region ABSTRACT
Rong Lu, Kenneth C. Schiff, Keith Stolzenbach
FATES
Development of a solid-phase microextraction-based method for sampling of persistent chlorinated hydrocarbonsin oceanic environments ABSTRACT
Eddy Y. Zeng, David Tsukada and Dario W. Diehl
Organophosphorus pesticides in the Malibu Creek Watershed ABSTRACT
Jeffrey S. Brown and Steven M. Bay
A comparison of neustonic plastic and zooplankton at different depths near the southern California shore ABSTRACT
Gwen L. Lattin, Charles J. Moore, Ann F. Zellers, Shelly L. Moore and Stephen B. Weisberg
Satellite ocean color observations of stormwater runoff plumes along the San Pedro Shelf (southern California) during 1997 to 2003 ABSTRACT
Nikolay P. Nezlin and Paul M. DiGiacomo
EFFECTS
Comparison of sediment quality guideline performance for predicting sediment toxicity in southern California ABSTRACT
Doris E. Vidal and Steven M. Bay
Characterization of sediment toxicity in Newport Bay ABSTRACT
Darrin J. Greenstein, Steven M. Bay and Jeffrey S. Brown
Distribution of contamination above predator-risk guidelines in flatfishes on the Southern California Shelf in 1998 ABSTRACT
M. James Allen, Ami K. Groce and James A. Noblet
Relationships among organochlorines and lipid classes in two demersal fish species from southern California ABSTRACT
Ami K. Groce, M. James Allen and Alexander Bolkhovitinov
WATERSHED ASSESSMENT
Characterization and source identification of dry-weather metals and bacteria in Ballona Creek ABSTRACT
Eric D. Stein and Liesl L. Tiefenthaler
Dry-season water quality in the San Gabriel River Watershed ABSTRACT
Drew Ackerman, Eric D. Stein and Kenneth C. Schiff
Nutrient dynamics and macroalgal blooms: A comparison of five southern California estuaries ABSTRACT
Rachel Kennison, Krista Kamer and Peggy Fong
Spatial and temporal patterns of remote-sensed and field-measured rainfall in southern California ABSTRACT
Nikolay P. Nezlin and Eric D. Stein
OCEAN ASSESSMENT
Subseasonal to interannual variations of sea surface temperature, salinity, oxygen anomaly, and transmissivity in Santa Monica Bay, California from 1987 to 1997 ABSTRACT
Nikolay P. Nezlin, John J. Oram, Paul M. DiGiacomo and Nicolas Gruber
Temporal trends in southern California coastal fish populations relative to 30-year trends in oceanic conditions ABSTRACT
M. James Allen, Robert W. Smith, Erica T. Jarvis, Valerie Raco-Rands, Brock B. Bernstein and Kevin T. Herbinson
Discharges into state water quality protection areas in southern California ABSTRACT
Dominic Gregorio and Shelly L. Moore
METHODS AND DEVELOPMENT
Determination of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-seawater distribution coefficients for polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorinated pesticides by solid-phase microextraction ABSTRACT
Eddy Y. Zeng, David Tsukada, James A. Noblet and Jian Peng
Use of chemical markers to identify sources of fecal indicator bacteria in the lower Santa Ana River ABSTRACT
James A. Noblet, Diana L. Young, Eddy Y. Zeng and Semsi Ensari
A review of technologies for rapid detection of bacteria in recreational waters ABSTRACT
Rachel T. Noble and Stephen B. Weisberg
Evaluation of microbial source tracking methods using mixed fecal sources in aqueous test samples ABSTRACT
John F. Griffith, Stephen B. Weisberg and Charles McGee
Assessment of statistical methods used in library-based approaches to microbial source tracking ABSTRACT
Kerry J. Ritter, Ethan A. Carruthers, C. Andrew Carson, R.D. Ellender, Valerie J. Harwood, Kyle S. Kingsley, Cindy H. Nakatsu, Michael J. Sadowsky, Brian L. Shear, Brian R. West, John E. Whitlock, Bruce A. Wiggins and Jayson D. Wilbur
Comparison and verification of bacterial water quality indicator measurement methods using ambient coastal water samples ABSTRACT
John F. Griffith, Larissa A. Aumand, Ioannice M. Lee, Charles D. McGee, Laila L. Othman, Kerry J. Ritter Kathy O. Walker and Stephen B. Weisberg
Evaluation of new, rapid microbiological methods for measuring recreational water quality ABSTRACT
John F. Griffith, Charles D. McGee and Stephen B. Weisberg