Director’s Message
Stephen B. Weisberg
SOURCES
Effluent discharges to the Southern California Bight from large municipal wastewater treatment facilities in
2001 and 2002
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
Andrea Steinberger, Eric D. Stein and Valerie Raco-Rands
Characteristics of effluents from power generating stations in the Southern California Bight in 2000
Andrea Steinberger and Eric D. Stein
Copper emissions from antifouling paint on recreational vessels
Kenneth C. Schiff, Dario W. Diehl and Aldis O. Valkirs
Atmospheric dry deposition of trace metals in the Los Angeles coastal region
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
Lisa D. Sabin, Kenneth Schiff, Jeong Hee Lim and Keith D. Stolzenbach
Nitrogen deposition on coastal watersheds in the Los Angeles region
Rong Lu, Kenneth C. Schiff, Keith Stolzenbach
FATES
Development of a solid-phase microextraction-based method for sampling of persistent chlorinated
hydrocarbonsin oceanic environments
Eddy Y. Zeng, David Tsukada and Dario W. Diehl
Organophosphorus pesticides in the Malibu Creek Watershed
Jeffrey S. Brown and Steven M. Bay
A comparison of neustonic plastic and zooplankton at different depths near the southern California shore
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
Nikolay P. Nezlin and Paul M. DiGiacomo
EFFECTS
Comparison of sediment quality guideline performance for predicting sediment toxicity in southern California
Doris E. Vidal and Steven M. Bay
Characterization of sediment toxicity in Newport Bay
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
M. James Allen, Ami K. Groce and James A. Noblet
Relationships among organochlorines and lipid classes in two demersal fish species from southern California
Ami K. Groce, M. James Allen and Alexander Bolkhovitinov
WATERSHED ASSESSMENT
Characterization and source identification of dry-weather metals and bacteria in Ballona Creek
Eric D. Stein and Liesl L. Tiefenthaler
Dry-season water quality in the San Gabriel River Watershed
Drew Ackerman, Eric D. Stein and Kenneth C. Schiff
Nutrient dynamics and macroalgal blooms: A comparison of five southern California estuaries
Rachel Kennison, Krista Kamer and Peggy Fong
Spatial and temporal patterns of remote-sensed and field-measured rainfall in southern California
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
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
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
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
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
James A. Noblet, Diana L. Young, Eddy Y. Zeng and Semsi Ensari
A review of technologies for rapid detection of bacteria in recreational waters
Rachel T. Noble and Stephen B. Weisberg
Evaluation of microbial source tracking methods using mixed fecal sources in aqueous test samples
John F. Griffith, Stephen B. Weisberg and Charles McGee
Assessment of statistical methods used in library-based approaches to microbial source tracking
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
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
John F. Griffith, Charles D. McGee and Stephen B. Weisberg
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Commissioners and CTAG Members