The Southern California Bight Regional Monitoring Program is a cyclical regional monitoring collaboration started in 1994 that examines the ecological health of more than 1,500 square miles of coastal waters. Each five-year program cycle includes multiple types of assessments known as study elements. Planning documents and final assessment reports for each Bight program cycle are available below.
▸Bight '23
▾Bight '23
▸Planning Documents
▾Planning Documents
▸Assessment Reports
▾Assessment Reports
▸Bight '18
▾Bight '18
▸Planning Documents
▾Planning Documents
Sediment Quality Assessment Workplan
- Sediment Quality Field Manual and Appendices
- Sediment Quality QA Plan
- Sediment Quality Toxicity Lab Manual
- Sediment Quality Macrobenthic (Infaunal) Lab Manual
- Sediment Quality Information Management Plan
- Sediment Quality Data Submission Portals
Ocean Acidification Workplan
Harmful Algal Blooms Workplan
Trash Workplan
▸Assessment Reports
▾Assessment Reports
▸Bight '13
▾Bight '13
▸Planning Documents
▾Planning Documents
Nutrients Workplan
Contaminant Impact Assessment Workplan
Debris Workplan
Information Management Plan
Quality Assurance Manual
Field/Laboratory Manuals and Data Forms
Contaminant Impact Assessment Field Operations Manual
- Appendix A: Station Location Maps
- Appendix B: Field Sampling Organization and Station Draw Information
- Appendix C: Sampling Processing Analytical Laboratories
- Appendix D: Sampling Equipment
- Appendix E: Vessel Specifications
- Appendix F: Field Data Forms
- Appendix G: Sediment Sampling Guide
- Appendix H: Trawl Wire Scope Guide
- Appendix I: QA/QC Audit Forms
- Appendix J: Organization Contacts
- Appendix K: Shipping Information
Macrobenthic (Infaunal) Sample Analysis Laboratory Manual
Nutrients Field Operations Manual
▸Assessment Reports
▾Assessment Reports
Volume I – Sediment Toxicity
Volume II – Rocky Reefs
Volume III – Trash and Marine Debris
Volume IV – Sediment Chemistry
Volume V – Contaminant Bioaccumulation in Seabird Eggs of the Southern California Bight
Volume VI – Benthic Infauna
Volume VII – Demersal Fishes and Megabenthic Invertebrates
Volume VIII – Contaminant Impact Assessment Synthesis Report and Executive Summary
Volume IX – Shoreline Microbiology
▸Bight '08
▾Bight '08
▸Planning Documents
▾Planning Documents
Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) Workplan
Bioaccumulation Workplan
Coastal Ecology Workplan
- Appendix A: Bight’08 Station Location Maps
- Appendix B: Sample Site Assignments
- Appendix C: Sample Laboratory Assignments
- Appendix D: Coastal Ecology Workplan Special Studies
Coastal Wetlands and Estuaries Workplan
Offshore Water Quality Workplan
Rocky Reef Workplan
Information Management Plan
Quality Assurance Plan
Field/Laboratory Manuals and Data Forms
Coastal Ecology Field Operations Manual
- Appendix A: Station Location Maps
- Appendix B: Field Sampling Organization and Station Draw Information
- Appendix C: Sampling Processing Analytical Laboratories
- Appendix D: Coastal Ecology Field Operations Equipment and Supply List
- Appendix E: Sampling Vessel Specifications
- Appendix F: Field Sampling Data Sheets
- Appendix G: Sediment Chemistry Sampling Guide
- Appendix H: Field Sampling QA/QC Data Sheets
- Appendix I: Sampling Organization and Analytical Laboratory Contacts
- Appendix J: Sample Shipping Information
Offshore Water Quality Field Operations Manual
Macrobenthic (Infaunal) Sample Analysis Laboratory Manual
▸Assessment Reports
▾Assessment Reports
Coastal Ecology Synthesis
Volume I – Sediment Toxicity
Volume II – Areas of Special Biological Significance
Volume III – Sediment Chemistry
Volume IV – Demersal Fishes and Megabenthic Invertebrates
Volume V – Rocky Reefs
Volume VI – Benthic Macrofauna
Volume VII – Water Quality
Volume VIII – Estuarine Eutrophication
2008 Fact Sheets
Coastal Ecology
Shoreline Microbiology
Offshore Water Quality
Areas of Special Biological Significance
Rocky Reef
Estuarine Eutrophication
▸Bight '03
▾Bight '03
▸Planning Documents
▾Planning Documents
Coastal Ecology Workplan
Information Management Plan
Quality Assurance Plan
Field/Laboratory Manuals
Field Operations Manual
Macrobenthic (Infaunal) Sample Analysis Laboratory Manual
▸Assessment Reports
▾Assessment Reports
Executive Summary
Volume I – Sediment Toxicity
Volume II – Sediment Chemistry
- Appendix A: Participants in the Bight’03 Regional Monitoring Program
- Appendix B: Geographic Distribution and Magnitude of Analytes
- Appendix C: ERL/ERM Exceedance
- Appendix D: Cumulative Distribution Frequency Graphs
Volume III – Benthic Macrofauna
- Appendix A: Participants in the Bight’03 Regional Monitoring Program
- Appendix B: Detailed Maps of Benthic Condition at Sampling Sites
- Appendix C: Community Measures at Coastal Sites
- Appendix D: Community Measures at Bay and Estuary Sites
- Appendix E: Encountered Species List
- Appendix F: Characteristics of Benthic Macrofauna of the Southern California Bight
- Appendix G: Evaluation of Five Indicators of Benthic Community Condition
- Appendix H: Level of Agreement Among Experts to Assess Benthic Infaunal Community Condition
Volume IV – Demersal Fishes and Megabenthic Invertebrates
- Appendix A: Materials and Methods
- Appendix B: Fish Population Attributes
- Appendix C: Invertebrate Population Attributes
- Appendix D: Assemblages
- Appendix E: Fish Parasites
- Appendix F: Glossary and Nomenclature
- Appendix A: Participants in the Bight’03 Regional Monitoring Program
- Appendix B: Bight’03 Water Quality Program Station Coordinates
- Appendix C: Tables C1-C4
- Appendix D: Tables D1-D4
- Appendix E: Table E1-E4
- Appendix F: Tables F1-F4
- Appendix G: CDOM vs. Salinity Regression Results
- Appendix H: TSS vs. Beam Attenuation Regression Results
- Appendix I: Coastal Water Quality Impact of Storm Water Runoff from an Urban Watershed
- Appendix J: Relative Availability of Satellite Imagery and Ship-based Sampling for Assessment of Stormwater Runoff Plumes
- Appendix K: Blooms of Pseudo-nitzchia and Domoic Acid in the San Pedro Channel and Los Angeles Harbor Areas
▸Bight '98
▾Bight '98
▸Planning Documents
▾Planning Documents
Coastal Ecology Workplan
Shoreline Microbiology Workplan
Water Quality Workplan
Information Management Manual
Quality Assurance Manual
Field/Laboratory Manuals
Field Operations Manual
Infaunal Sample Analysis Laboratory Manual
▸Assessment Reports
▾Assessment Reports
▸Bight '94
▾Bight '94
▸Planning Documents
▾Planning Documents
▸Assessment Reports
▾Assessment Reports
Volume I – Executive Summary
Volume II – Water Quality – Unpublished
Volume III – Sediment Chemistry
- Appendix A: Cumulative Distribution Frequencies for Constituents
- Appendix B: Maps of Spatial Distributions for Sediment Constituents
- Appendix C: Threshold Development
- Appendix A: Quality Assurance/Quality Control
- Appendix B: Quality Control and Assessment of Infaunal Identification and Enumeration
- Appendix C: Community Characteristics Geographic and Depth Zones of the Southern California Bight
- Appendix D: Frequency of Occurrence and Average Abundance of Species in the Southern California Bight
- Appendix E: Benthic Response Index
- Appendix F: Regressions of Community Characteristics Versus Latitude and Depth
- Appendix G: Maps of Community Characteristics in the Southern California Bight
- Appendix H: List of Species Collected in the Southern California Bight Pilot Project
- Appendix I: Species Abundances versus Latitude and Depth
- Appendix J: Maps of Species Abundances in the Southern California Bight