A SCCWRP-hosted international conference next year that will focus on improving modeling of urban stormwater drainage systems has begun soliciting abstracts for presentations, workshops and special sessions. The triennial Urban … More
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Second sampling phase launched to study cyanotoxin-producing blooms in Northern California lake
SCCWRP and its partners have launched the second sampling phase of a two-year study investigating the environmental and genetic factors that are driving the proliferation of ecologically disruptive, toxin-producing cyanobacterial … More
Three L.A.-area lakes the focus of intensive sampling to better understand bloom events
SCCWRP has selected three Los Angeles-area lakes that will be the focus of intensive sampling this summer to better understand the underlying factors that promote ecologically disruptive cyanobacterial bloom events … More
National HABs symposium co-convened by SCCWRP attracts more than 300 participants
A special national scientific meeting on harmful algal blooms (HABs) that was co-convened and co-facilitated by SCCWRP attracted more than 300 researchers, students and managers over a three-day period in … More
HABs image recognition software under development to support monitoring network
SCCWRP and its partners have begun working to develop image recognition software that can autonomously identify and count harmful algal bloom (HAB) species in marine waters, part of an ongoing … More
SCCWRP asked to host national workshop on transitioning eDNA to management applications
SCCWRP has been asked to host a national scientific workshop next year focused on helping water-quality managers make use of the DNA that aquatic organisms shed into their environment – … More
DNA-based community fingerprinting used to link Mexican sewage to U.S. beach pollution
SCCWRP and its partners have tracked sewage from a wastewater treatment plant in Mexico to south San Diego County beach water – a proof-of-concept study that illustrates the power of … More
Consensus reached on how to set thresholds for aquatic life exposed to microplastics
A group of international experts on aquatic microplastics pollution has reached consensus on a recommended framework that California could use to implement health-based thresholds that explain when microplastics contamination at … More
Scientific foundation established to question California shellfish water-quality objective
SCCWRP and its partners have completed a study that calls into question the appropriateness of a bacterial water-quality numeric objective designed to protect the health of people who consume shellfish … More
Bight partnerships to expand understanding of acidification
The Southern California Bight Regional Monitoring Program is partnering with three other West Coast marine monitoring groups this summer to produce the most comprehensive picture to date of how ocean … More