SCCWRP and its partners have begun collecting water quality data from three additional watersheds in the Los Angeles region as part of an ongoing effort to evaluate the feasibility of … More
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Draft SOPs developed for monitoring estuaries statewide
SCCWRP and its partners have developed a set of standardized methods for collecting field data on the health of California’s coastal estuaries, part of an ongoing effort to develop a … More
Bight ’18 study documents domoic acid across coastal ocean seafloor
The Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program has completed a study examining how a toxin produced by a certain ubiquitous type of marine algae can settle and stick to … More
Method being developed to quantify water-quality benefits of turf replacements
SCCWRP and its partners have launched a study with the County of San Diego to develop a method for measuring the water-quality benefits associated with replacing residential turf grass with … More
SCCWRP asked to host upcoming international conference on stormwater modeling
SCCWRP has been asked to organize and host an international conference in early 2022 that will focus on improving modeling of urban stormwater drainage systems. The triennial Urban Drainage Modeling … More
Effort launched to link glucocorticoid receptor bioassay to biological impacts in fish
SCCWRP and its partners completed an initial round of lab experiments in March for a study investigating how the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) assay could be used to provide an early-warning … More
Methods to be standardized for 3 additional bioanalytical screening tools
SCCWRP and its partners have launched a two-year effort to develop standardized methods for screening water bodies for bioactive chemical contaminants using three bioanalytical screening tools – an effort to … More
Modeling effort examining role of kelp farms in potentially mitigating coastal acidification
SCCWRP and its partners have begun working to integrate a pair of Southern California Bight computer models as part of an ongoing study examining how future offshore kelp farms could … More
Workshop teaching stakeholders how to evaluate uncertainty in acidification modeling
SCCWRP and two of its member agencies have helped launch a multi-part workshop to teach coastal water-quality managers how to evaluate uncertainty in a set of West Coast models that … More
Stream causal assessment tool under development to ID likely causes of degradation
SCCWRP and its partners have begun developing a user-friendly, web-based tool to help managers rapidly evaluate the likely vs. unlikely causes of degraded biological condition in streams. The web interface … More