SCCWRP has developed a pair of data dashboards to streamline access to foundational California stream bioassessment and hydrologic data sets – an effort intended to help standardize how the data … More
Articles by: Emily Lau
Prototype index scoring tool successfully used to assess regional health of eelgrass beds
SCCWRP and its partners have developed and applied a prototype bioassessment-based index scoring tool to evaluate the health of Southern California eelgrass beds based on their ecological functioning – a … More
Study developing tools to measure nature-based recreational benefits provided by water bodies
SCCWRP and its partners have launched an effort to develop tools for quantifying the nature-based recreational benefits provided by water bodies – benefits that include birdwatching, nature-viewing and similar activities … More
Flows framework to be used to understand effects of potential flow reductions in Santa Ana River watershed
SCCWRP and the Orange County Water District have launched a three-year study to evaluate how reducing discharges that have traditionally flowed into the Prado Basin in the Santa Ana River … More
Modeling approach developed for study seeking to enhance statewide framework for establishing stream flow targets
SCCWRP and its partners have reached consensus on a conceptual approach for designing modeling tools that predict how changes in stream flow patterns will influence stream temperature across space and … More
Relationship between stream temperature and ecosystem health modeled for effluent discharge studies
SCCWRP and its partners have successfully used modeling tools to estimate how changes in stream temperature can influence the ecological health of Southern California streams – the latest step in … More
Best practices published for using satellite imagery to monitor inland HABs
SCCWRP and its partners have published best-practices guidance for using satellite imagery data as a routine management tool to detect and monitor harmful algal blooms (HABs) in California’s large lakes … More
Pilot study being developed to monitor benthic HABs in streams
SCCWRP and the Water Boards’ Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) Program have begun working to develop a statewide pilot program for monitoring toxin-producing harmful algal blooms (HABs) that form along … More
Updated HAB toxin monitoring methods being piloted in coastal waters
SCCWRP and its partners have begun test-driving a set of updated methods for monitoring toxin-producing harmful algal bloom (HAB) in Southern California’s coastal waters that are designed to offer more … More
HABs modeling tool developed to predict influence of nutrients on when, where toxin-producing events will occur
SCCWRP and the University of California, Los Angeles have developed a modeling tool that predicts when and where toxins produced by a common type of marine algal bloom can be … More