Emily Lau, Author at Southern California Coastal Water Research Project

Articles by: Emily Lau

SMC planning to double size of Regional BMP Monitoring Network for Year 2 of BMP performance monitoring

The Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition (SMC) is planning to double the number of sites where field teams are collecting data on the performance of structural stormwater BMPs as the … More

Field training, intercalibration completed to support two new estuarine monitoring programs

in Bioassessment, Regional Monitoring Comments are Disabled

SCCWRP and its partners have completed field training and intercalibration exercises to support a pair of monitoring initiatives intended to collectively generate comprehensive insights about the ecological health of coastal … More

Effort launched to build statewide program for monitoring estuary health

in Bioassessment, Regional Monitoring Comments are Disabled

SCCWRP and its partners have begun working to establish a statewide monitoring program for coastal estuaries that is optimally responsive to the needs and priorities of managers. During a workshop … More

Effort launched to build network of Southern California estuary monitoring sites

in Climate Change, Regional Monitoring, Sea Level Rise Comments are Disabled

SCCWRP and its partners have begun working to build a network of estuary monitoring sites across Southern California that can serve as sentinel indicators for how the region’s coastal wetlands … More

: Tiny sea snails known as pteropods,
which are collected using a plankton tow net, have
provided some of the earliest signs of the ecological
effects of ocean acidification and hypoxia in
California coastal waters. An independent expert
panel has been convened to review the body of
science that predicts how these ecological effects
will intensify in the coming years.

Expert panel convened to review OAH modeling tools

in Climate Change, Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia, Top News Comments are Disabled

An independent panel of scientific experts has been convened to review a set of modeling tools that predicts the ecological consequences of intensifying ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) in California … More

A crew places sediment collected from the seafloor into jars during field sampling for the Sediment
Quality element of the Southern California Bight 2023 Regional Monitoring Program. More than 20
field crews collected more than 340 sediment grab samples across more than 1,500 square miles of
coastal water in the Southern California Bight.

Field sampling completed for Bight ’23 Sediment Quality element

in Emerging Contaminants, Regional Monitoring, Sediment Quality, Southern California Bight Regional Monitoring Program, Top News, Trash Pollution Comments are Disabled

The Southern California Bight 2023 Regional Monitoring Program has completed field sampling for its signature Sediment Quality study element – a coordinated, three-month field effort that lays the foundation for … More

A water flea known as Ceriodaphnia dubia is placed in tubes and fed a nutrient mixture for a
toxicity test in a laboratory. A SCCWRP-facilitated study has found that variability in results for the
Ceriodaphnia dubia survival and chronic reproduction test is most likely a result of multiple causes
that are unique to the individual laboratories that perform the test, and might be occurring on an
intermittent basis.

Quality-assurance recommendations developed to improve Ceriodaphnia toxicity test

in Runoff Water Quality, Top News Comments are Disabled

An expert science panel has developed best-practice recommendations for improving the quality and consistency of a toxicity test commonly used in California to monitor the water quality of treated wastewater … More

Attendees at the 2nd National Workshop on Marine Environmental DNA, held in 2022 at SCCWRP,
learn about field sampling methods for environmental DNA (eDNA). Following the meeting, the
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy convened a federal team to begin developing a
national eDNA strategy – a recognition of the fact that monitoring programs across the nation need
improved coordination to advance eDNA-based monitoring.

SCCWRP member agencies to help inform development of national eDNA strategy

in Bioassessment, DNA Barcoding, Top News Comments are Disabled

CTAG will host an all-day workshop next month to identify constraints and challenges associated with incorporating environmental DNA (eDNA) methods into aquatic monitoring programs nationwide – the latest in a … More

Training workshop developed to help managers use stream bioassessment data effectively

in Bioassessment Comments are Disabled

SCCWRP and its partners have developed a training workshop intended to help managers understand how to appropriately use bioassessment data to protect and restore the health of wadeable streams statewide. … More

State, federal agencies briefed for study examining sediment impacts from oil platform installations

in Bioassessment, Sediment Quality Comments are Disabled

SCCWRP has begun briefing multiple federal and State agencies about plans to evaluate sediment quality near offshore oil platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel – part of a three-year study … More