Taylor Price, Author at Southern California Coastal Water Research Project

Articles by: Taylor Price

Bight ’23 to be scoped out during September 22 kickoff meeting at SCCWRP

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Participants of the Southern California Bight Regional Monitoring Program will begin making decisions about which study elements the program will tackle and which management questions the program will answer during … More

A droplet reader instrument is used in a laboratory to quantify fecal contamination in samples collected from beach water. San Diego County has become the first U.S. municipality to replace its traditional beach water-quality monitoring method with ddPCR, a rapid, DNA-based method vetted and optimized by SCCWRP.

County first to monitor beach fecal pollution via ddPCR

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San Diego County has become the first municipality in the nation to end its reliance on decades-old methods for monitoring fecal contamination in beach water in favor of a rapid, … More

Researchers have begun assessing the health of eelgrass beds across Southern California, including this one in Newport Bay in Orange County, above, using a new, bioassessment-based monitoring approach that focuses on evaluating ecological functioning, instead of just documenting habitat locations and sizes.

First regional survey underway to examine health of Southern California eelgrass beds

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SCCWRP and its partners have launched a two-year pilot effort to assess the health of Southern California’s coastal eelgrass beds using a new, bioassessment-based monitoring approach that focuses on evaluating … More

A SCCWRP-led study in the Los Angeles River, pictured above where the L.A.-Glendale Water Reclamation Plant discharges treated effluent into the river, is one of the focal points of a special issue of the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science that chronicles the development of a scientific framework for determining environmental flow needs for California streams. The L.A. River served as a case study during the framework’s development.

Special journal issue highlights statewide stream flow management framework

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A new scientific framework intended to bring standardization and technical rigor to the process of determining environmental flow needs for California streams is prominently featured in a special issue of … More

SCCWRP has developed a statistical modeling tool and supporting analyses to help State Water Board staff set scientifically defensible numeric thresholds for eutrophication indicators in streams, including nutrient concentrations and algal biomass levels. Above, a SCCWRP field crew wades into the Santa Margarita River, a river spanning Riverside and San Diego Counties that is prone to ecologically disruptive algal bloom events.

Draft science product released to support development of statewide stream policy

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SCCWRP and its partners have released for public comment a draft science product that is expected to serve as the technical foundation for the State Water Board in developing a … More

Tool developed to help watershed managers prioritize among multiple stream restoration, protection projects

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SCCWRP and its partners have developed a set of tools to help California watershed managers identify watershed restoration and protection projects that are most likely to achieve the greatest improvements … More

Newly discovered algae species named after former SCCWRP scientist

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A newly discovered species of algae has been named after former SCCWRP Senior Scientist Dr. A. Elizabeth “Betty” Fetscher in recognition of her decades of contributions to the field of … More

Technical foundation being developed for cannabis growers to request stream flow diversions

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SCCWRP and its partners have begun working to develop a scientific foundation for cannabis growers in California to demonstrate that the water they are requesting to divert from nearby streams … More

Classification system under development to distinguish among different types of modified channels

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SCCWRP and its partners have begun working to build a classification system for distinguishing among different types of modified channels in California – a foundational step toward helping stream managers … More

Study sheds light on causes of toxin-producing cyanobacterial blooms in California lake

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SCCWRP and its partners have completed a two-year study that has identified genetic and environmental factors that appear to be triggering and exacerbating toxin-producing cyanobacterial blooms in California’s largest freshwater … More