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CISNet San Pablo Bay Data


Study:

CISNet San Pablo Bay Network of Environmental Stress Indicators

A collaborative project with UC Davis, Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory, and USGS
Funded by EPA Grant Number: R826940

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Objective/Hypotheses: CISNet stands for Coastal Intensive Sites Network. It was envisioned that EPA and NOAA would establish such a network of monitoring sites through out the country. The primary objective is to design a monitoring network that is temporally and spatially adequate to provide advance warning of the ecological impacts of natural and anthropogenic stressors. A central hypothesis is that understanding fluxes and variations in stressors within the system at a range of time-scales will permit optimal selection of monitoring locations and temporal frequencies for long-term CISNet monitoring.

This project represents a "pilot Study" for exploring a different way of monitoring by including watershed, wetland, and Bay sites, and sampling multiple "compartments" including higher trophic levels (fish and birds). It also represents a considerable amount of indicator development that will be directly applicable to the Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances.

EPA Grant Number: R826940
CISNet San Pablo Bay Network of Environmental Stress Indicators

Investigators: S.G. Schladow (1), T.M. Young (1), I. Werner (1), B. Thompson (2), J. Davis (2), N. Nu (3), D. Schoellhamer (4)
Institution: University of California, Davis (1); San Francisco Estuary Institute (2); Point Reyes Bird Observatory (3); U.S. Geological Survey (4) EPA Project Officer: Gina Perovich
Project Period: October 1, 1998–September 30, 2002
Research Category: Monitoring Program on Ecological Effects of Environmental Stressors Using Coastal Intensive Sites