Regional Monitoring Program

The Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) is SFEI’s largest program and monitors contamination in the Estuary. It provides water quality regulators with information they need to manage the Estuary effectively. The RMP is an innovative collaborative effort between SFEI, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the regulated discharger community. more >

Program Manager: Meg Sedlak   Lead Scientist: Jay Davis

Meetings and Events

Featured Projects

Atmospheric Deposition Strategy

The RMP is developing a strategy for assessing atmospheric loads of contaminants to the Estuary.
Relative Sensitivity of Terns to PBDEs

San Francisco Bay is critical habitat for many birds including several rare and endangered species such as the Least Tern. This egg injection study will develop thresholds for hatching, pipping and survival for the east coast common tern, a surrogate for the San Francisco Bay area Least, Caspian and Forster’s terns.
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News and Notables

Jan-31-12
2011 Pulse of the Estuary: Pollutant Effects on Aquatic Life

The RMP has released the electronic edition of the 2011 Pulse of the Estuary. The theme of this edition is Pollutant Effects on Aquatic Life, and the report includes articles on phytoplankton, fish, birds, and seals, as well as a detailed look at the water quality element of the recent State of the Bay Report.

Jan-31-12
Susan Klosterhaus featured in the NorCal SETAC Winter Newsletter

The Northern California branch of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) winter newsletter profiled Susan and her research background and projects at SFEI.

Dec-02-11
PFCs in wildlife from an urban estuary

Meg Sedlak and Denise Greig (of the Marine Mammal Center) published an article on perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in seals and cormorants in the San Francisco Bay.

Sep-19-11
State of San Francisco Bay 2011 Report

SFEI scientists Josh Collins, Jay Davis, and Thomas Jabusch collaborated with Bay Area scientists to produce a science-based assessment of the health of San Francisco Bay.

Jul-29-11
SFEI Mercury Scientists present at the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant

Jay Davis, Lester McKee, Don Yee, Nicole David, and Aroon Melwani presented at the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant in Halifax, Nova Scotia.