Bruce Thompson, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Director, Estuary Monitoring and Research Programs, SFEI.
PUBLICATIONS
Thompson, B. 1980. Sipuncula and Echiura chapters, In, A taxonomic listing of common marine invertebrate species from southern California. Compiled by D. Straughan and R. Klink. Alan Hancock Foundation Technical Report 3, 281 pp.
Thompson, B. 1980. A new bathyal sipunculan from southern California, with ecological notes. Deep-Sea Research, 27A, 951-957.
Jones, G.F. and B. Thompson, 1984. The ecology of Parvilucina tenuisculpta (Carpenter, 1865) on the southern California borderland. Veliger, 26:188-198.
Jones, G.F. and B. Thompson, 1986. The ecology of Adontorhina cyclia (Berry) on the southern California borderland. Int. Rev. ges. Hydrobiol., 71:687-700.
Thompson, B., G. Hershelman, and R. Gossett, 1986. Contaminants in sediments of two nearshore basin slopes off southern California. Mar. Poll. Bull., 17:404-409.
Thompson, B. and G. Jones, 1987. Benthic macrofaunal assemblages of slope habitats in the southern California borderland. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper #7, 21 pp.
Jones, G. and B. Thompson, 1987. The ecology of Cyclocardia ventricosa (Gould, 1850) on the southern California Borderland. Veliger, 29, 374-383.
Thompson, B., G. Jones, J. Laughlin, D. Tsukada, 1987. Distribution, abundance, and size-composition of echinoids from basin slopes off southern California. Bull. So. Cal. Acad. Sci. 86, 113-125.
MacDonald, C. and B. Thompson, 1987. Characteristics of a recreational fishery for the Hawaiian spiny lobster Panulirus marginatus at Midway Islands. N. Amer. J. Fishery Mgmt., 7, 194-201.
Jones. G. and B. Thompson, 1987. The distribution and abundance of Chloeia pinnata (Moore) on the southern California borderland. Pacific Science, 41, 122-131.
Thompson, B., S. Bay, J. Anderson, et al., 1989. Chronic effects of contaminated sediment on the urchin Lytechinus pictus. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 8, 629-637.
Thompson, B. and J. Dorsey, 1989. Recovery of Santa Monica Bay from sludge discharge: progress report. Proc. Oceans '89, Mar. Tech. Soc., Vol. 3.
Thompson, B., S. Bay, et al. 1991. Sublethal effects of hydrogen sulfide in sediment on the urchin Lytechinus pictus. Mar. Environ. Res. 31:309-321.
Thompson, B., D. Tsukada, and J. Laughlin. 1993. Megafaunal assemblages of coastal shelves, slopes, and basins off southern California. Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci., 92, 24-42.
Bernstein, B., B. Thompson, and R. Smith, 1993. A combined science and management framework for developing regional monitoring objectives. Coastal Management, 21, 185-195.
Thompson, B., J. Dixon, S. Schroeter, D. Reish. 1993. Benthic Invertebrates. In, Ecology of the southern California Bight: A synthesis and Interpretation. University of California Press.
Chapman, P. et al. (12 authors), 1997. General guidelines for using the sediment quality triad. Mar. Poll. Bull. 34:368-372.
Thompson, B., B. Anderson, J. Hunt, K.Taberski, B. Phillips, 1999. Relationships between sediment toxicity and contamination in San Francisco Bay. Mar. Environ. Res. 48:285-309.
Thompson, B., R. Hoenicke, J. Davis, A. Gunther, In Press. An overview of contaminant-related issues identified by monitoring in San Francisco Bay. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
SCCWRP, 1984. Pre-discharge studies for deep sludge disposal off Orange County. SCCWRP report to the Orange County Sanitation Districts.
Thompson, B. 1982. Variation in benthic assemblages. SCCWRP Biennial Report, 45-58.
Thompson, B., J.N. Cross, J.D. Laughlin, G.P. Hershelman, R. Gossett, and D. Tsukada. 1984. Biological conditions on coastal slopes. SCCWRP Biennial Report, 37-68.
Thompson, B., J.D. Laughlin, and D. Tsukada, 1984. Ingestion and oxygen consumption in slope echinoids. SCCWRP Biennial Report, 93-108.
Bernstein, B., R.W. Smith, and B. Thompson, 1984. Replication and power testing for biological monitoring. SCCWRP Biennial Report, 21-36.
Brown, D.A., S.M. Bay, B. Thompson, 1985. Review of bioassay and bioaccumulation techniques. SCCWRP Contribution 215, 130 pp.
Thompson, B., J. Laughlin, and D. Tsukada, 1987. 1985 Reference site survey. SCCWRP Tech. Rept. 221, 50 pp.
Anderson, J.W., S.M. Bay, B. Thompson, 1988. Characteristics and effects of contaminated sediments from southern California. SCCWRP report to California State Water Resources Control Board.
Thompson, B., B. Bernstein, R. Smith, R. Packard. 1991. Assessment of monitoring and data management needs in Santa Monica Bay. Final Report to Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project, Feb. 1991.
Thompson, B., 1991. Recovery of Santa Monica Bay from Sludge Discharge. Final Report to Hyperion Treatment Plant, Environmental Monitoring Division. SCCWRP Tech. Rept. 349.
Smith, R., T. Grieb, B. Thompson, 1992. Analysis of ambient monitoring data for the southern California Bight, Report to U.S. EPA Region IX, San Francisco, Ca., by EcoAnalysis, Inc., Tetra-Tech, Inc., and SCCWRP, 104 pp.
Thompson, B., D. Tsukada, D., and D. O'Donohue, 1993. 1990 Reference Site Survey. SCCWRP Technical Report 355, 58 pp.
Thompson, B. 1994. Research recommendations for the San Francisco Estuary, Understanding the Estuary. SFEI Report to San Francisco Estuary Project, 45 pp.
Hoenicke, R., Davis, J., Thompson, B., and Haskins, J. 1996. Bioaccumulation of contaminants by transplanted bivalves in the San Francisco Estuary: Status and Trends. SFEI Report to Bay Area Dischargers Assoc., 80 pp.
Thompson, B., Peterson, H., Kellogg, M. 1996. Benthic macrofaunal assemblages in San Francisco Estuary. In, RMP 1995 Annual Report, SFEI, Richmond, CA.
Contributing Author, San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) Annual Reports, 1993-1997. SFEI, Richmond, CA
Thompson, B., Lowe, S., L. Gravitz, 1999. Sediment Conditions near Wastewater Discharges in San Francisco Bay. Draft Report to the Bay Area Discharger's Assoc. San Francisco Estuary Institute, Richmond, CA.
Lee II, H., B. Thompson, S. Lowe, 1999. Impacts of Nonindigenous Species on Subtidal Benthic Assemblages in the San Francisco Estuary. Draft report to US EPA Region IX. 16 pp.
Thompson, B., S. Lowe, M. Kellogg,. 2000. Macrobenthic Assemblages of the San Francisco Bay-Delta, and their Responses to Abiotic Factors. Draft Technical Report of the Regional Monitoring Program, San Francisco Estuary Institute, Richmond, CA.
Lowe, S. and B. Thompson, 2000. A Preliminary Assessment of
Benthic Responses to Sediment Contamination in San Francisco Bay. Draft Technical Report of the Regional Monitoring Program, San Francisco Estuary Institute, Richmond, CA.
SELECTED SYMPOSIA AND CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
Recovery of Santa Monica Bay from sludge discharge. Oceans '89, Seattle, WA., Sept. 1989; Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Oct. 1991.
Changes in soft substrate benthic assemblages near sewage outfalls off southern California. So. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ann. Meeting, May 1990, and International Marine Biology Symposium, Ensenada, Mexico, June 1990.
Understanding sediment toxicity in southern California. Aquatic Toxicity Workshop. Vancouver, B.C., Nov. 1990; Scripps Inst. of Oceanogr., Apr. 1991.
Assessment of monitoring and data management needs in Santa Monica Bay. EPA's Third National Coastal Programs Conference. May 1991, San Diego, CA.
Relationships among changing sediment and biological variables during Recovery from sludge discharge in Santa Monica Bay, Ca. SETAC, Nov. 1992, Cincinatti, OH.
San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program. San Francisco Bay and Estuarine Assoc. San Francisco, April, 1993; So. Calif. Env. Chem. Soc., San Diego, August 1993; So. Cal. Acad. Sci. Ann. Meeting, May 1996.
Macrobenthic assemblages near and away from sewage outfalls in San Francisco Estuary. NorCal. SETAC, Annual Meeting, June 1996.
State of the Sacramento River at its Bayward End. State of the River Conference, Sacramento, Sep. 1996.
Sediment Toxicity in the San Francisco Estuary. State of the Estuary Conference, San Francisco, Oct. 1996.
Relationships among sediment contamination, toxicity, and benthos in San Francisco Bay. Estuarine Research Federation, Providence, Oct. 1997.
Relationships between sediment contamination and toxicity in San Francisco Bay. SETAC, San Francisco, Nov. 1997.
Relationships between sediment toxicity and benthos in San Francisco Bay. SETAC, Charlotte, NC, Nov. 1998.
Macrobenthic Assemblages in San Francisco Bay, and their responses to abiotic factors. Estuarine Research Federation, New Orleans, 1999.