Name
Sarah Lowe
SFEI Author Profile
Sarah Lowe
Pearce, SA; Grosso, C; Lowe, S. 2025. 2024 San Diego Regional Board Mitigation and SEP Project Assessments. SFEI Contribution No. 1237. San Franciso Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center: Richmond, CA. p. 28.
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2024 San Diego Mitigation and SEP Assessments_3_31_25.pdf 3.05 MB
Pearce, SA; Lowe, S; Peterson, D; Diggory, Z. 2026. Upper Pajaro River Watershed Reassessment 2025: 10-Year Reassessment of the Ecological Condition of Streams Based on the California Rapid Assessment Method. SFEI Contribution No. 1300. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA. p. 66.
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Upper Pajaro Reassessment 2025.pdf 67.55 MB
Pearce, SA; Lowe, S; Peterson, D. 2025. Lake Silveira CRAM Assessments: Mitigation Monitoring Report Post-Construction - Year 5 (2025). SFEI Contribution No. 1275. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA. p. 24.
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Lake Silveira CRAM Mitigation Monitoring Report Year 5 2.71 MB
Pearce, SA; Lowe, S; Peterson, D; Walker, D; Kauhanen, P; Diggory, Z; Titus, D. 2024. Guadalupe River Watershed Reassessment 2022: 10-Year Reassessment of the Ecological Condition of Streams Based on the California Rapid Assessment Method. SFEI Contribution No. 1193. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Guadalupe River Watershed Reassessment 2022 7.63 MB
Lowe, S; Whipple, A; Sevier, E. 2025. A Compilation and Retrospective Assessment of Selected Russian River Watershed Health Indicators. SFEI Contribution No. 1240. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA. p. 108.
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R3MP Status & Trends Report (2025) 14.34 MB
Lowe, S; Salomon, M; Pearce, SA; Collins, JN; Titus, D. 2018. West Valley Watershed Assessment 2018: Study Area Extent, Stream Survey Design, Sample Frame, and Sample Draw. SFEI Contribution No. 863. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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WestValley_2018 Task002 West Valley Design & Draw.pdf 1.8 MB
Lowe, S; Thompson, B; Kellogg, M. 2000. Macrobenthic Assemblages of the San Francisco Bay-Delta, and their Responses to Abiotic Factors.
Lowe, S; Thompson, B; Kellogg, M. 2000. Results of the Benthic Pilot Study 1994 - 1997, Part 1. SFEI Contribution No. 39. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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94-97_benthic.pdf 6.51 MB
Lowe, S; Thompson, B; Lee, H, II. 1999. Impacts of Nonindigenous Species on Subtidal Benthic Assemblages in the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 329. p. 16.
Davis, JA; Lowe, S; Hoenicke, R; Scelfo, GH. 1999. 1999 Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 373. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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1999_QAPP.pdf 172.85 KB
Lowe, S; Hoenicke, R; Davis, JA. 1999. 1999 Quality Assurance Project Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 33. San Francisco Esturary Institute: Oakland.
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1999_QAPP_0.pdf 172.85 KB
Davis, JA et al. 1999. Recommendations for Improvement of RMP Sediment Monitoring. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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sediment_recs.pdf 104.89 KB
Lowe, S; Thompson, B; Gravitz, L. 1999. Sediment Conditions near Wastewater Discharges in San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
Daum, T; Lowe, S; Toia, R; Bartow, G; Fairey, R; Anderson, J; Jones, J. 2000. Sediment Contamination in San Leandro Bay, CA. SFEI Contribution No. 48. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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finalslbay.pdf 4.28 MB
Greenfield, BK; Lowe, S; Ross, JRM. 2001. Potential biological indicators of contaminant effects for use in monitoring the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 43. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
Lowe, S; Hoenicke, R; Scelfo, GH; Yee, D; Davis, JA. 2001. 2001 Quality Assurance Project Plan: Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 33. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
Lowe, S; Hoenicke, R; Grosso, C; Thompson, B; Stevens, D; Leatherbarrow, JE; Smith, RT; DIWG. 2002. The Design Process for the Status and Trends Component. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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Sarah-L_RMPMtg-2002.ppt 6.15 MB
Siemering, G; Lowe, S; Oros, DR; Yee, D; Davis, JA. 2002. Quality Assurance Project Plan Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program.
Lowe, S; Ross, JRM; Thompson, B. 2003. CISNet San Pablo Bay Network of Environmental Stress Indicators; Benthic Microfauna. SFEI Contribution No. 299. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
Lowe, S; David, N; Oros, DR; Jarman, WM; Lowe, T; Davis, JA. 2003. Surveillance for previously unmonitored organic contaminants in the San Francisco Estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 46, 1102-1110.
Davis, JA; Lowe, S; David, N; Oros, DR; Jarman, WM; Lowe, T. 2003. Surveillance for previously unmonitored organic contaminants in the San Francisco Estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 46, 1102-10.
Davis, JA; Lowe, S; Anderson, B; Phillips, B; Hunt, JA; Tjeerdema, RS; Taberski, K; Thompson, B; Nicely, P. 2003. Summary of 10 years of sediment toxicity monitoring for the San Francisco Estuary RMP. SFEI Contribution No. 281. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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Anderson.ppt 3.39 MB
Lowe, S; Thompson, B; Lee, H, II. 2003. Estuarine and scalar patterns of invasion in the soft-bottom benthic communities of the San Francisco Estuary. Biological Invasions, 5, 85-102.
Lowe, S; David, N; Oros, DR; Jarman, WM; Lowe, T; Davis, JA. 2003. Surveillance for previously unmonitored organic contaminants in the San Francisco Estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 46, 1102-1110.
Davis, JA; Lowe, S; Hunt, JA; Crane, D; Ross, JRM; Lovvom, J; Burkholder, B. 2003. Selenium Concentrations in Surf Scooter and Greater Scaup from the San Francisco Estuary. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, Ca.
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SOE_poster-SE_DUCKS_JH_FINAL.pdf 2.6 MB
Lowe, S; Phillips, B; Hoenicke, R; Tjeerdema, RS; Thompson, B; Anderson, B; Hunt, JA. 2003. Causes of Sediment Toxicity to Mytilus galloprovincialis in San Francisco Bay, California. Archive of Environmental Contamination Toxicology, 45, 486-491.
Davis, JA; Siemering, G; Lowe, S; Yee, D; Oros, DR; Hayworth, JD. 2004. Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Quality Assurance Program Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 302.
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APMP2003QualityAssur.pdf 588.8 KB
Ranasinghe, JA; Lowe, S; Smith, R; Thompson, B. 2004. Evaluation of Benthic Assessment Methodology in Southern California Bays and San Francisco Bay. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project: Westminster. CA.
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432_bri_sfei_0.pdf 1.44 MB
Lowe, S; Thompson, B. 2004. Assessment of Macrobenthos Response to Sediment Contamination in the San Francisco Estuary (published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23, 2178.
Lowe, S; Thompson, B. 2004. Assessment of macrobenthos resonse to sediment contamination in the San Francisco Estuary, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23.
Melwani, AR; Lowe, S; Ross, JRM; Smith, R; Thompson, B. 2005. Spatial Patterns of Sediment Contaminant Mixtures in San Francisco Bay. SFEI Contribution No. 450.
Lowe, S; Grosso, C; Ross, JRM; Franz, A; Stevens, DL. 2005. Using a Spatially Balanced, Random Sampling Design to Assist Informed Management Decision. Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland California.
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05SOE_poster_LOWE_MedRes.pdf 1.04 MB
Davis, JA; Lowe, S; Anderson, B; Hunt, JA; Thompson, B. 2004. Conceptual Framework and Rationale for the Exposure and Effects Pilot Study. SFEI Contribution No. 317. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland.
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EEPS_Concept_CN317_0.pdf 634.79 KB
Lowe, S; Hoenicke, R; Taberski, K; Smith, R; Thompson, B; Stevens, D; Leatherbarrow, JE. 2004. Re-design Process of the San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances (RMP). SFEI Contribution No. 109. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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RMP_2002_No109_RedesignProcess.pdf 1.72 MB
Lowe, S; Ross, JRM; David, N; Hunt, JA; Oros, DR; Leatherbarrow, JE; Grosso, C. 2004. San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) Annual Monitoring Results, 2002. SFEI Contribution No. 466. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
Oros, DR; Lowe, S. 2006. Pyrethroids Workshop: Facing Up to the Challenges in Pyrethroids Methods Development and Field Monitoring. Vol. 40 Attende.
Hunt, JA; Davis, JA; Lowe, S; Crane, D; Ross, JRM; Lovvom, J; Burkholder, B. 2006. Selenium Concentrations in Surt Scoter.
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Mercury06_Poster_Yee.pdf 12.73 MB
Grosso, C; Ross, JRM; Franz, A; Lowe, S; Stevens, DL, Jr. 2006. Using a Spatially Balanced, Random Sampling Design to Assist Informed Management Decisions. San José McEnery Convention Center.
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05SOE_poster_LOWE_MedRes_0.pdf 1.04 MB
Lowe, S; Hoenicke, R; Taberski, K; Smith, R; Thompson, B; Stevens, D; Leatherbarrow, JE. 2005. Re-design Process of the San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances (RMP) Status & Trends Monitoring Component for Water and Sediment. SFEI Contribution No. 507. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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RMP_2002_No109_RedesignProcess_0.pdf 1.72 MB
Lowe, S; Ross, JRM; Franz, A; Stevanovic, P; Yee, D; Grosso, C. 2006. Facilitating the Exchange and Reporting of Monitoring Data. San José McEnery Convention Center.
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05SOE_Poster_Grosso_MedRes.pdf 1.38 MB
Thompson, B; Melwani, AR; Lowe, S; Greenfield, BK; Robinson, A. 2007. Indicators of Anthropogenic Contamination in the Estuary. Oakland, Ca.
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SOE07PosterThompson_final.pdf 2.65 MB
Hunt, JA; Davis, JA; Lowe, S. 2006. Estuary News RMP Insert 2006. Estuary News.
Lowe, S; Anderson, B; Phillips, B. 2007. Final Project Report: Investigations of Sources and Effects of Pyrethroid Pesticides in Watersheds of the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 523. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland.
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523_CMR_PRISM_FinalProjectReport.pdf 6.79 MB
Lowe, S; Anderson, B. 2007. Quality Assurance Project Plan: Investigations of Sources and Effects of Pyrethroid Pesticides in Watersheds of the San Francisco Bay Estuary. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland.
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523b_QAPP_update2005to07.pdf 1.07 MB
Lowe, S; Anderson, B; Phillips, B; Hunt, JA; Taberski, K; Carr, RS; Thompson, B. 2007. Patterns and trends in sediment toxicity in the San Francisco Estuary. Environmental Research, 105, 145-155.
Phillips, B; Anderson, B; Lowe, S; Hunt, JA. 2008. RMP Sediment TIE Study 2007-2008: Using Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE)Methods to Investigate Causes of Sediment Toxicity to Amphipods. SFEI Contribution No. 561. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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Report_561_RMP_Sediment_TIE_FINAL.pdf 1.23 MB
Thompson, B; Lowe, S. 2008. Sediment Quality Assessments in the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 574. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, Ca.
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report574.pdf 2.52 MB
Lowe, S; Salop, P; Gehrts, K; Andreson, BS; Phillips, B; Bay, SM. 2008. Sampling in the Freshwater Reaches of the Lower Delta for Sediment Quality Objectives Measures. Tampa, FL.
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08SETAC_Poster_Lowe_f.pdf 8.66 MB
Davis, JA; Lowe, S; Hoenicke, R. 2008. Science Support for the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program, SWRCB Agreement No. 03-200-250-0. SFEI Contribution No. 546. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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546_SWAMP_finalReport_all.pdf 5.3 MB
Lowe, S; Salop, P; Gehrts, K; Bay, SM; Anderson, B; Phillips, B. 2008. Sampling in the Freshwater Reaches of the Lower Delta for the Sediment Quality Objectives Measures. UPDATED for CALFED meeting Oct 2008. Sacramento, Ca.
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08CALFED_Lowe_v4lores.pdf 5.04 MB
Lowe, S; Salop, P; Gehrts, K; Bay, SM; Anderson, B; Phillips, B. 2008. Sampling in the Freshwater Reaches of the Lower Delta for the Sediment Quality Objectives Measures. Berkeley, Ca.
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08SETAC_Poster_Lowe_f_0.pdf 8.66 MB
Greenfield, BK; Lowe, S. 2008. The science behind the Sediment Quality Objectives program for California bays and estuaries. Berkeley, Ca.
Grosso, C; Ross, JRM; Franz, A; Lowe, S; Stevens, DL, Jr. 2006. Using a Spatially Balanced, Random Sampling Design to Assist Informed Management Decisions. San José McEnery Convention Center.
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05SOE_poster_LOWE_MedRes_0.pdf 1.04 MB
Hunt, JA; Davis, JA; Lowe, S; Crane, D; Ross, JRM; Lovvom, J; Burkholder, B. 2006. Selenium Concentrations in Surt Scoter.
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Mercury06_Poster_Yee.pdf 12.73 MB
Yee, D; Lowe, S; Grosso, C; Ross, JRM; Franz, A; Stevanovic, P. 2005. Facilitating the Exchange and Reporting of Monitoring Data. Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA.
Lowe, S; Hoenicke, R; Taberski, K; Smith, R; Thompson, B; Stevens, D; Leatherbarrow, JE. 2005. Re-design Process of the San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances (RMP) Status & Trends Monitoring Component for Water and Sediment. SFEI Contribution No. 507. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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RMP_2002_No109_RedesignProcess_0.pdf 1.72 MB
Lowe, S; Ross, JRM; Franz, A; Stevanovic, P; Yee, D; Grosso, C. 2006. Facilitating the Exchange and Reporting of Monitoring Data. San José McEnery Convention Center.
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05SOE_Poster_Grosso_MedRes.pdf 1.38 MB