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Cisnet Technical Report: Contaminant Accumulation In Eggs of Double-Crested Cormorants and Song Sparrows In San Pablo Bay. SFEI Contribution No. 412. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
2004. (633.82 KB)Reducing Methylmercury Accumulation in the Food Webs of San Francisco Bay and Its Local Watersheds. SFEI Contribution No. 707. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2014. (1.87 MB)Evaluation of water hyacinth survival and growth in the Sacramento Delta, California following cutting. J. of Aquatic Plant Management . SFEI Contribution No. 440.
2006. (781.42 KB)Mechanical shredding of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes): mpacts to water quality in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, California. Estuaries 30, 627-640 . SFEI Contribution No. 525.
2007. (321.43 KB)Seasonal, Interannual, and Long-term Variation in sport fish contamination, San Francisco Bay. Science of the Total Environment . SFEI Contribution No. 81.
2004. (389.04 KB)Modeling mercury bioaccumulation in largemouth bass in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and tributaries. SFEI: Oakland, CA. p 22.
2008. (1.54 MB)Contaminant concentrations and histopathological effects in Sacramento splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology . SFEI Contribution No. 540.
2007. Shell damage and salt marsh periwinkles (Littoraria irrorata Say) and resistance to future attacks by blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun). American Malacological Bulletin 17, 141-146 . SFEI Contribution No. 478.
2002. (423.12 KB)Potential biological indicators of contaminant effects for use in monitoring the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 43. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
2001. Mercury in sport fish from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region, California. Science of the Total Environment 66-75 . SFEI Contribution No. 537.
2008. (801.36 KB) 2003.
Mercury in San Francisco Bay forage fish. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, Ca.
2010. (1.08 MB)Predicting mercury levels in fish: use of water chemistry, trophic ecology, and spatial traits (M.S. Thesis), University of Wisconsin: Madison.
2000. Evaluating impacts of Lake Sweeper plant control. J. of Aquatic Plant Management . SFEI Contribution No. 461.
2005. The tidal marsh food web. SFEI Contribution No. 472. University of California: Berkeley, CA. p 12 pp.
. 2002. (212.27 KB)Hg L 3 XANES study of mercury methylation in shredded Eichhornia crassipes. Environmental Science and Technology.
2008. (303.99 KB)Assessment of Potential Aquatic Herbicide Impacts to California Aquatic Ecosystems. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology . SFEI Contribution No. 539.
2008. (330.69 KB)Indicator Development and Framework for Assessing Indirect Effects of Sediment Contaminants. SFEI Contribution No. 524. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
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Three mechanical shredders evaluated for controlling water hyacinth (California). Ecological Restoration 22, 300-301 . SFEI Contribution No. 463.
2004. Control costs, operation, and permitting issues for non-chemical plant control: case studies in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Region, California. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 40-49.
2006. Predicting mercury levels in fish: use of water chemistry, trophic ecology, and spatial traits. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58, 1419 -1429 . SFEI Contribution No. 306.
2000. (264.98 KB)Reducing methylmercury accumulation in the food webs of San Francisco Bay and its local watersheds. Environmental Research 119, 3-26.
2012. (1.32 MB)Mercury in Sport Fish from the Delta Region (Task 2A). SFEI Contribution No. 252. San Francisco Estuary Institute / CALFED Final Project Report.: Oakland, CA. p 88 pp.
2002. Exploratory categorization of watersheds for potential stormwater monitoring in San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
2010. (4.14 MB)Mercury in biosentinel fish in San Francisco Bay: First-year project report. SFEI Contribution No. 520.
2006. (552.37 KB)APMP Alternatives Program Executive Summary. SFEI Contribution No. 118. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
2004. (325.38 KB)Aquatic Pesticides Monitoring Program Nonchemical Alternatives Year 3 Final Report. SFEI Contribution No. 390. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
2005. (4.49 MB)Predictors of Mercury Spatial Patterns in San Francisco Bay Forage Fish. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 32 (12), 2728-2737.
2013. (919.57 KB)Review of Alternative Aquatic Pest Control Methods For California Waters. SFEI Contribution No. 96. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA. p 109 pp.
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Contaminant concentrations in sport fish from San Francisco Bay, 1997. Marine Pollution Bulletin, accepted with revisions. 44, 1117-1129 . SFEI Contribution No. 253.
2002. Effect of injury in salt marsh periwinkles (Littoraria irrorata Say) on resistance to future attacks by blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun). American Malacological Bulletin 17, 141-146 . SFEI Contribution No. 257.
2002. White Paper on Public Policy Options for Water Quality Improvements in the Critical Coastal Areas. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
. 2011. (8.26 MB)White Paper on Public Policy Options for Water Quality Improvements in the Critical Coastal Areas. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
. 2011. San Francisco Bay PCB Food - Web Model. SFEI Contribution No. 90. San Francisco Estuary Institute , Simon Fraser University, EVS Environmental Consultants: Oakland, Ca.
2003. (1.09 MB)2015. The Baylands and Climate Change: What We Can Do. Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Science Update 2015. California State Coastal Conservancy: Oakland, CA.
(31.68 MB)Development of Benthic Community Condition Indices – San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2014. (977 KB)Calibration of the Multivariate AZTI Marine Biotic Index (M-AMBI) for Potential Inclusion into California Sediment Quality Objective Assessments in San Francisco Bay. SFEI Contribution No. 939. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2019. (2.45 MB) (119.95 KB) (44.53 KB) (23.92 KB)Pollutants of concern (POC) loads monitoring progress report, water years (WYs) 2012, 2013, and 2014. SFEI Contribution No. 741.
2016. (2.58 MB)Bay Area Green Infrastructure Water Quality Synthesis. SFEI Contribution No. 922. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.
2018. (2.31 MB) (1.95 MB)Pollutants of concern reconnaissance monitoring final progress report, water years 2015 and 2016. SFEI Contribution No. 817.
2017. (4.01 MB)Multi-year water quality performance and mass accumulation of PCBs, mercury, methylmercury, copper and microplastics in a bioretention rain garden. Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment 5 (4) . SFEI Contribution No. 872.
2019. (627.7 KB) (4.92 MB)A multiyear water quality performance study of a bioretention rain garden located along a major urban transit corridor east of San Francisco Bay was conducted to assess the efficacy of bioretention rain gardens to remove pollutants. Based on data collected in three years between 2012 and 2017, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and suspended sediment concentrations (SSCs) were reduced (>90%), whereas total mercury (Hg), methylmercury (MeHg), and copper (Cu) were moderately captured (37%, 49%, and 68% concentration reduction, respectively). Anthropogenic microparticles including microplastics were retained by the bioretention rain garden, decreasing in concentration from 1.6 particles/L to 0.16 particles/L. Based on subsampling at 50- and 150-mm intervals in soil cores from two areas of the unit, PCBs, Hg, and MeHg were all present at the highest concentrations in the upper 100 mm in the surface media layers. Based on residential screening concentrations, the surface media layer near the inlet would need to be removed and replaced annually, whereas the rest of the unit would need replacement every 8 years. The results of this study support the use of bioretention in the San Francisco Bay Area as one management option for meeting load reductions required by San Francisco Bay total maximum daily loads, and provide useful data for supporting decisions about media replacement and overall maintenance schedules.
Cesar Chavez Streetscape Improvement Project (Case Study Site and Technical Reports). SFEI Contribution No. 797.
2015. (651.3 KB) (1.59 MB)Monitoring and Results for El Cerrito Rain Gardens. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2012. (2.79 MB)Concentrations and loads of PCBs, dioxins, PAHs, PBDEs, OC pesticides and pyrethroids during storm and low flow conditions in a small urban semi-arid watershed. Science of the Total Environment 526, 251-261 . SFEI Contribution No. 650.
2015. Urban runoff has been identified in water quality policy documents for San Francisco Bay as a large and potentially controllable source of pollutants. In response, concentrations of suspended sediments and a range of trace organic pollutants were intensively measured in dry weather and storm flow runoff from a 100% urban watershed. Flow in this highly urban watershed responded very quickly to rainfall and varied widely resulting in rapid changes of turbidity, suspended sediments and pollutant concentrations. Concentrations of each organic pollutant class were within similar ranges reported in other studies of urban runoff, however comparison was limited for several of the pollutants given information scarcity. Consistently among PCBs, PBDEs, and PAHs, the more hydrophobic congeners were transported in larger proportions during storm flows relative to low flows. Loads for Water Years 2007-2010 were estimated using regression with turbidity during the monitored months and a flow weighted mean concentration for unmonitored dry season months. More than 91% of the loads for every pollutant measured were transported during storm events, along with 87% of the total discharge. While this dataset fills an important local data gap for highly urban watersheds of San Francisco Bay, the methods, the uniqueness of the analyte list, and the resulting interpretations have applicability for managing pollutant loads in urban watersheds in other parts of the world.
Pollutants of Concern Reconnaissance Monitoring Progress Report, Water Years 2015 - 2019. SFEI Contribution No. 987. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2020. (1.6 MB)Reconnaissance monitoring for water years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 was completed with funding provided by the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP). This report is designed to be updated each year until completion of the study. At least one additional water year (2020) is underway. An earlier draft of this report was prepared for the Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association (BASMAA) in support of materials submitted on or before March 31st 2020 in compliance with the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit (MRP) Order No. R2-2015-0049.
Pollutants of Concern Reconnaissance Monitoring Water Years 2015, 2016, and 2017. SFEI Contribution No. 840. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2018. (5.55 MB)Spatiotemporal variation of turbidity in Alameda Creek and selected tributaries: August thru December 2007. SFEI Contribution No. 547. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
2008. (16.66 MB)Hacienda Avenue Bio-Infiltration Basins (Case Study - Fact Sheet). San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2016. (4.27 MB)Pollutants of Concern Reconnaissance Monitoring Progress Report, Water Years 2015-2020. SFEI Contribution No. 1061. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2021. (3.22 MB)The San Francisco Bay polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and mercury (Hg) total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) call for implementation of control measures to reduce PCB and Hg loads entering the Bay via stormwater. In 2009, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board) issued the first Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit (MRP). This MRP contained a provision aimed at improving information on stormwater pollutant loads in selected watersheds (Provision C.8.) and piloted a number of management techniques to reduce PCB and Hg loading to the Bay from smaller urbanized tributaries (Provisions C.11. and C.12.). To address C8, a previously developed fixed station loads monitoring technique was refined that incorporated turbidity and stage sensors recording at 5-15 minute intervals with the collection of velocity and water samples using both manual and auto sampling techniques to compute loads. In 2015, the Regional Water Board issued the second iteration of the MRP. “MRP 2.0” placed an increased focus on identifying those watersheds, source areas, and source properties that are potentially the most polluted and are therefore most likely to be cost-effective areas for addressing load-reduction requirements.
Pollutants of Concern Reconnaissance Monitoring Progress Report, Water Years 2015-2018. SFEI Contribution No. 942. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2019. (3.37 MB)Suspended Sediment Loads Analysis of Four Creeks in the San Francisco Bay Area. SFEI Contribution No. 1134. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2023. (4.92 MB) (7.33 MB) (5.1 MB) (7.5 MB) (7.67 MB)Concentrations and Loads of Trace Contaminants in a Small Urban Tributary, San Francisco Bay, California. SFEI Contribution No. 650. SFEI: Richmond, CA. p 40.
2012. (1.25 MB)Priority margin unit stormwater monitoring to support load estimates of PCBs into San Leandro Bay and the Emeryville Crescent. SFEI Contribution No. 1088. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
2022. (2.06 MB)Newcomb Avenue Green Street (Case Study Site and Technical Reports). SFEI Contribution No. 793.
2014. (778.81 KB) (1.17 MB)San Francisco State University Site 1 Vegetated Infiltration Basin (Case Study Site and Technical Reports). SFEI Contribution No. 794.
2014. (770.95 KB) (882.14 KB)Fremont Tree Well Filters: LID Performance on a Redeveloped Urban Roadway (Case Study Site and Technical Reports). SFEI Contribution No. 772.
2015. (31.54 MB) (4.68 MB) (62.4 KB)San Francisco State University Site 3 Basin and Swale System (Case Study Site and Technical Reports). SFEI Contribution No. 795.
2014. (718.98 KB) (1.02 MB)