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Salop, P.; Bell, D.; Gold, J. 1999. Field Sampling Manual for the RMP for Trace Substances (version 1, January 1999). SFEI Contribution No. 324. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Salop, P. 2017. 2017 RMP Water Cruise Report. SFEI Contribution No. 846. Applied Marine Sciences: Livermore, CA.
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Salop, P.; Gunther, A. J.; Bell, D.; Cotsifas, J.; Gold, J.; Ogle, S. R. 2001. San Francisco Bay Episodic Toxicity Report - 2000. SFEI Contribution No. 233. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Salop, P.; Shimabuku, I.; Davis, J.; Franz, A. 2018. 2018 Bivalve Retrieval Cruise Report. SFEI Contribution No. 920. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.
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Salop, P.; Herrmann, C. 2019. 2019 RMP Water Cruise Report. SFEI Contribution No. 967. Applied Marine Sciences: Livermore, CA.

This report details activities associated with the annual Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary (RMP) water cruise. The RMP water sampling program was redesigned in 2002 to adopt a randomized sampling design at thirty-one sites in place of the twenty-six “spine of the Estuary” stations sampled previously. In 2007, the number of sites was decreased to twenty-two stations and it remains as such for 2019.

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Schiff, K.; Trowbridge, P. R.; Sherwood, E. T.; Tango, P.; Batiuk, R. A. 2016. Regional monitoring programs in the United States: Synthesis of four case studies from Pacific, Atlantic, and Gulf Coasts. Regional Studies in Marine Science 4.

Water quality monitoring is a cornerstone of environmental protection and ambient monitoring provides managers with the critical data they need to take informed action. Unlike site-specific monitoring that is at the heart of regulatory permit compliance, regional monitoring can provide an integrated, holistic view of the environment, allowing managers to obtain a more complete picture of natural variability and cumulative impacts, and more effectively prioritize management actions. By reviewing four long-standing regional monitoring programs that cover portions of all three coasts in the United States–Chesapeake Bay, Tampa Bay, Southern California Bight, and San Francisco Bay–important insights can be gleaned about the benefits that regional monitoring provides to managers. These insights include the underlying reasons that make regional monitoring programs successful, the challenges to maintain relevance and viability in the face of ever-changing technology, competing demands and shifting management priorities. The lessons learned can help other managers achieve similar successes as they seek to establish and reinvigorate their own monitoring programs.

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Schoellhamer, D. H. 1996. Factors affecting suspended-solids concentrations in South San Francisco Bay, California. Journal of Geophysical Research 101, 12,087-12,095 . SFEI Contribution No. 10.
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Schoellhamer, D.; McKee, L.; Pearce, S.; Kauhanen, P.; Salomon, M.; Dusterhoff, S.; Grenier, L.; Marineau, M.; Trowbridge, P. 2018. Sediment Supply to San Francisco Bay. SFEI Contribution No. 842. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.
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Applied Marine Sciences. 2014. 2013 RMP Water Cruise Plan. Applied Marine Sciences: Livermore, CA.
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Applied Marine Sciences. 2022. 2021 RMP Water Cruise Report. SFEI Contribution No. 1098. Applied Marine Sciences: Livermore, CA.

This report details activities associated with the biannual Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary (RMP) water cruise. The RMP water sampling program was redesigned in 2002 to adopt a randomized sampling design at thirty-one sites in place of the twenty-six “spine of the Estuary” stations sampled previously. In 2007, the number of sites was decreased to twenty-two stations, combined probabilistic and historic, and it remains as such for 2021. 

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Applied Marine Sciences. 2015. 2015 RMP Water Cruise Plan. Applied Marine Sciences: Livermore, CA.
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Applied Marine Sciences. 2015. 2015 RMP Water Cruise Report. Applied Marine Sciences: Livermore, CA.
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RMP Lead Scientist. 2015. 2015 RMP Artesian Slough Sampling & Analysis Plan. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Sedlak, M.; Greig, D. 2012. Perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) in wildlife from an urban estuary. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 14, 146-154.
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Sedlak, M.; Sutton, R.; Wong, A.; Lin, D. 2018. Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in San Francisco Bay: Synthesis and Strategy. SFEI Contribution No. 867. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.
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Sedlak, M.; Sutton, R.; Miller, L.; Lin, D. 2019. Microplastic Strategy Update. SFEI Contribution No. 951. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.

Based on the detection of microplastics in San Francisco Bay surface water and Bay Area wastewater effluent in 2015, the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) convened a Microplastic Workgroup (MPWG) in 2016 to discuss the issue, identify management information needs and management questions (MQs), and prioritize studies to provide information to answer these management questions. The MPWG meets annually to review on-going microplastic projects and to conduct strategic long-term planning in response to new information in this rapidly evolving field.


In this nascent field with new findings published almost daily, the Strategy is designed to be a living document that is updated periodically. This Strategy Update includes a short summary of recent findings from the San Francisco Bay Microplastics Project - a major monitoring effort in the Bay - and an updated multi-year plan based on the newly acquired knowledge and current management needs.

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Senn, D.; Novick, E. 2016. Nutrient Management Strategy Science Plan Report. SFEI Contribution No. 878. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Senn, D. B.; Novick, E. 2014. Suisun Bay Ammonium Synthesis. SFEI Contribution No. 706. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA. p 191.
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Senn, D.; Trowbridge, P. 2016. San Francisco Bay Nutrient Management Strategy Observation Program. SFEI Contribution No. 877. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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2021. 2020-21 RMP North Bay Selenium Study. SFEI Contribution No. 1052. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.

This report details activities associated with the Regional Monitoring Program North Bay Selenium Study in 2020 and 2021. The study was designed to monitor two sites for selenium (Se) in water and clam tissue six times annually between June and February. Due to the COVID pandemic, however, four sample collection events were completed. This report outlines the sampling activities, personnel, and site locations monitored for the project.

 

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2020. 2019-20 RMP North Bay Selenium Study. 2019-20 RMP North Bay Selenium Study. SFEI Contribution No. 1051. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.

This report details activities associated with the Regional Monitoring Program North Bay Selenium Study. The  study was designed to monitor two sites for selenium (Se) in clam tissues and water six times between June  2019 and February 2020. This report outlines the sampling activities, personnel, and site locations monitored for  the project. 

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SFEI. 2021. Ecotone levees and wildlife connectivity: A technical update to the Adaptation Atlas. SFEI Contribution No. 1037. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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SFEI. 2003. 2003 Pulse of the Estuary: Monitoring & Managing Contamination in the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 74. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Oakland, CA.
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SFEI. 2001. 1993 - 1999 Pulse of the Estuary: Monitoring and Managing Contamination in the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 101. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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SFEI. 2004. 2004 Pulse of the Estuary: Monitoring & Managing Contamination in the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 401. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Oakland, CA.
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SFEI. 2005. 2005 Pulse of the Estuary: Monitoring and Managing Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 78. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA. p 84.
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SFEI. 2007. 2007 Pulse of the Estuary: Monitoring and Managing Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 532. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA. p 88.
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SFEI. 2008. 2008 Pulse of the Estuary: Monitoring and Managing Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 559. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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SFEI. 2009. 2009 Pulse of the Estuary: Bay Sediments - Past a Tipping Point. SFEI Contribution No. 583. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA. p 92.
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SFEI. 2013. 2013 Pulse of the Bay: Contaminants of Emerging Concern. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA. p 102.
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SFEI. 2015. 2015 Pulse of the Bay: The State of Bay Water Quality - 2015 and 2065. SFEI Contribution No. 759. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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SFEI. 2012. 2011 Pulse of the Estuary: Pollutant Effects on Aquatic Life. SFEI Contribution No. 660. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA. p 104.
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SFEI. 2015. 2015 Sturgeon Muscle Plug Study Sampling & Analysis Plan. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.
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SFEI. 2010. 2010 Pulse of the Estuary: Linking the Watersheds and the Bay. SFEI Contribution No. 618. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Oakland, CA. p 96.
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SFEI. 2016. 2016 RMP Sturgeon Derby Study Sampling & Analysis Plan. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.
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SFEI. 2019. The Pulse of the Bay 2019: Pollutant Pathways. SFEI Contribution No. 954. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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SFEI. 2006. The 2004 to 2005 RMP Annual Monitoring Results. Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary (RMP). SFEI Contribution No. 519. San Francisco Estuary Institute. p 220.
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SFEI; CDHS,. 2001. The San Francisco Bay Seafood Consumption Study Report. SFEI Contribution No. 369. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
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SFEI. 2023. Landscape Scenario Planning Tool User Guide v2.2.0. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, Calif.
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SFEI; ESA,; Baye, P. 2023. Growing Resilience: Recommendations for Dune Management at North Ocean Beach. SFEI Contribution No. 1155. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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SFEI. 2017. The Pulse of the Bay: The 25th Anniversary of the RMP. SFEI Contribution No. 841. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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SFEI; Safran, S. M. 2014. Natural Flow Hydrodynamic Modeling Technology Support Phase 1 Technical Memorandum.

This technical memorandum summarizes the work to date carried out by the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) to generate a bathymetric-topographic digital elevation model (DEM) of the historical Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (representative of early 1800s conditions). The historical DEM described in this document is an interim/draft product completed for Phase I of the Bay-Delta Natural Flow Hydrodynamics and Salinity Transport modeling project. It is expected that the product and methods described here will be refined during a second phase of the project.

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SFEI. 2016. 2015 Annual Monitoring Report. SFEI Contribution No. 775. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Shimabuku, I.; Trowbridge, P.; Salop, P. 2018. 2018 RMP Bivalve Retrieval Cruise Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 893. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Shimabuku, I.; Pearce, S.; Trowbridge, P.; Franz, A.; Yee, D.; Salop, P. 2018. Field Operations Manual for the Regional Monitoring Program. SFEI Contribution No. 902. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Shimabuku, I.; Trowbridge, P.; Salop, P.; Franz, A. 2018. 2018 RMP Bivalve Retrieval Cruise Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 893. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.
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Shimabuku, I.; Trowbridge, P.; Salop, P. 2018. 2018 RMP Bivalve Deployment Cruise Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 892. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Shimabuku, I.; Trowbridge, P.; Sun, J. 2018. Bay 2017 Bay RMP Field Sampling Report. SFEI Contribution No. 849. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.
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Shimabuku, I.; Chen, D.; Wu, Y.; Miller, E.; Sun, J.; Sutton, R. 2022. Occurrence and risk assessment of organophosphate esters and bisphenols in San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Science of the Total Environment 813 . SFEI Contribution No. 982.

Organophosphate esters (OPEs) and bisphenols are two classes of industrial chemicals that are ubiquitously detected in environmental matrices due to high global production and widespread use, particularly in the manufacture of plastic products. In 2017, water samples collected throughout the highly urbanized San Francisco Bay were analyzed for 22 OPEs and 16 bisphenols using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-Q Trap-mass spectrometry. Fifteen of the 22 OPEs were detected, with highest median concentrations in the order TCPP (42 ng/L) > TPhP (9.5 ng/L) > TBOEP (7.6 ng/L) > TnBP (7.5 ng/L) > TEP (6.7 ng/L) > TDCIPP (6.2 ng/L). In contrast, only two of 16 bisphenols, BPA and BPS, were quantified, with concentrations ranging from <0.7–35 ng/L and <1–120 ng/L, respectively. BPA and a few OPEs (EHDPP and TEHP) were primarily present in the particulate phase, while BPS and all other observed OPEs were predominantly found in the dissolved phase. Pairwise correlation analysis revealed several strong, positive correlations among OPEs, and few weak, negative correlations between OPEs and BPA, suggesting differences between the two classes with respect to their sources, pathways, and/or fate in the environment. Concentrations of OPEs and bisphenols observed in this study were generally consistent with reported concentrations in other estuarine and marine settings globally. TDCIPP exceeded existing predicted no-effect concentrations (PNECs) at some sites, and six other compounds (TCrP, IDDPP, EHDPP, TPhP, TBOEP, and BPA) were observed at levels approaching individual compound PNECs (not considering mixture effects), indicating potential risks to Bay biota. These results emphasize the need to control releases of these contaminants in order to protect the ecosystem. Periodic monitoring can be used to maintain vigilance in the face of potential regrettable substitutions.

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Siegel, S.; Callaway, J. 2002. Data Collection Protocol Sedimentation- Erosion Tables (SET's). SFEI Contribution No. 244. University of San Francisco, Wetlands and Water Resources: San Francisco, CASan Rafael, CA.
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