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California Wetland and Riparian Area Protection Policy. Technical Advisory Team. Technical Memorandum No. 2: Wetland Definition. SFEI Contribution No. 998.
. 2012. (1.35 MB)California Wetland and Riparian Area Protection Policy. Technical Advisory Team. Technical Memorandum No. 4: Wetland Identification and Delineation. SFEI Contribution No. 1000.
. 2012. (2.44 MB)Wetland Tracker Factsheet, Bay Area, Level 1: Landscpae Assessment. SFEI Contribution No. 568. SFEI. p 2, front and back.
. 2008. (330.46 KB)Wetland Tracker Factsheet, Level 1: Landscape Assessment, CA State version. SFEI Contribution No. 569.
. 2008. California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) Fact Sheet, Level 2, State version. SFEI Contribution No. 562. p 2 pages.
. 2008. (390.99 KB)1999 Annual Results: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 351. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
. 2001. (5.59 MB)2009 Annual Monitoring Results. SFEI Contribution No. 629. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
. 2011. (1.91 MB)Ecological Monitoring & Assessment Framework: Stream Ecosystem Condition Profile: Coyote Creek Watershed . San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA. p 109.
. 2011. (3.83 MB) (1.88 MB) . 2005.
2013-2014 Annual Monitoring Results. SFEI Contribution No. 758. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
. 2015. (2.86 MB)Report of the Pesticide Workgroup. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
. 1999. (7.98 MB)Tidal wetland restoration potential using dredged sediments: a methodology for assessment with examples from the North Bay Area. SFEI Contribution No. 305.
. 1996. (8.27 MB)Green Infrastructure at SFEI: Making Green Infrastructure Work in the Bay Area (Fact Sheet). San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
. 2016. (2.61 MB)California Wetland and Riparian Area Protection Policy. Technical Advisory Team. Technical Memorandum No. 1: Technical Advisory Team. SFEI Contribution No. 997. SFEI: Oakland, CA.
. 2009. (281.31 KB)1995 Annual Report: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 21. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
. 1997. (7.11 MB)2002 Annual Results. SFEI Contribution No. 318.
. 2004. (10.19 MB)2001 Annual Results: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 280. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
. 2003. (151.18 KB) (3.46 MB) (3.47 MB) (4.62 MB) (332.46 KB)CMARP Phase III Technical Support: Highlighting Monitoring Activities and Recommendations for Addressing Shortfalls and Improving Monitoring Coordination in the Delta-Suisun Bay Planning Area. SFEI Contribution No. 565. Department of Fish and Game, Central Valley Bay-Delta Branch, Ecosystem Restoration Program.
. 2008. 2000 Annual Results: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 238. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
. 2002. (788.42 KB) (1.32 MB) (1.32 MB) (3.26 MB) (2.23 MB)Report of the Bioaccumulation Workshop. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
. 1999. (134.19 KB)1996 Executive Summary: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 218. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
. 1998. (156.24 KB)1993 Executive Summary: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 5. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
. 1994. CALFED's Fish Mercury Project. SFEI Contribution No. 531. San Francisco Estuary Institute and CALFED.
. 2007. (21.81 MB)California Wetland and Riparian Area Protection Policy. Technical Advisory Team. Technical Memorandum No. 3: Landscape Framework for Wetlands and Other Aquatic Areas. SFEI Contribution No. 999.
. 2012. (2.98 MB)Ecology for Health: Design Guidance for Fostering Human Health and Biodiversity in Cities. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. SFEI Contribution No. 1130. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
. 2023. (7.79 MB) (85.39 MB)Greenspaces provide crucial nature contact for urban residents. When we have greater access and exposure to nature in the places where we live, work, learn, and play, we tend to experience better human health outcomes. Urban parks, trees, and vegetation encourage physical activity, reduce anxiety and depression, support social cohesion by providing gathering spaces, and are associated with reduced mortality and improved overall health.
While traditionally biodiversity conservation has focused on large open spaces, cities can also play a key role in supporting biodiversity. Many of the world’s major cities developed in biodiversity hotspots due to historical settlement patterns dependent on natural resources. Thus cities contain vital remnant habitat as well as globally important native and endangered species that rely on urban greenspaces.
As urbanization increases, cities around the world are developing and implementing plans to better integrate nature within urban settings. Many of these plans emphasize the importance of urban greening in providing multiple, substantial benefits such as biodiversity conservation, stormwater management, human health and well-being improvements, climate resilience, and more. However not all greenspaces are created equal in their biodiversity support and human health provision.
The goal of this document is to provide science-based guidance for designing urban spaces that foster both human health and urban biodiversity. Anyone making decisions about land use and urban design in cities across the world can benefit from the recommendations in this document (including community organizations, local non-profits, local leaders and policy makers, city planners, urban designers, landscape architects, engineers, gardeners/horticulturists/arborists, residents, and landowners). However, the majority of the document is specifically aimed at supporting designers and planners who work at the planning, site, and detailed design scales such as landscape architects, civil engineers, and urban designers. As noted in more detail in the limitations section below, this document synthesizes global research and design strategies while strongly informed by our experience as scientists and designers in California’s San Francisco Bay Area.
The Bioavailability of Toxic Contaminants in the San Francisco Bay-Delta - Proceedings of a Two Day Seminar Series. SFEI Contribution No. 154. San Francisco Estuary Institiute: Richmond, CA. p 182.
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California Wetland and Riparian Area Protection Policy. Technical Advisory Team. Technical Memorandum No. 5: Stream Definition (Final Draft). SFEI Contribution No. 1001.
. 2016. (816.97 KB)1993 Annual Report: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 4. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
. 1994. (2.7 MB)2008 RMP Annual Monitoring Results. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
. 2010. (3.56 MB)1994 Executive Summary: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 188. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
. 1996. (42.21 KB)CALFED's FIsh Mercury Project FACT SHEET-- Monitoring and Reducing Methylmercury Exposure in the Bay Delta Watershed. SFEI Contribution No. 538. SFEI.
. 2007. Protocol for Accessing and Sampling Archived Sediments from the San Francisco Estuary RMP for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 119. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
. 2000. (197.08 KB)1996 Annual Report: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 219. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
. 1998. (5.96 MB)1994 Annual Report: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 189. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
. 1996. (3.66 MB)Field Evaluations of Alternative Pest Control Methods in California Waters. . SFEI Contribution No. 105. p 110 pp.
. 2004. (2.73 MB)1998 Annual Results: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 334. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
. 2000. (5.1 MB)1997 Annual Report: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 37. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
. 1999. (6.32 MB)2003 Annual Results: San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances. SFEI Contribution No. 398. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Oakland, CA.
. 2005. (10.48 MB)2016 Regional Monitoring Program Update. SFEI Contribution No. 790. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
. 2016. (6.27 MB)2017 Margins Microplastics Cruise Report. SFEI Contribution No. 848. Coastal Conservancy & Research: Moss Landing, CA.
2017. (1.95 MB)Grain size, bulk density, and carbon content of sediment collected from Whale's Tail South marsh and adjacent bay floor, South San Francisco Bay, California, 2021-2022. U.S. Geological Survey.
2023. Sediment samples were collected on and adjacent to the Whale’s Tail South marsh. Short push-cores of bed sediment were collected in South San Francisco Bay adjacent to Whales Tail South marsh on five days from June through August 2021 and 3 days from November 2021 to January 2022. Additional samples were taken from ceramic tiles placed on the marsh to measure sediment deposition and from rip-up clasts deposited on the marsh edge. Samples were analyzed for sediment properties including bulk density, particle size distribution, and percent carbon. These data were collected as part of a collaborative study with the USGS Western Ecological Research Center to quantify sediment fluxes, deposition on the marsh, and changes in marsh morphology at Whale's Tail marsh in southern San Francisco Bay.
Hydrodynamic and sediment transport data from Whale's Tail marsh and adjacent waters in South San Francisco Bay, California 2021-2022. United States Geological Survey.
2023. The U.S. Geological Survey Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center collected hydrodynamic and sediment-transport data at shallow water sites in South San Francisco Bay and in the Whale's Tail South marsh in Eden Landing Ecological Reserve in Alameda County, CA in 2021 and 2022. This data release includes hydrodynamic and sediment transport time-series data spanning from June 2021 to January 2022, as well as sediment bed properties and water column suspended-sediment concentrations Details on station location, instrumentation, and measured variables are included in sections for each data type. The data were collected to determine sediment supply and sediment delivery to marshes, both in the bay and in tidal creeks as well as across the bay-marsh interface during varying tidal and wave conditions. The goal of the project was to more accurately predict the fate of marshes and to optimize management actions. They were collected as part of a collaborative study with the USGS Western Ecological Research Center. These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public.
Implementation Manual for the San Leandro Creek Watershed Awareness Program, 1993-1994. SFEI Contribution No. 177. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, Ca. p 75.
1994. Temporally variable freshwater sources of dissolved chromium to the San Francisco Bay estuary. Environmental Science and Technology 31, 3455-3460 . SFEI Contribution No. 197.
1997. Stable lead isotopic analyses of historic and contemporary lead contamination of San Francisco Bay estuary. Marine Chemistry 64, 71-83 . SFEI Contribution No. 331.
1999. Indirect reduction of hexavalent chromium by copper in the presence of superoxide. Marine Chemistry 69, 33-41 . SFEI Contribution No. 335.
2000. Mercury deposition in a tidal marsh downstream of the historic New Almaden mining district, CA. SFEI Contribution No. 286.
2003. (11.13 MB)The biogeochemical cycling of manganese in San Francisco Bay: Temporal and spatial variations. SFEI Contribution No. 52. Vol. 54, pp 227-239.
2002. Groundwater seepage into northern San Francisco Bay: implications for dissolved metals budgets. Wate Resources Research . SFEI Contribution No. 54.
2002. Decadal decline of anthropogenic silver in San Francisco Bay: Comparison with lead. Environmental Science and Technology . SFEI Contribution No. 53.
2002. Decadal trends of silver and lead contamination in San Francisco Bay surface waters. Environmental Science and Techology 36, 2379-2386 . SFEI Contribution No. 276.
2002. The estuarine cycles of cobalt in San Francisco Bay and the New York Bight. Limnology and Oceanography . SFEI Contribution No. 297.
2003. Mercury speciation in the San Francisco Bay estuary. Marine Chemistry . SFEI Contribution No. 56.
2003. Anthropogenic sources of lead in the Sacramento and San Joaquin drainage basins. Environmental Science and Technology . SFEI Contribution No. 289.
2003. Evaluation of immune responses as indicators of contamination in San Francisco Bay, Using a novel phagocytosis and phagocytic index method developed for mussels. Marine Environmental Research . SFEI Contribution No. 293.
2003. Organic complexation and total dissolved trace metal analysis in estuarine waters: Comparison of solvent-extraction GFAAS and chelating resin flow injection ICP-MS Analysis. Analytica Chimica Acta . SFEI Contribution No. 294.
2003. Mercury Contamination from Historic Mining in Water and Sediment, Guadalupe River and San Francisco Bay, CA. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis . SFEI Contribution No. 298.
2003. Past leaded gasoline emissions as a nonpoint source tracer in riparian systems: A study of river inputs to San Francisco Bay. Environmental Science and Technology 34, 1211-1215 . SFEI Contribution No. 267.
2000. Sequential Extraction of Mercury from Sediments in San Francisco Bay Estuary. Environmental Science and Technology . SFEI Contribution No. 126.
2002. Quality Assurance in Environmental Analysis Applied to the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution No. 168. San Francisco Estuary Project: Oakland, CA.
1991. Distribution of Colloidal trace metals in the San Francisco Bay estuary. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 60, 4933-4944 . SFEI Contribution No. 194.
1996. Dissolved trace element cycles in the San Francisco Bay estuary. Marine Chemistry 36, 329-363 . SFEI Contribution No. 163.
1991. Comparable levels of trace metal contamination in two semi-enclosed embayments: San Diego Bay and South San Francisco Bay. Environmental Science and Technology 27, 1934-1936 . SFEI Contribution No. 173.
1993. 1993.
Benthic lead fluxes in San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 58, 3307-3313 . SFEI Contribution No. 180.
1994. Chromium speciation in San Francisco Bay: Superposition of geochemical processes causes complex spatial distribution of inorganic species. Marine Chemistry 49, 189-200 . SFEI Contribution No. 183.
1995. Diagnostic modeling of trace metal partitioning in South San Francisco Bay. Limnology and Oceanography 40, 345-358 . SFEI Contribution No. 187.
1995.