%0 Report %D 2018 %T RMP Small Tributaries Loading Strategy: Modeling and Trends Strategy 2018 %A Jing Wu %A Phil Trowbridge %A Don Yee %A Lester McKee %A Alicia Gilbreath %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %G eng %0 Report %D 2017 %T RMP Field Sampling Report 2016 %A Jennifer Sun %A Sarah Pearce %A Philip Trowbridge %I San Francisco Estuary Institute %C Richmond, CA %8 6/28/17 %G eng %0 Report %D 2016 %T Recommendations for a Modeling Framework to Answer Nutrient Management Questions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta %A Philip Trowbridge %A Michael Deas %A Eli Ateljevich %A Eric Danner %A Joseph Domagalski %A Chris Enright %A William Fleenor %A Chris Foe %A Marianne Guerin %A David Senn %A Lisa Thompson %I Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board %C Rancho Cordova, CA %8 03/2016 %G eng %U https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/delta_water_quality/delta_nutrient_research_plan/science_work_groups/2016_0301_final_modwp_w_appb.pdf %0 Journal Article %J Regional Studies in Marine Science %D 2016 %T The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay, California, USA: Science in support of managing water quality %A Trowbridge, P.R. %A Jay A. Davis %A T. Mumley %A Taberski, K. %A Feger, N. %A Valiela, L. %A Ervin, J. %A Arsem, N. %A Olivieri, A. %A Carroll, P. %A Coleman, J. %A Salop, P. %A Sutton, R. %A D. Yee %A McKee, L.J. %A M. Sedlak %A Cristina Grosso %A Kelly, J. %X

The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) is a novel partnership between regulatory agencies and the regulated community to provide the scientific foundation to manage water quality in the largest Pacific estuary in the Americas. The RMP monitors water quality, sediment quality and bioaccumulation of priority pollutants in fish, bivalves and birds. To improve monitoring measurements or the interpretation of data, the RMP also regularly funds special studies. The success of the RMP stems from collaborative governance, clear objectives, and long-term institutional and monetary commitments. Over the past 22 years, high quality data and special studies from the RMP have guided dozens of important decisions about Bay water quality management. Moreover, the governing structure and the collaborative nature of the RMP have created an environment that allowed it to stay relevant as new issues emerged. With diverse participation, a foundation in scientific principles and a continual commitment to adaptation, the RMP is a model water quality monitoring program. This paper describes the characteristics of the RMP that have allowed it to grow and adapt over two decades and some of the ways in which it has influenced water quality management decisions for this important ecosystem.

%B Regional Studies in Marine Science %V 4 %8 03/2016 %G eng %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352485515000602 %& 21 %R doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2015.10.002 %0 Journal Article %J Regional Studies in Marine Science %D 2016 %T Regional monitoring programs in the United States: Synthesis of four case studies from Pacific, Atlantic, and Gulf Coasts %A Schiff, K. %A Trowbridge, P.R. %A Sherwood, E.T. %A Tango, P. %A Batiuk, R.A. %X

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.

%B Regional Studies in Marine Science %V 4 %8 03/2016 %G eng %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352485515000742 %& A1 %R doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2015.11.007