Publications

Title Abstract Year of Publication
2021 RMP Status and Trends Data Quality Assurance Report 2025
2022 RMP Status and Trends Data Quality Assurance Report 2025
2024 Quality Assurance Program Plan for The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay 2024
Selenium Concentrations in Water and Clams in North San Francisco Bay, 2019-2020 The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) started implementing a new design for North Bay selenium (Se) sampling in 2019 after a long-term USGS program was… 2024
Development of Semi-Empirical Light Extinction Estimates for Biogeochemical Modeling Applications in San Francisco Bay 2024
San Francisco Bay Watershed Dynamic Model (WDM) Progress Report, Phase 2 The San Francisco Bay total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) call for a 50% reduction in mercury (Hg) loads by 2028 and a 90% reduction in PCBs loads by 2030. In support of these TMDLs, the Municipal… 2022
Microplastics from Tire Particles in San Francisco Bay Fact Sheet As we drive our cars, our tires shed tiny particles When it rains, stormwater runoff carries tire particles—and the toxic chemicals they contain—from city streets and highways to storm drains and… 2022
Contaminant Concentrations in Sport Fish from San Francisco Bay: 2019 2021
Sampling and Quality Assurance and Quality Control: A Guide for Scientists Investigating the Occurrence of Microplastics Across Matrices Plastic pollution is a defining environmental contaminant and is considered to be one of the greatest environmental threats of the Anthropocene, with its presence documented across aquatic and… 2020
Contaminants of Emerging Concern in San Francisco Bay: A Strategy for Future Investigations 2020 Update This 2020 CEC Strategy Update is a brief summary document that describes the addition of recently monitored CECs to the tiered risk-based framework. Reviews of findings relevant to San Francisco Bay… 2020
Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in San Francisco Bay: Synthesis and Strategy 2018
Pilot Study of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) in the Russian River Watershed: Lessons Learned 2017
Contaminant Concentrations in Eggs of Double-crested Cormorants and Forster's Terns from San Francisco Bay: 2002-2012 2016
Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in wastewater: Significance of unknown precursors, manufacturing shifts, and likely AFFF impacts In late 2014, wastewater effluent samples were collected from eight treatment plants that discharge to San Francisco (SF) Bay in order to assess poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) currently… 2016
Perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) in wildlife from an urban estuary 2012
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