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Contaminants in Fish from California Lakes and Reservoirs Jay Davis, and RMP staff hosted a SWAMP Webinar titled Contaminants in Fish from California Lakes… News
Contaminant Fate Work Group Topics discussed included Overview of Fate Studies in the RMP, RMP Sediment Coring Project and… Event
QA/QC Annual Meeting Event
Bioaccumulation of Contaminants by Transplanted Bivalves in the San Francisco Estuary: Status and Trends Contents Summary Introduction Methods Results Discussion and Conclusions References Cited Appendix… General Content
RMP Steering Committee Meeting Event
SF Bay's slide in mud worries scientists Millions of tons of sand and clay that Gold Rush miners scoured from the Sierra Nevada have finally… News
It's clear: The Bay isn't as murky. After more than a century of being murky from enough Gold Rush-era mining sediment to fill 60… News
Benthic Workgroup Meeting Event
RMP Steering Committee Meeting Event
Sources, Pathways, and Loadings Work Group Meetings Topics from this meeting include: Small Tributaries Loading Strategy, Guadalupe River - Small… Event
Contaminant Fate Workgroup Meeting Topics from this meeting include:Update on the RMP Modeling Strategy , Conceptual Model for Bay… Event
Sources, Pathways, and Loadings Work Group Meetings Topics from this meeting include: Update: SPLWG 5-year Workplan (5-YWP) Revision, Update: Modeling… Event
2010 Pilot and Special Studies Understanding the Relative Sensitivity of Terns to PBDEs Authors: Barnett… General Content
2011 Pilot and Special Studies Mercury Synthesis and Conceptual Model Update Authors: Jay Davis, Lester… General Content
2006 Pilot Studies Mercury Deposition Network Authors: Don Yee (SFEI) General Content
2007 Pilot Studies Exposure and Effects Pilot Study In 2007, the RMP will continue the Pilot Study of… General Content
2008 Pilot Studies Exposure and Effects Pilot Study The Exposure and Effects Pilot Study was initiated… General Content
SWAMP Bioaccumulation Monitoring Lakes and Survey Report "There is definitely a concern,” said Jay Davis, a senior scientist with the San Francisco Estuary… News
RMP Annual Meeting 2008 Photos   General Content
RMP Annual Meeting Congratualtions to Gillian Silva of the Vallejo Sanitation & Flood Control District, winner of… Event
RMP Fish Committee Topics from this meeting include: Background and history of the RMP Fish Sampling Program,… Event
RMP Fish Committee Topics from this meeting include: Contaminant Studies in San Francisco Bay Sport Fish, 2003, Power… Event
RMP Fish Committee Topics from this meeting include: Discussion of 2003 Fish Report, Discussion of 2006 Sampling… Event
RMP Fish Committee Event
RMP Fish Committee Topics from this meeting include: Other Emerging Contaminants of Concern, Review and Discussion of… Event
RMP Source, Pathways, and Loadings Work Group Topics from this meeting include: Review of SPLWG 5-yr work plan, Criteria for picking new… Event
RMP Source, Pathways, and Loadings Work Group Topics from this meeting include: Mapping stormwater drainage and drainage areas in the Bay Area… Event
RMP Source, Pathways, and Loadings Work Group Topics from this meeting include: Mallard Island Large Rivers Loading Study – Main Study, Mallard… Event
RMP Source, Pathways, and Loadings Work Group Topics from this meeting include: PCB and PBDE loads at Mallard Island during WY 2002, 2003, 2004,… Event
RMP Source, Pathways, and Loadings Work Group Topics from this meeting include: Trace element loads in urbanized watersheds and the potential for… Event
RMP Source, Pathways, and Loadings Work Group Topics from this meeting include: SPLWG 5-year work plan, Update on Journal papers in preparation… Event
RMP Source, Pathways, and Loadings Work Group Topics from this meeting include: Modeling Sediment and Contaminant Loads, SPLWG 5-year Workplan… Event
RMP Exposure and Effects Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Diving Ducks, Tern Studies and Benthos. Event
RMP Exposure and Effects Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Presentation of Research on Terns, Update on Fish Effect Work and… Event
RMP Exposure and Effects Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Update on Fish Effects Work, Update on Small Fish Study and Tern… Event
RMP Exposure and Effects Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Update on Small Fish Project and Discussion of the 2006 Plan,… Event
RMP Exposure and Effects Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Synthesis of Results of Shiner Surfperch Project and Work… Event
RMP Exposure and Effects Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Update on 2007 EEPS project: Hg in Terns, Update on 2007 EEPS… Event
RMP Exposure and Effects Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Five-year Plan for the Exposure and Effects Work in the RMP,… Event
RMP Exposure and Effects Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Revised Five-year Plan for Benthic Effects Work in the RMP, Five… Event
RMP Exposure and Effects Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Revised Five-year Plan for Benthic Effects Work in the RMP,… Event
RMP Exposure and Effects Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Updates on Current Exposure and Effects work, Five-year Plan for… Event
RMP Exposure and Effects Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Status of the Five Year Plan and EEPS Summary Report, 2007/2008… Event
RMP Emergining Contaminants Workgroup Topics from this meeting included: Goals for the Workgroup and Overview of RMP, Emerging challenges… Event
RMP Emergining Contaminants Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Recent Findings on the Fate of Wastewater-Derived Organic… Event
RMP Emergining Contaminants Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Update on 2007/2008 Pilot and Special Study: PFOS in Seals,… Event
RMP Emergining Contaminants Workgroup Topics include: Update on 2008 Pilot and Special studies: Alternative Flame Retardants, Update on… Event
RMP Emergining Contaminants Workgroup Topics from this meeting included: Updated Five-year Plan, SCCWRP Emerging Contaminants Strategy… Event
RMP Contaminant Fate Workgroup Topics include: Multi-box PCB Model, Sediment Core Sampling Plan and PCB Food Web Model Event
RMP Contaminant Fate Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Multi-box PCB Model, Sediment Core Sampling Plan and Approval of… Event
RMP Contaminant Fate Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Multi-box PCB Model, Review of September 2005 Meeting and… Event
RMP Contaminant Fate Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Multi-box PCB Model, PBDE Mass Budget and Sediment Core Sampling. Event
RMP Contaminant Fate Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Developing a Five-year Plan for the RMP, Identifying High… Event
RMP Contaminant Fate Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: Review of Reports on the Multi-box PCB Model, Food Web Uptake… Event
RMP Contaminant Fate Workgroup Topics from this meeting include: USGS (Multi-box) Sediment Transport Model, Multi-box Model for… Event
RMP Contaminant Fate Workgroup Topics from this meeting included: Mercury Strategy – Small Fish, Mercury Strategy – Results of the… Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics from this meeting included: Setting Priorities for the 2006 Program Plan, Annual Meeting and… Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics from this meeting included: Contingency Fund Request by the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration… Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics from this meeting included: Summary of Synthesis Articles, Presentation of Findings of… Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics from this meeting included: 2005 Highlights and 2006 Workplan, Water Staff Meeting: Board… Event
Mercury Rising. Is restoring wetlands bad for health? Mercury, to put it plainly, is bad stuff. In people, it causes exhaustion, headaches, memory loss,… News
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics from this meeting included: Information Needs of RMP Participants, Pulse Update, and… Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics from this meeting included: USGS Sediment Sampling Sites, Update on Prioritization of S… Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics from this meeting included: Discussion of Episodic Toxicity for 2007, Program Plan for 2007… Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics discussed in this meeting included: 2007 Pulse and Annual Meeting, Recommendation of the… Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics discussed included: UCSC Special Study for 2007, Setting Priorities for 2008 Program Plan:… Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topic included: Revised RMP Management Questions, Update on South Bay Salt Pond Monitoring and… Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics from this meeting include: Annual Meeting and 2008 Pulse , Contingency Funding for Oil Spill… Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics included: Update on the 2006 Sportfish Monitoring, Prioritizing Dioxin Data Gaps and Program… Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics discussed: Ranking of 2009 Pilot and Special Study Ideas, Dioxin Strategy and Results of… Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics included: Wet Weather Sediment Sampling 2009, RMP Planning and Update on Dioxin Strategy Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics Disscussed included: Annual Meeting and 2009 Pulse, Steering Committee Report and 2008… Event
RMP Technical Review Committee Topics discussed included: RMP Planning Update, RMP Modeling Strategy and Dioxin QAPP Event
RMP Steering Committee Topics included: Program Plan Writeup and Budget for 2005, Responding to Review Panel… Event
RMP Steering Committee Topics discussed in this meeting included: Budget Status, Management Review of the Pulse and… Event
RMP Steering Committee Topics discussed in this meeting include Draft Monitoring Plan for 2006, Five-year Review for 2008,… Event
RMP Steering Committee Topics discussed in this meeting included Long-term Strategy for RMP and CEP, Prioritization of… Event
RMP Steering Committee Topics from this meeting included: Technical Review Committee Meeting Summary, Budget Status,… Event
RMP Steering Committee Topics discussed included : Jay Davis to confirm that the sport fish sampled meet the regulatory… Event
RMP Steering Committee Topics discussed were: Committee Member Updates, Technical Review Committee (TRC) Meeting Summary… Event
RMP Steering Committee Topics discussed included: Budget Status, Summary of Outcomes of the September 19th Status and… Event
RMP Steering Committee Topic discussed included: Approval of the 2007 Budget, Budget Status and more Event
RMP Steering Committee Topics discussed included: Approval of the Redesign of Status and Trends, Request for Contingency… Event
RMP Steering Committee Jay Davis stated that the workgroups are all developing five-year plans which will be completed by… Event
RMP Steering Committee Topics discussed included Committee Member Updates, Technical Review Committee Meeting Summary,… Event
RMP Steering Committee Topics include 2008 Pulse, Budget Status and Program Review Event
RMP Steering Committee Meeting Topics of discussion included: pilot and special studies for 2009; recommendations for dioxin… Event
RMP Steering Committee Meeting Information: Impact of California Budget Impasse on SFEI The State budget impasse has resulted in… Event
Find yourself a safer place to swim or fish in the Bay Area Another example of a web dashboard built using R comes from John Oram, a scientist at the San… News
Where to Find Clean Sport Fish in California The State Water Resources Control Board has released a new big report showing results of tests on… News
Small Fish "Tracers" Detect Bay Mercury Threats In collaboration with the San Francisco Estuary Institute, UC Davis researchers have made headway… News
RMP Steering Committee Event
KQED QUEST - San Francisco Bay Invaders Andy Cohen was interviewed by KQED Quest. News
McNabney Marsh - Benthos The McNabney Marsh has not seen tidal waters in about 100 years and due to the perseverance by and… Project
Selection Process Unlike the static Status and Trends program, the purpose of the pilot and special studies element… General Content
Department of Public Health Training on Fish Contamination for Service Providers back Data A Data Module 2 Activity 2.2 Chemicals Activity Background.pdf (158.12 KB) ChemLabels… General Content
Project Documents Technical reports, handouts, and spreadsheets associated with the Fish Mercury Project. Final FMP… General Content

Publications

Title Abstract Year of Publication
The RMP Mercury Strategy: Approaching a Crossroads 2010
A BMP tool box for reducing Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and Mercury (Hg) in municipal stormwater 2010
A Regional Mass Balance of Methylmercury in San Francisco Bay, California, USA 2010
Concentrations and Loads of Mercury Species in the Guadalupe River, San Jose, California: Water Year 2010 2010
Concentrations of Hg PCBs in soils sediment and water in the urbanized Bay Area 2010
Copper 2010 Sample Locations Map 2010
Data Collection Protocol Plant Community Structure of Intertidal--Upland Ecotone 2010
Developing Impairment Thresholds for the Effects of Mercury on Forster's Tern Reproduction in the San Francisco Bay 2010
Emerging Stormwater Pollutant Reduction Strategies from Another Urban Watershed: Importing Some Ideas from the Chesapeake Bay 2010
Estuary News RMP Insert 2010 2010
Evidence for thyroid endocrine disruption in wild fish in San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Relationships to contaminant exposures 2010
Exploratory categorization of watersheds for potential stormwater monitoring in San Francisco Bay 2010
Forecasting Multiple Watershed-level Benefits of Alternative Storm Water Management Approaches in the Semi-arid Southwest: Required Tools for Investing Strategically 2010
Habitat-Related Benthic Macrofaunal Assemblages of Bays and Estuaries of the Western United States 2010
Linkages Between Watersheds and the Bay: Past, Present, and Future 2010
Low Impact Development: Implementation Examples and New Directions 2010
Memo: Estimates of hydrology in small (<80 km2) urbanized watersheds under dry weather and high flow conditions 2010
North Bay Small Fish Mercury Monitoring with a Focus on Napa-Sonoma Managed Ponds and Sloughs 2010
Review of Agenda and Goals of Meeting 2010
RMP 2010 Annual Meeting Agenda 2010
Selenium in the Grasslands Watershed 2010
SWAMP: Monitoring the Health of Our Watersheds 2010
The Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit 2010
The RMP Small Tributary Loading Strategy 2010
Update on Contaminants of Emerging Concern 2010
Alameda Creek Bulk Sediment Study Technical Memorandum 2009
Concentrations and Loads of Trace Contaminants in the Zone 4 Line A Small Tributary, Hayward, California: Water Year 2007 2009
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Wastewater Treatment Plant Influent and Effluent and Surface Waters of Lower South San Francisco Bay 2009
RMP Small Tributaries Loading Strategy 2009
Organophosphate Flame Retardants in San Francisco Bay Biosolids and Sediments 2009
Guadalupe Watershed Model Year 1 Report 2009
2009 Pulse of the Estuary: Bay Sediments - Past a Tipping Point 2009
Analysis of Sediment Cores: Uncovering the Past 2009
Contaminants of Emerging Concern: An Update on RMP Activities 2009
Flame Retardant Chemicals in San Francisco Bay: More than Just PBDEs 2009
How Bioinvasions Have Changed the Benthic Community; and a Recent Oyster Invasion 2009
Patterns in Mercury Update by Small Fish 2009
Recent Trends of Phytoplankton Increase in San Francisco Bay 2009
Regulation of Sediment and Sediment Quality 2009
Sediment Happens - But not so Much 2009
Suspended Sediment: Past a Tipping Point – What’s Next? 2009
Water Quality in the Bay: 2009 2009
Best Management Practices in Stone Fruit Project 2009
Guadalupe Watershed Model 2009
Managing Contaminants of Emerging Concern in California: Developing Processes for Prioritizing, Monitoring, and Determining Thresholds of Concern 2009
Redesign of Sediment Stations to include Wet Weather Sampling 2009
Riparian Area Mapping Model Overview 2009
Estimated Sediment Contaminant Concentrations Associated with Biological Impacts at San Diego Bay Cleanup Sites 2009
Georectification and Interpretation of Historical Maps on California Coast 2009
Alternative Brominated Flame Retardants in San Francisco Bay Wildlife and Sediments 2009
Characterization of Organophosphorus Chemicals in a PentaBDE Replacement Mixture and their Detection in Biosolids 2009
Detection of Organophosphate Flame Retardants in Furniture Foam and US House Dust and Indoor Air 2009
Emerging Problems? Identifying Contaminants of Concern in San Francisco Bay 2009
Sediment Quality Objectives For Indirect Effects Update 2009
Environmental Endocrine Disruption in Wild Fish of San Francisco Bay 2009
Review of sediment gauging in Alameda Creek Watershed in relation to District needs 2009
San Francisco Bay Triennial Bird Egg Monitoring Program for Contaminants - 2009 Data Summary 2009
A Legacy of Contaminants in SF Bay and Wetland Cores 2009
A Sediment Budget for Two Reaches of Alameda Creek: support for flood control channel management 2009
Calibration and evaluation of five indicators of benthic community condition in two California bay and estuary habitats 2009
Copper 2009 Sample Locations Map 2009
Delta RMP: Developing a Delta Regional Monitoring Program for Contaminants 2009
Detection of Organophosphate Flame Retardants in Furniture Foam and U.S. House Dust. 2009
Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: Surveillance Using Bay Fish 2009
Environmental Data Upload and Visualization Tools 2009
Estuary News RMP Insert 2009 2009
Guadalupe Watershed Model Support Tool for Regional Hg and PCBs Management 2009
Integrating Toxicity Risk in Bird Eggs and Chicks: Using Chick Down Feathers To Estimate Mercury Concentrations in Eggs 2009
Mercury-Selenium Effects on Reproductive Success of Forster's Terns in San Francisco Bay 2009
Patterns in Mercury and Trace Organic Contamination of Sport Fish and Sediments in San Francisco Bay Compared to the Offshore Coast 2009
San Francisco Bay Sport Fish Monitoring, 2009 and Beyond 2009
South Baylands Mercury Project: Assessing Differences in Food-web Mercury Associated with Restoring Salt Ponds to Tidal Marsh in South San Francisco Bay 2009
Summary of Current Water Quality Monitoring Programs in the Delta 2009
Sources, Pathways and Loadings Workgroup: Five-Year Workplan (2008-12) 2008
Sources, Pathways and Loadings Workgroup: Five-Year Workplan (2008-12) 2008
The Influence of Chemical and Physical Factors on Macrobenthos in the San Francisco Estuary 2008
The Influence of Chemical and Physical Factors on Macrobenthos in the San Francisco Estuary 2008
A First-Order Mass Budget for Methylmercury in San Francisco Bay, CA. 2008
Agricultural Drainage through the Grassland Bypass Project 2008
Contaminants in Sport Fish of California lakes and reservoirs 2008
Perfluorinated Compounds in San Francisco Bay Harbor Seals 2008
Perfluorinated Compounds in San Francisco Bay Harbor Seals 2008
Sampling in the Freshwater Reaches of the Lower Delta for Sediment Quality Objectives Measures 2008
Advances in Understanding of Loads of Mercury and Other Pollutants to the Bay 2008
A Methylmercury Budget for San Francisco Bay 2008
Cool New Tools for Accessing RMP Data 2008
Dredging and Sediment Management in San Francisco Bay 2008
Guadalupe Watershed Model. Phase: 1 Hydrology Model 2008
Mercury Management in the Delta 2008
San Francisco Bay Mercury Loads: Scientific information development and management response. Harmonizing River Catchment and Estuary 2008
The RMP Mercury Strategy: Studies Underway 2008
The RMP Mercury Strategy: Studies Underway 2008
The San Francisco Bay Water Board's Regulatory Approach and Information Needs 2008
The San Francisco Bay Water Board's Regulatory Approach and Information Needs 2008
Water Quality Science and Management in the Delaware Estuary 2008
Water Quality Science and Management in the Delaware Estuary 2008
2008 Pulse of the Estuary: Monitoring and Managing Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary 2008
New flame retardants detected in indoor and outdoor environments:New research suggests that a flame retardant marketed as a replacement for a banned and discontinued PBDE retardant can be found in people’s homes and the outdoor environment. 2008
Alternate and New Brominated Flame Retardants Detected in US House Dust 2008
Characterization of the brominated chemicals in a PentaBDE replacement mixture and their detection in biosolids collected from two San Francisco Bay Area Waste water treatment plants 2008
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