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Long-Term Suspended Sediment Monitoring by the USGS
Water sampling

Since 1993, this element of the RMP has focused on monitoring and understanding suspended sediment dynamics in the Estuary through the monitoring of suspended sediments at key locations in the Estuary. This work has yielded many insights into sediment and contaminant dynamics in the Estuary.

Reports and Publications

  • Schoellhamer, D.H., 2011. Sudden clearing of estuarine waters upon crossing the threshold from transport to supply regulation of sediment transport as an erodible sediment pool is depleted: San Francisco Bay, 1999. Estuaries and Coasts, 34(5), 885-899.