A Record of Groundbreaking Science
Below is a running list of all RMP publications, with the most recent publications at the top. The Pulse, the RMP Update, and Status and Trends publications are included among others.
In addition to RMP-produced publications, the Bay RMP contributed to the production of Estuary News magazine, and many articles feature Bay RMP findings. Estuary News, a former publication of the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, reported San Francisco Bay, Delta, and watershed news from 1992 to 2023, and won an award for excellence in 2011. Read more about Estuary News.
Author(s): Rebecca Sutton | Da Chen | Jennifer Sun | Denise Greig | Yan Wu
2019
Flame retardant chemical additives are incorporated into consumer goods to meet flammability standards, and many have been detected in environmental matrices. A uniquely wide-ranging characterization of flame retardants was conducted, including…
Author(s): Thomas Jabusch | Phil Trowbridge | Adam Wong | Matthew Heberger
2018
Nutrients and the effects of nutrients on water quality in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a priority focus area for the Delta Regional Monitoring Program (Delta RMP). The Program’s first assessment question regarding nutrients is: “How do concentrations of nutrients (and…
Author(s): Scott Dusterhoff | Sarah Pearce | Lester McKee | Carolyn Doehring | Julie Beagle | Katie McKnight | Robin Grossinger | Ruth Askevold
2017
Over the past 200 years, many of the channels that drain to San Francisco Bay have been modified for land reclamation and flood management. The local agencies that oversee these channels are seeking new management approaches that provide multiple benefits and promote…
Influence of Nutrient Forms and Ratios on Phytoplankton Production and Community Composition
Author(s): David Senn | Richard Dugdale | Frances Wilderson | Alexander Parker | Patricia Gilbert | Mine Berg | Eric Spotswood | Anthony Malkassian | James Cloern | Raphael Kudela | Emily Novick | Melissa Peacock | Tara Schraga
2017
This report (dubbed ‘Suisun Synthesis II’) was prepared to serve as a background resource for a November 2016 workshop, co-convened by the Central Valley and San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water Quality Control Boards, that focused on the potential influence of excess…
Author(s): Akash Sadaria | Rebecca Sutton | Kelly Moran | Jennifer Teerlink | Jackson Brown V | Rolf Halden
2017
Urban pest control insecticides, specifically fipronil and its four major degradates (fipronil sulfone, sulfide, desulfinyl, and amide) and imidacloprid, were monitored during drought conditions in eight San Francisco Bay wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In influent and…
Author(s): Jing Wu | Pete Kauhanen | Sarah Lowe | Sarah Pearce | Josh Collins
2017
This summary memorandum presents technical recommendations to the 401 Certification and Waste Discharge Program (401 Program) of the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) for a coherent, scientifically sound, repeatable, watershed approach to wetland restoration…
- 1. Wetland Beneficial Use Protection: Pilot Demonstration Project
- 2. Synthesis of Literature on Wetland Assimilation Capacities, Models, and Pollutant Loads...
- 3.A. Simulating Wetland Assimilation Capacity in the Lower Santa Rosa Creek Watershed Pilot Demonstration Area Using HSPF Model
- 3.B. Demonstration of a Watershed Approach to Wetland Restoration Planning Using GreenPlan-IT
- 4. Evaluating Wetland Beneficial Uses At Project and Watershed Scales
Author(s): Yan Wu | Hongli Tan | Rebecca Sutton | Da Chen
2017
The present study provides the first comprehensive investigation of polyhalogenated carbazoles (PHCZ) contamination in an aquatic ecosystem. PHCZs have been found in soil and aquatic sediment from several different regions, but knowledge of their bioaccumulation and…
San Francisco Bay Triennial Bird Egg Monitoring Program for Contaminants - 2016 Data Summary
Author(s): Joshua Ackerman | A. Hartman | M.P. Herzog | M. Toney
2016
As part of the Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) and the USGS’s long-term Wildlife Contaminants Program, the USGS samples double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) and Forster’s tern (Sterna forsteri) eggs throughout the San Francisco Bay Estuary…
Effects of salinity on olfactory toxicity and behavioral responses of juvenile salmonids from copper
Author(s): F. Sommers | E. Mudrock | J. Labenia | D. Baldwin
2016
Dissolved copper is one of the more pervasive and toxic constituents of stormwater runoff and is commonly found in stream, estuary, and coastal marine habitats of juvenile salmon. While stormwater runoff does not usually carry copper concentrations high enough to result in…
Author(s): Phil Trowbridge | Jay Davis | Tom Mumley | K. Taberski | N. Feger | L. Valiela | J. Ervin | N. Arsem | A. Olivieri | P. Carroll | J. Coleman | P. Salop | Rebecca Sutton | Donald Yee | Lester McKee | M. Sedlak | Cristina Grosso | J. Kelly
2016
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…
Author(s): K. Schiff | Phil Trowbridge | E.T. Sherwood | P. Tango | R.A. Batiuk
2016
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…
Author(s): Vanessa Hatje | Kenneth Bruland | Russell Flegal
2016
We evaluated both the spatial distribution of gadolinium (Gd) and other rare earth elements (REE) in surface waters collected in a transect of San Francisco Bay (SFB) and their temporal variations within the Bay over two decades. The REE were preconcentrated using the NOBIAS…