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Moored Sensor Program Semi-annual Report November 2025 - March 2026

Author(s): Charlotte Diamant | Dan Killam | Ariella Chelsky | Katie Noland | Lucy Montgomery | Martin Volaric | Camille Michalak | Ben Hodder

2026

This report provides an overview of the Nutrient Management Strategy Moored Sensor Program's major accomplishments and findings between November 2025 and March 2026. Highlights include installing a new station in San Pablo Bay, installing a new station at the northern end of…

Implementing Nature-based Solutions for Wastewater Management: San Francisco Bay Area Examples

Author(s): G. Miller | Annie Sneed | Ellen Plane | Ian Wren

2024

Prepared by the San Francisco Estuary Institute for the Bay Area Clean Water Agencies. 


Prepared in partnership with City of Hayward, City of Petaluma, East Bay Dischargers Authority, East Bay Regional Park District, Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District, Mountain…

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Remote Sensing Recommendations for Tidal Wetland Indicators

Author(s): Pete Kauhanen | Sarah Lowe

2021

This document presents potential products and methods for monitoring a suite of tidal wetland habitat indicators designated for the Montezuma Wetlands Project using remote sensing technology. This document can also serve as a starting place for the Technical Advisory…

Operation Baseline Science and Monitoring Needs: A memorandum summarizing the outcomes of a stakeholder workshop and surveys

Author(s): Amy Richey | April Robinson | David Senn

2018

In May 2018, the Delta Science Program (DSP) and the San Francisco Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center (SFEI-ASC) held a stakeholder workshop to discuss the nutrient-related effects of an upcoming major upgrade to the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District's…

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Assessment of Nutrient Status and Trends in the Delta in 2001–2016: Effects of drought on ambient concentrations and trends

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…

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Delta Regional Monitoring Program Nutrients Synthesis: Modeling to Assist Identification of Temporal and Spatial Data Gaps for Nutrient Monitoring

Author(s): Thomas Jabusch | Phil Trowbridge | Matthew Heberger | Marianne Guerin

2018

Nutrient loads are an important water quality management issue in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) and there is consensus that the current monitoring activities do not collect all the information needed to answer important management questions. The purpose of…

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…

Lower South Bay Nutrient Synthesis

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2016

Lower  South  Bay  (LSB),  a  shallow  subembayment  of  San  Francisco  Bay  (SFB),  is  situated  south  of   the  Dumbarton  Bridge,  and  is  surrounded  by,…

FY2015 Nutrient Management Strategy Annual Report

Author(s): Emily Novick | Jennifer Sun | David Senn

2015

Annual report summarizing the progress of the Nutrient Management Strategy during fiscal year 2015.

San Francisco Bay Nutrient Management Strategy Charter

Author(s): San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI)

2014

This Charter describes how the NMS functions. In addition to the Introduction above and this purpose / organization section, this Charter includes the following information:



  • Guiding Principles that frame and…

Scientific Foundation for the San Francisco Bay Nutrient Management Strategy

Author(s): David Senn | Emily Novick

2014

Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and phosphorus (DIP) are essential nutrients for primary production that supports estuarine food webs. However DIN and DIP concentrations in San Francisco Bay (SFB) greatly exceed those in other US estuaries where water quality has been…

Numeric Nutrient Endpoint Development for San Francisco Bay Estuary: Literature Review and Data Gaps Analysis

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2011

The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) is developing nutrient water quality objectives for the State’s surface waters, using an approach known as the Nutrient Numeric Endpoint (NNE) framework. The NNE establishes a suite of numeric endpoints based on the…