San Francisco Bay Estuary Priority Ecosystem Study
Diverse organic and inorganic contaminants that vary
widely in their environmental behavior, sources, and toxicity enter the
San Francisco Bay estuary. Toxic substances enter the estuary in agricultural
and urban runoff and in discharges from municipal wastewater facilities
and industries. The study focuses on the movement, fate, and effect of
contaminants from a variety of agricultural, industrial, and urban sources,
such as pesticides and toxic trace elements, and on the effects of the
highly varying hydrologic conditions in river--estuarine environments.
Scientists are developing an approach to characterize the distribution
of contamination and the resulting ecological effects that will be applied
in similar environments elsewhere.
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Upcoming Publications
- Hydrodynamic control of phytoplankton loss to the benthos in an estuarine environment: Jones, N.L., Thompson, J.K., Arrigo, K.R., and Monismith, S.G., Limnology and Oceanography (IN PRESS).
- Implications of estuarine transport for water quality: Lucas, L.V., in Valle-Levinson, A., ed., Contemporary Issues in Estuarine Physics, New York, Cambridge University Press (IN PRESS).
- Corbula amurensis: Thompson, J.K., in Invasive Species Compendium, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, CABI (IN PRESS).
Newly Published
- Mercury cycling in stream ecosystems--3. Trophic dynamics and methylmercury bioaccumulation: Chasar, L.C., Scudder, B.C., Stewart, A.R., Bell, A.H., and Aiken, G.R., 2009, Environmental Science and Technology, doi:10.1021/es8027567 (Advanced Web release).
- Benthic nutrient sources to hypereutrophic Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon: Kuwabara, J.S., Topping, B.R., Lynch, D.D., Carter, J.L., and Essaid, H.I., 2009, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 28, no. 3, p. 516-524, doi:10.1897/08-207.1.
- Why are diverse relationships observed between phytoplankton biomass and transport time?: Lucas, L.V., Thompson, J.K., and Brown, L.R., 2009, Limnology and Oceanography, v. 54, no. 1, p. 381-390.
- Shallow water processes govern system-wide phytoplankton bloom dynamics--A modeling study: Lucas, L.V., Koseff, J.R., Monismith, S.G., and Thompson, J.K., 2008, Journal of Marine Systems, v. 75, no. 1-2, p. 70-86 doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.07.011.
- Shallow water processes govern system-wide phytoplankton bloom dynamics--A field study: Thompson, J.K., Koseff, J.R., Monismith, S.G., and Lucas, L.V., 2008, Journal of Marine Systems, v. 74, no. 1-2, p. 153-166, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.12.006.
- Environmental factors affecting mercury in Camp Far West Reservoir, 2001-03: Alpers, C.N., Stewart, A.R., Saiki, M.K., Marvin-DiPasquale, M., Topping, B.R., Rider, K.M., Gallanthine, S.K., Kester, C.A., Rye, R.O., Antweiler, R.C., and DeWild, J.F., 2008, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5008, 358 p.
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