Monitoring Southern California's Coastal Waters
Copyright
Preface
PURPOSE
METHODS
ORGANIZATION
THE STUDY'S AUDIENCE
Acknowledgments
Contents
Executive Summary
1 The Southern California Bight
PHYSICAL SETTING
Bathymetry
Drainage Basin
Circulation and Oceanography
Climate and Hydrology
HABITATS AND NATURAL RESOURCES
LAND USE AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
SUMMARY
2 Sources of Pollution and Habitat Change
MAJOR SOURCES OF CONTAMINANTS
CLASSES OF CONTAMINANTS Oil Exploration and Production Wastes and PetroleumRadionuclides
Bacteria and Pathogens
Thermal Discharges
Particulate Organic Matter and Solids
Dissolved Nutrients and Eutrophication
Trace Metals
Synthetic Organic Chemicals
Ocean Dumping
OVERVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
Bightwide Environmental Issues
DDT Contamination
U.S.-Mexico Sewage Contamination
Local Environmental Problems
SUMMARY
3 Regulatory Framework and Public Concerns
REGULATORY SECTOR
Marine Water Quality
Public Health and Safety Natural Resource Protection and ManagementINTERAGENCY COOPERATION
PUBLIC CONCERNS FOR THE BIGHT
SUMMARY
4 Monitoring and Research in the Southern California Bight
THE MONITORING SECTOR
Municipal Discharges
County Sanitation Districts of Orange County
City of Los Angeles
Coastal Power Plants
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
Oil Exploration and Production
Ocean Dumping and Dredge Disposal
Nonpoint Sources
Shoreline Erosion and Beach Replenishment
Resource Monitoring
Current Resource Monitoring Historical Monitoring and the CalCOFI ProgramKelp Bed Monitoring
Noncommercial Resources
Water Quality Monitoring for Public Health
National and Statewide Monitoring Programs
Citizen and Community Monitoring
Monitoring Expenditures
Summary of Monitoring Activities
THE RESEARCH SECTOR
Federal Agencies
State Agencies
Local Agencies
Universities
Private Industry
Research Successes
SUMMARY
5 A Framework for the Analysis of Monitoring
THE IMPORTANCE OF OBJECTIVES
THE ROLE OF TECHNICAL DESIGN A FRAMEWORK FOR PRIORITIZING PROBLEMSThe Assessment Framework
A Synoptic Overview
Supporting Detail
SUMMARY
6 Analysis of Monitoring Efforts
INSTITUTIONAL OBJECTIVES AND THEIR LIMITATIONS
Objectives
Institutional Limitations
Nonpermit Activities
Inflexibility
Permit-by-Permit Approach
TECHNICAL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
Statistical Design
Field and Laboratory Procedures
Data Management
TECHNICAL INTERPRETATION AND DECISION MAKING
OVERALL ORGANIZATION OF MONITORING
Objectives

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Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Panel on Southern California Bight of the Committee on a Systems Assessment of Marine Environmental Monitoring

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA

National Academy Press : Marine Board [distributor

Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP)

United States, United States of America

Washington, 1900

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2017-03-05