Monitoring Southern California’s coastal waters

Monitoring Southern California's Coastal Waters
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 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