Cristina Grosso, John Ross, Don Yee, Sarah Lowe

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2005 RMP Data Management

• Cristina Grosso, John Ross, Don Yee, Sarah Lowe
• Amy Franz, Pedrag Stevanovic, Jennifer Hunt
• Upload RMP analytical results from laboratories
  into the relational database format and continue
  to QA/QC these data
• Completed phase I of getting the labs to submit
  data in new standardized reporting formats.

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• Maintain public access of RMP data
• through our Web Query Tool

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2006 Data Management

• Upload RMP analytical results from laboratories
  into the SWAMP comparable relational database
  and continue to QA/QC these data
• Redesign the web-based data access tool to
  interface with the new relational database
  format.
• Continue with developing a tool for Status
  Trends laboratories to submit electronic data via
  the web
• Develop tools to increase the efficiency of data
  review
• Upload select datasets from RMP Pilot Special
  Studies (or other studies) into the RMP SWAMP
  comparable relational database so that the data
  could be downloaded using the data access tool.

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2005 RMP Website
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2005 RMP Website Program information
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2005 RMP Website - Data Access
Download data
Get maps
Get site locations
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2006 RMP Website - Plans
Website maintenance and updates in 2006
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2005 Status and Trends Monitoring

• Successful sampling season
• Contracts came in on budget

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2005 Status and Trends Monitoring

• WATER SAMPLING
• July 2005
• 31 sites (5 historic RMP)

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2005 Status and Trends Monitoring

• SEDIMENT SAMPLING
• July/August 2005
• 47 sites (7 historic RMP)
• Sediment organics analyses by High Resolution
  Mass Spectrometer

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2005 Status and Trends Monitoring

• BIVALVE BIOACCUMULATION SAMPLING
• June - Sept 2005
• 11 sites (all historical RMP)
• Deployed Mytilus (9 sites)
• Trawled for Corbicula
• Analyzed for organics (including PBDEs)

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2006 Status and Trends Monitoring
Water, Sediment, and Bivalve Bioaccumulation
sampling (same effort as in 2005) New WATER
Chemistry Drop Dissolved Organic Contaminants
in Water (this year) WATER Toxicity Scheduled
Every 5-years
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2005 ST Episodic Toxicity Monitoring PRISM

• REVIEW
• SEDIMENT INVESTIGATION
• IN THE TRIBUTARIES
• Nov April (2004-2005)
• Six Tributaries, two locations ea.,
• two sampling
  events.
• Sediment Toxicity-two amphipods (Hyalella (FW)
  Eohaustorius (Est.))
• Sediment chemistry at upstream sites and toxic
  downstream sites
• (RMP analyte list pyrethroids)
• Water Toxicity Sampling (April only)
• Five Tributaries
• Ceriodaphnia, Americamysis, Menidia
• Diazinon Chlorpyrifos

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November Sampling
(Nov. 1st 4th)
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April Sampling
(Apr. 18th 20th)
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Preliminary Results Sediment Toxicity
November - 2004
April - 2005
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Preliminary Results Sediment Chemistry
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Preliminary Results Sediment Chemistry
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Preliminary Results Sediment Chemistry
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2006 Proposal Episodic Toxicity Monitoring

• Water Board priority to investigate the causes of
  the persistent sediment toxicity observed in the
  Estuary
• Focus on locations which have been shown to be
  toxic and work to investigate the potential
  causes.
• A workgroup will convene in the spring of 2006 to
  begin planning the detailed workplan
• Sampling will occur in the wet season of next
  year (Nov 06 Apr 07)
• timing will allow for coordination with other
  RMP projects (EEPS).

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2006 Proposal Episodic Toxicity Monitoring
Focus on a couple tributaries known to be toxic

• Sample Water and Sediment twice archive
  sediments
• Test for toxicity and water/sediment quality
• if toxic sediments
• if really toxic sediments then add

Resample to investigate duration of
toxicity Perform sediment chemistry (RMP list
pyrethroids) Resample to perform sediment TIEs