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Sediment Dynamics Drive
Contaminant Dynamics David Schoellhamer Greg Shellenbarger Neil Ganju U.S. Geological Survey Jay Davis Lester McKee San Francisco Estuary Institute NASA
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Why study sediment dynamics? Contaminants are associated with sediment
RMP
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Sediment Stations Clean sensor and cable Fouled sensor and cable Data retrieval in gage house Van Dorn sampler
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Point San Pablo SSC and Mercury
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Point San Pablo, 4-day Average
25% above WQO
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Mallard Island RMP Sources, Pathways, and Loadings Workgroup:
What is the loading from the Central Valley? Mallard Island
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Delta Sediment Inflow Gilbert, Porterfield, Krone, OBA, McKee et al.
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Contaminant Distribution: Petaluma River
2000 RMP Pulse of the Estuary
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NASA UCD/USGS
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UCD/USGS
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UCD/USGS
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Petaluma River Trapped sediment mass Tidal oscillation
Persists throughout year Large suspended- sediment concentration Sonoma Creek too 2000 RMP Pulse of the Estuary
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Sediment and Contaminant Budgets
Sources and sinks New data and studies Sediment supply decreasing Proposed alterations Revising sediment budget Legacy contaminants in bed Add sediment and PCBs to salinity box model San Pablo Bay Jaffe and Smith, in review Uncles and Peterson 1995
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Sedimentation Studies Scientific Integration
Physics Chemistry Ecology Watershed Wetlands Oceanography
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Sedimentation Studies Programmatic Integration
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (RMP) SF Regional WQ Control Board CV Regional WQ Control Board Calif. Coastal Conservancy/USFWS/DFG CALTRANS/UC Davis CALFED Bay/Delta Program Interagency Ecological Program USGS Place-based Program USGS Federal/State Coop Program
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Future of RMP Sediment Studies
Long-term data: watershed supply Variability of contaminants: Petaluma River Legacy contaminant trends: bed dynamics Development and restoration projects
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Project staff 1993-present
Lee Bergfeld, Matt Brennan, Greg Brewster, Paul Buchanan, Laurie Campbell, Randal Dinehart, Trinia Dzurny, Neil Ganju, Tom Hankins, Jessica Lacy, Larry Lindsay, Megan Lionberger, Cathy Ruhl, David Schoellhamer, Greg Shellenbarger, Rob Sheipline, Brad Sullivan, Ann Tobin, Rob Turner, John Warner, and Scott Wright
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Collaborators and Colleagues
Rick Adorador, Mike Barad, Curt Battenfeld, Brian Bergamaschi, Matt Brennan, Jeremy Bricker, Jon Burau, Melissa Carlozzi, Ralph Cheng, Jim Cloern, Jay Cuetara, Jay Davis, Jim DeRose, Judi DeVarnne, Judy Drexler, Jeff Gartner, Roger Fujii, Bruce Jaffe, Brian Jennings, Noah Knowles, Jeff Koseff, Kathryn Kuivila, Jessica Lacy, Lisa Lucas, Lester McKee, Kris May, Keith Miles, Ed Moon, Steve Monismith, Rick Oltmann, Francis Parchaso, Cathy Ruhl, Carol Sanchez, Geoff Schladow, Mike Simpson, Larry Smith, Pete Smith, Rich Smith, Mark Stacey, Robin Stewart, Rick Stumpf, John Takekawa, Jan Thompson, John Warner, Jon Yokomizo, Tom Young, and more …
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