Present capabilities and products

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Present capabilities and products The Early
Years Environmental and geopolitical
setting The pioneers The brouhaha Development
of Programs and People Post 1980 Trends
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Synoptic sampling via RV Polaris 35 year
hydrographic record
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Continuous Monitoring at Key LocationsSalinity,
Turbidity, Temperature
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Now Cast of Tides and Currents
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Observed, modeled and forecast currents
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150 year record of sedimentation
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Invasive Species
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Long Term Trends in Contaminants
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Hydroclimatologyeffects of climate change
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Present capabilities and products The Early
Years Environmental and geopolitical
setting The pioneers The brouhaha Development
of Programs and People Post 1980 Trends
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The California Water Plan on Trial Conceived in
an era before the facts of ecology were well
known, the California Water Plan is beginning to
look like the worlds most expensive engineering
error.
Harold Gilliam, 1972
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The unfortunate aspect of this delayed
understanding (of the Bay ecology) is that most
of the major manage-ment decisions that will
affect the operation of this complex natural
system have already been made indeed the seeds
for such decisions as the mass diversion of fresh
water and discharge of waste water within the
Bay, the Peripheral Canal, and the deeper
dredging of ship channnels were planted by the
ignorance of nearly 50 years ago.
Joel W. Hedgpeth, 1979
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in Bulletin 28 (1931) on the Economic Aspects of
the Salt Water Barrier, the Fish and Game people
were allowed the last five pages in a 445-page
volume to state the case for fish and to warn of
the potential impact of such a structure. Not
only would it alter salinity conditions from a
more or less gradual change or gradient to those
of drastic and sudden change to which most
anadromous species could not adapt it would also
imperil the feeding grounds of the Delta and
upper bays
Joel W. Hedgpeth, 1979
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Present capabilities and products The Early
Years Environmental and geopolitical
setting The pioneers The brouhaha Development
of Programs and People Post 1980 Trends
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Parke Snavely Howard Gower Jack Schoellhamer
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Early Senior Staffing of Bay Studies
Gene Rusnak, Marine Geologist (pre 1967) David
McCulloch, Engineering and Marine Geologist (pre
1967) Paul Carlson, Marine Geologist
(1967) David Peterson, Geochemical
Oceanographer (1967) John Conomos, Geological
Oceanographer (post Doc, 1969) William Broenkow,
Chemical Oceanographer (MLML faculty,
1969) Frederic Nichols, Biological
Oceanographer (1972) Samuel Luoma (1975) Ralph
Cheng (1976) James Cloern (1976)
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David McCulloch circa 1971
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circa 1967
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David Peterson 1970
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Present capabilities and products The Early
Years Environmental and geopolitical
setting The pioneers The brouhaha Development
of Programs and People Post 1980 Trends
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William PecoraDirector USGS196571
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Congressman Pete McCloskey
Robert Wallace
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Oakland Tribune May 21, 1970
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William GianelliDirectorCalifornia Department
of Water Resources
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Summary, G.S. Circular 637-A, 1970

• The seasonal salinity variation of the south bay
  is largely controlled by fresh water from the
  Sacramento R. under present conditions and is
  nearly unaffected by the comparatively minor
  discharge of south bay streams and sewage.
• The observed seasonal change in the phosphate
  concentration in the south bay does not appear to
  be explained by tidal flushing. The change in
  phosphate concentration does, however, correspond
  with the seasonal change in the Sacramento R.
  discharge. Apparently changes in net flow of
  fresh water to the bay from this source is an
  important controlling factor in flushing of the
  south bay.
• The indicated relation between the Sacramento R.
  discharge and flushing suggests that soluble
  waste materials are removed from south bay
  largely during periods of high river discharge.

Peterson, D.H., and Carlson, P.R., 1968,
Influence of runoff on seasonal changes in
Salinity of San Francisco Bay American
Geophysical Union Transcript, v. 49, p. 704.
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Protagonists, 1970
Geological Survey Research Program U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service California Department of Fish
and Game Federal Water Pollution Control
Administration Bay-Delta Water Quality Control
Program National Marine Fisheries
Service
Geological SurveyCalifornia
District Office
California Department of
Water Resources U.S. Bureau of Reclamation U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers Metropolitan Water
District of Southern California San Joaquin
Valley Water Districts
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July, 1970
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Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Hearings Interagency Coordinating Committee
Briefings California Water Commission Hearings
Stanford Alumni College Seminar Skyline College
Seminar Association of Engineering Geologists
Seminar American Association of Civil Engineers
Seminar Stanford Environmental Seminar Stanford
Journal Club Seminar Stanford NSF Study Group
Seminar State Senate Committee Testimony
(Nedjedly) San Joaquin Water Commission
Hearings NASA Seminar Series Commonwealth Club of
California Seminar Foothill College
Seminar American Petroleum Institute Seminar Cal
State Hayward Seminar UC Santa Cruz Seminar State
Assembly Committee Testimony
(Vasconcellos) San Francisco Ecology Center
Seminar Buddhist Temple Seminar (Palo Alto) UC
Berkeley Sanitary Engineering Seminar
Standard Oil of California Study Group Santa
Clara County Planning Commission
Testimony Japanese Business Forum Seminar (San
Francisco) U. S. Bureau of the Budget Briefings
California Department of Water Resources
Hearings (State level) California Department
of Water Resources Hearings (Regional
Unit) Gordon Research Conference Seminar
(Santa Barbara) American Geophysical Union Talk
(Regional Meeting) American Geophysical Union
Talk (National Meeting) U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers Briefings U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Briefings U.S. Coast Guard Seminar U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Briefings Federal
Water Quality Administration Briefings California
Regional Water Quality Control Board
Hearings American Chemical Society Seminar Contra
Costa County Water District Briefings Ecology
Center Seminar (San Francisco) San Francisco Bay
and Estuarine Association Seminar San Joaquin
County Flood Control and Water Conservation
District Hearings
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Present capabilities and products The Early
Years Environmental and geopolitical
setting The pioneers The brouhaha Development
of Programs and People Post 1980 Trends
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Early Senior Staffing of Bay Studies
Gene Rusnak, Marine Geologist (pre 1967) David
McCulloch, Engineering and Marine Geologist (pre
1967) Paul Carlson, Marine Geologist
(1967) David Peterson, Geochemical
Oceanographer (1967) John Conomos, Geological
Oceanographer (post Doc, 1969) William Broenkow,
Chemical Oceanographer (MLML faculty,
1969) Frederic Nichols, Biological
Oceanographer (1972) Samuel Luoma (1975) Ralph
Cheng (1976) James Cloern (1976)
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John Conomos Frederic Nichols
David Peterson William
Broenkow
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RV Polaris
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circa 1971
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Laurence Schemel
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Golden OldiesForgotten/Forgettable(?)
References McCulloch, D.S., Conomos, T.J.,
Peterson, D.H., Leong, K, 1971, Distribution of
mercury in surface sediments in San Francisco Bay
estuary, California U.S. Geological Survey
open-file map. Peterson, D.H., McCulloch, D. S.,
Conomos, T.J., Carlson, P.R., 1971, Distribution
of lead and copper in surface sediments in San
Francisco Bay estuary, California U.S.
Geological Survey open-file map. Law, L.M.,
Goerlitz, D.F., 1974, Selected chlorinated
hydrocarbons in bottom material from streams
tributary to San Francisco Bay Pesticides
Monitoring Journal, 833-36.
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circa 1972
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Stephen Hager
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Richard Smith
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Early Senior Staffing of Bay Studies
Gene Rusnak, Marine Geologist (pre 1967) David
McCulloch, Engineering and Marine Geologist (pre
1967) Paul Carlson, Marine Geologist
(1967) David Peterson, Geochemical
Oceanographer (1967) John Conomos, Geological
Oceanographer (post Doc, 1969) William Broenkow,
Chemical Oceanographer (MLML faculty,
1969) Frederic Nichols, Biological
Oceanographer (1972) Samuel Luoma (1975) Ralph
Cheng (1976) James Cloern (1976)
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circa 1972
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Janet Thompson
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Highlights 19701980

• 1970 Circular 637A, B and subsequent oral
  presentations
• 197172 Rapid growth of instrumentation,
  facilities, personnel, expertise, and funding
• 1972 Nichols/Thompsonbenthic community
  dynamics
• 1973 Algal-nutrient dynamics in North Bay null
  zone dynamics
• 197475 BIGTIME I, II road tripsalgal-nutrient
  dynamics during summer and winter
• 1975 Nutrient kineticsfield and laboratory
  studies and modelling
• Luomatrace metals, contaminants,
  bioavailabilty dynamics
• 1976 Carbon/oxygen/nutrient utilization
  dynamics
• Chenghydrodynamicsfield studies and
  numerical modelling
• Cloernplankton dynamicsfield studies
  and numerical modelling
• 1977 San Francisco Bay Symposium

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Canada
Summer/Fall 1974 Winter/Spring 1975
Canada Fraser Washington Puget Sound
Lake Washington Duwamish Oregon
Columbia Willamette Nehalem
Tillamook California Humboldt Bay
San Francisco Bay
Skagit Snohomish Yaquina
Alsea Suislaw Umpqua
Grays Harbor Willapa Bay
Coos Bay Coquille Rogue
Washington
Oregon
California
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RV Gilbert
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Highlights 19701980

• 1970 Circular 637A, B and subsequent oral
  presentations
• 197172 Rapid growth of instrumentation,
  facilities, personnel, expertise, and funding
• 1972 Nichols/Thompsonbenthic community
  dynamics
• 1973 Algal-nutrient dynamics in North Bay null
  zone dynamics
• 197475 BIGTIME I, II road tripsalgal-nutrient
  dynamics during summer and winter
• 1975 Nutrient kineticsfield and laboratory
  studies and modelling
• Luomatrace metals, contaminants,
  bioavailabilty dynamics
• 1976 Carbon/oxygen/nutrient utilization
  dynamics
• Chenghydrodynamicsfield studies and
  numerical modelling
• Cloernplankton dynamicsfield studies
  and numerical modelling
• 1977 San Francisco Bay Symposium

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POTE1978
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POTE I Sept.Oct. 1977
Brian Cole
AndreaAlpine
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POTE II, February 1978
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POTE1978
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circa 1977
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Highlights 19701980

• 1970 Circular 637A, B and subsequent oral
  presentations
• 197172 Rapid growth of instrumentation,
  facilities, personnel, expertise, and funding
• 1972 Nichols/Thompsonbenthic community
  dynamics
• 1973 Algal-nutrient dynamics in North Bay null
  zone dynamics
• 197475 BIGTIME I, II road tripsalgal-nutrient
  dynamics during summer and winter
• 1975 Nutrient kineticsfield and laboratory
  studies and modelling
• Luomatrace metals, contaminants,
  bioavailabilty dynamics
• 1976 Carbon/oxygen/nutrient utilization
  dynamics
• Chenghydrodynamicsfield studies and
  numerical modelling
• Cloernplankton dynamicsfield studies
  and numerical modelling
• 1977 San Francisco Bay Symposium

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1979
RV Estero
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Present capabilities and products The Early
Years Environmental and geopolitical
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of Programs and People Post 1980 Trends
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Post 1980 Trends

• 1980s Peterson shifts into climate variability
  effects on estuaries and tributaries
• Cayan and Dettinger (later Knowles) join
  Peterson in climate variability research
• Early 1980s OremlandMicrobial biogeochemical
  studies of sediments and organisms
• Late 1980s California District develops Bay and
  Delta research team
• HydrodynamicsField
  measurements and numerical modelling
• Organic contaminantsFate and
  transport
• Sediment transportField
  measurements and numerical modelling
• 1990s Kvenvolden/ Hostettler/PereiraGeochemical
  studies of organic pollutants and
  compounds in sediments and organisms
• 2000s Smith/JaffeSedimentation processes and
  bathymetric change
• Brilliant women gradually replace
  tired UDub men

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Michael Dettinger
Daniel Cayan
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Samuel Luoma James Cloern Ronald Oremland
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Robin Stewart
Lisa Lucas
Nancy Monsen