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Ocean Acidification, Hypoxia (West Coast) and Biological (California) Monitoring Locations

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: CSV, GEOJSON

Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) and ecosystem monitoring project locations compiled by Ocean Protection Council staff....

Bay-Delta SCHISM Coastal Data for Ocean Boundary

Published by: California Department of Water Resources
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: TAR.GZ, TAR

The Bay-Delta SCHISM model connects to coastal models on its ocean boundary for salinity and temperature, using Newtonian relaxation or "nudging". The...

Estuarine & Wetland Ecosystems Monitoring

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: PDF

A report prepared for the California Ocean Science Trust on the first steps in developing an approach to leveraging existing monitoring programs...

MPA Monitoring Site Selection Proceedings 20180510

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: PDF

Proceedings of the January 12, 2018 workshop to inform the development of MPA site selection for statewide long-term MPA monitoring Action Plan....

Methodological comparison of multiple MPA rocky ecosystem monitoring techniques

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: PDF

California recently completed the implementation of a large network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) across the state via legislation called the Marin...

Microplastic and Microparticle Data from Surface Water: San Francisco Bay and Adjacent Sanctuaries

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: XLSX, PDF

The San Francisco Estuary Institute and 5 Gyres completed a comprehensive regional study of microplastic pollution of a major urban estuary and adjace...

Estuarine Ecosystems, California North Coast MPA Baseline Study, 2014 to 2016

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: PDF, ZIP, CSV

The North Coast has 16 major estuaries that support a wide diversity of plant and animal life, including salmon and other commercially important speci...

channel-islands-marine-protected-areas-first-5-years-of-monitoring-2003-2008_all-habitats

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: PDF

Results from the first 5 years of baseline monitoring of marine protected areas 2003-2008. Learn about the biological, ecological and socioeconomic co...

Marine Protected Area Statewide Leadership Team Work Plan

Published by: California Ocean Protection Council
Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026
File types: PDF

The Leadership Team has identified the following focal areas as key to successful management of MPAs which make up the MPA Management Program: Outreac...

Beach Advisories (Postings and Closures) and Beach Water Quality Monitoring

Published by: California State Water Resources Control Board
Last updated: Tuesday, March 17, 2026
File types: PDF, CSV, ZIP

One of California's biggest industries is tourism, and beaches are a significant tourist attraction as well as being an integral part of California’s ...