San Francisco Estuary Institute

Recent papers from San Francisco Estuary Institute

1. From Sources to Solutions: The San Francisco Bay–Delta System as a Microcosm for Microplastic ScienceACS ES&T Water · 2026
2. GPS-Tracked Bottles in North American Rivers Show Marine Plastic Pollution Can Originate from Far UpstreamACS ES&T Water · 2026
3. Microplastics Are Prevalent in Striped Bass and Shiner Surfperch Tissues across San Francisco Bay, CaliforniaEnvironmental Science & Technology · 2026
4. Drivers of Ecosystem Metabolism in an Anthropogenically Modified DeltaEstuaries and Coasts · 2026
5. Bioretention Stormwater and Soil Pollutant Monitoring Performance of PCBs and Mercury to Support Management PlanningJournal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment · 2026
6. Segregation, socioeconomics, and urban design produce spatial bias in community science biodiversity data: A case study in Saint Louis, Missouri, USAUrban Ecosystems · 2026
7. Revisiting chlorophyll a thresholds for San Francisco Bay: insights from observations of phytoplankton molecular abundanceHarmful Algae · 2026
8. Biogeochemical Effects of Golden Gate Strait Exchange and Other Land‐Based Inputs to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay CoastsJournal of Geophysical Research Oceans · 2026
9. Nature-Based Design Standards: Past, Present, and FutureASCE OPEN Multidisciplinary Journal of Civil Engineering · 2026
10. A probabilistic risk framework for microplastics integrating uncertainty across toxicological and environmental variability: Development and application to marine and freshwater ecosystemsJournal of Hazardous Materials · 2026
11. Load and concentration based performance outcomes for emerging organic contaminants in bioretention stormwater treatment systemsEnvironmental Science Water Research & Technology · 2026
12. Assessing Environmental Drivers and Protist Community Dynamics that Shaped the Historic August 2022 Heterosigma akashiwo Bloom in San Francisco Bay, CaliforniaEstuaries and Coasts · 2025
13. From site-scale to landscape-scale: stormwater benefits of urban trees with SWMM-CanopyUrban Water Journal · 2025
14. Trends in quality and risk assessment applicability of microplastic ecotoxicity studiesJournal of Hazardous Materials Advances · 2025
15. Spatial and Temporal Trends of Dissolved Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Non-BDE Flame Retardants in the Aquatic Environment across CountriesEnvironmental Science & Technology · 2025
16. Airborne microfiber capture: secondary filtration a solution to filter microfiber emissions from clothing dryersEnvironmental Toxicology and Chemistry · 2025
17. Will biodiversity actions yield healthy places? A systematic review of human health outcomes associated with biodiversity‐focused urban greeningPeople and Nature · 2025
18. The Toxicity of Microplastics Explorer (ToMEx) 2.0Microplastics and Nanoplastics · 2025
19. Spatial Trends and Health Risks of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in San Francisco Bay Fish from 2009 to 2019ACS ES&T Water · 2025
20. Sentinel site networks as a mechanism to evaluate progress toward meeting restoration goals in altered and unaltered landscapesRestoration Ecology · 2025