Steven M. Bay

TL;DR: Effluent CEC concentrations were lower than those currently known for chronic toxicity thresholds, Nevertheless, the evaluation of potential chronic effects for CECs is uncertain because aquatic life toxicity thresholds have been developed for only a few C ECs, and the effluent and seawater samples had compounds, such as nonylphenol, known to bioaccumulate in local fish.

TL;DR: Toxicity results varied substantially throughout the storm events for both freshwater and marine species toxicity tests, however, the first few samples were found to be more toxic compared with those collected during later stages of each storm event.

TL;DR: Investigation of the dispersion of stormwater plumes in Santa Monica Bay and the resultant impacts on the water column and benthos found zinc was the primary cause of toxicity in both Ballona Creek stormwater and the discharge plume.

TL;DR: The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil release posed the challenges of two types of spill: a familiar spill characterized by buoyant oil, fouling and killing organisms at the sea surface and eventually grounding on and damaging sensitive shoreline habitats, and a novel deepwater spill involving many unknowns as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The relative sensitivity, analytical precision, discriminatory power and concordance among endpoints and with sediment chemistry were compared among five sediment toxicity tests.