Monitoring the Fluxes of Salinity, Pollution and Phytoplankton into the San Francisco Bay

This project studies the fluxes of salt, temperature, suspended solids and phytoplankton between the San Francisco Bay and the coastal ocean. To do this, scientists measure current speeds along a transect across the mouth of the bay, a length of about 5 km. Salinity, temperature, turbidity and phytoplankton abundance will simultaneously be measured along the same transect.