Selected Technical Reports and Documents

Blake, A.C., D.B. Chadwick, P.J. White, and C.A. Jones. 2007. User's Guide for Assessing Sediment Transport at Navy Facilities. Technical Report 1960. SSC San Diego, CA. [4.44 MB PDF file]

Chadwick, B., C. Katz, and B. Davidson. 1992. San Diego Bay Oil Spill Assessment Survey Performed 10 December 1991. Technical Note 1700. NCCOSC RDTE DIV, San Diego, CA.

Chadwick, B., J. Leather, K. Richter, S. Apitz, D. Lapota, D. Duckworth, C. Katz, V. Kirtay, B. Davidson, A. Patterson, P. Wang, S. Curtis, G. Key, S. Steinert, G. Rosen, M. Caballero, J. Groves, G. Koon, A. Valkirs, K. Meyers-Schulte, M. Stallard, S. Clawson, R. Streib Montee, D. Sutton, L. Skinner, J. Germano, and R. Cheng. 1999. Sediment Quality Characterization: Naval Station San Diego. Technical Report 1777. SSC San Diego, CA. [4.50 MB PDF file]

Chadwick, D.B., B. Davidson, T. Hampton, J. Groves, J. Guerrero, and P. Stang. 1999. Offshore Porewater and Flux Chamber Sampling of San Diego Bay Sediments at Site 9, Naval Air Station, North Island. Technical Report 1799. SSC San Diego, CA. [4.98 MB PDF file]

Chadwick, D.B., C.N. Katz, S.L. Curtis, J. Rohr, M. Caballero, A. Valkirs, and A. Patterson. 1996. Environmental Analysis of U.S. Navy Shipboard Solid Waste Discharges, Report of Findings and Appendices. Technical Report 1716. SSC San Diego, CA. [22.8 MB PDF file] Appendices [40.1 MB PDF file]

Chadwick, D.B., I. Rivera-Duarte, G. Rosen, P.F. Wang, R.C. Santore, A.C. Ryan, P.R. Paquin, S.D. Hafner, and W. Choi. 2008. Demonstration of an Integrated Compliance Model for Predicting Copper Fate and Effects in DoD Harbors - Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) Project ER-0523. Technical Report 1973. SSC Pacific, San Diego, CA. [3.59 MB PDF file]

Davidson, B.M., A.O. Valkirs, and P.F. Seligman. 1986. Acute and chronic effects of tributyltin on the mysid Acanthomysis sculpta (Crustacea, Mysidacea). Technical Report 1116. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Earley, P.J., G. Rosen, I. Rivera-Duarte, R.D. Gauthier, Y.M. Arias-Thode, J. Thompson, and B. Swope. 2007. A Comprehensive Copper Compliance Strategy: Implementing Regulatory Guidance at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Technical Report 1952. SSC San Diego, CA. [8.02 MB PDF file]

Evans, E.C. III (ed.). 1974. Pearl Harbor Biological Survey - Final Report. Technical Note 1128. Naval Undersea Center, San Diego, CA.

Evans, E.C. III, A.E. Murchison, T.J. Peeling, and Q.D. Stephen-Hassard. 1972. A Proximate Biological Survey of Pearl Harbor, Oahu. Technical Paper 290. Naval Undersea Center, San Diego, CA.

Gadbois, L.E. 1989. Measuring the Effectiveness of Nonpoint Source Control Techniques For Aquatic Protection: A Summary Report. Technical Document 1682. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Gauthier, R.D., C. Johnson, and P.J. Early. 2001. Preliminary Ecological Risk Assessment for Nitrogen at Pearl Harbor Navy Shipyard. Technical Report 1871. SSC San Diego, CA. [2.50 MB PDF file]

Gauthier, R.D., S. Harrel, R. Johnston, G. Key, P. Earley, M. Caballero, T. Snipes, D. Kopack, and R. Benze. 1995. An Integrated Marine Environment Compliance Program for Naval Shipyards: Final Phase I Report. Technical Document 3114. SSC San Diego, CA. [11.2 MB PDF file]

George, R.D., C.R. In, R.K. Johnston, C.A. Kurtz, P.F. Seligman, R.D. Gauthier, and W.J. Wild. 2006. Investigation of PCB Release-Rates from Selected Shipboard Solid Materials Under Laboratory-Simulated Shallow Ocean (Artificial Reef) Environments. Technical Report 1936. SSC San Diego, CA. [9.34 MB PDF file]

Grovhoug, J.G. 1977. Piti Power Plant Intake Survey. Technical Report 288. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Grovhoug, J.G. 1979. Marine Environmental Assessment at Three Sites in Pearl Harbor, Oahu: August - October 1978. Technical Report 441. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Grovhoug, J.G. 1984. Evaluation of Sediment Contamination in Pearl Harbor. Technical Report 1502. NCCOSC RDTE DIV, San Dieco CA.

Grovhoug, J.G., P.F. Seligman, R.L. Fransham, S.Y. Cola, M.O. Stallard, P.M. Stang and A.O. Valkirs. 1989. Measurement of Butyltin Concentrations in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, April 1986-January 1988 -- Pearl Harbor Case Study. Technical Report 1293. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Grovhoug, J.G., R.L. Fransham and P.F. Seligman. 1987. Butyltin Concentrations in Selected U.S. Harbor Systems: A Baseline Assessment. Technical Report 1155. Naval Ocean System Center, San Diego, CA.

Hampton, T.W., and D.B. Chadwick. 2000. Quantifying In Situ Metal Contaminant Mobility in Marine Sediments. Technical Report 1826. SSC San Diego, CA. [1.54 MB PDF file]

He, L.M., L.L. Kear-Padilla, J.M. Andrews, and S.H. Lieberman. 2000. Online Monitoring of Oils in Wastewater Using Combined Ultraviolet Fluorescence and Light Scattering with an Artificial Neural Network. Technical Report 1816. SSC San Diego, CA. [1.98 MB PDF file]

Henderson, R.S. 1988. Marine Microcosm Experiments on Effects of Copper and Tributlytin-based Antifouling Paint Leachates. Technical Report 1060. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Henderson, R.S., S.V. and Smith. 1976. Flow-Through Microcosms for Simulation of Marine Ecosystems: Changes in Biota and Oxygen Production of Semi-Tropical Benthic Communities In Response to Nutrient Enrichments. Technical Report 310. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Henderson, R.S., S.V. Smith, and E.C. Evans III. 1976. Flow-through Microcosms for Simulation of Marine Ecosystems: Development and Intercomparison of Open Coast and Bay Facilities. Technical Report 519. Naval Undersea Center, San Diego, CA.

Homer, V., and C. Dooley. 1983. Quantification of Tin and Organotin in Seawater, Sediments and Biological Materials by Graphite Furnace Atomic Adsorption Spectrophotometry. Technical Report 918. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Johnson, H.D., J.G. Grovhoug, and A.O. Valkirs. 1998. Copper Loading to U.S. Navy Harbors: Norfolk, VA; Pearl Harbor, HI; and San Diego, CA. Technical Document 3052. SSC San Diego, CA. [3.64 MB PDF file]

Johnston, R., W. Wild, K. Richter, D. Lapota, P. Stang, and T. Flor. 1989. Navy Aquatic Hazardous Waste Sites: The Problem and Possible Solutions. Technical Report 1308. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Johnston, R.K. 1990. Use of Marine Fouling Communities to Evaluate the Ecological Effects of Pollution, Technical Report 1349. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Johnston, R.K. 1993. Acid Volatile Sulfides and Simultaneously Extracted Copper, Lead, and Zinc in Sediments of Sinclair Inlet, Washington. Technical Report 1552. NCCOSC RDTE DIV, San Diego, CA. [6.62 MB PDF file]

Johnston, R.K., P.E. Woods, G.G. Pesch, and W.R. Munns, Jr., 1990. Assessing the impact of hazardous waste disposal sites on the environment: Case studies of ecological risk assessments at NAS Whidbey Island, WA and NCBC Davisville. Pp. 143-167 in: Proceedings of the Environmental Research and Development Technical Workshop, Nov. 7-10, 1989. Technical Document 1792. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Johnston, R.K., P.F. Wang, E.C. Loy, A.C. Blake, K.E. Richter, M.C. Brand, C.E. Kyburg, B.E. Skahill, C.W. May, V. Cullinan, W. Choi, V.S.Whitney, D.E. Leisle, and B. Beckwith, B. 2009. An Integrated Watershed and Receiving Water Model for Fecal Coliform Fate and Transport in Sinclair and Dyes Inlets, Puget Sound, WA. Technical Report 1977. SSC Pacific, San Diego, CA. [12.2 MB PDF file]
Supplemental Documentation

Johnston, R.K., W.J. Wild, Jr., K.E. Richter, D. Lapota, and T.H. Flor. 1990. Navy Aquatic Hazardous Waste Sites: The Problem and Possible Solutions. Technical Report 1308. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Johnston, R.K., W.R. Munns, Jr., L. Mills, F.T. Short, and H.A. Walker (eds). 1993. Estuarine Ecological Risk Assessment for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine: Phase I Problem Formulation. Technical Report 1627. NCCOSC RDTE DIV San Diego, CA.

Katz, C., and R. Gauthier. 2007. Oil Spill Response Technology Initiation Decision Report to the Pollution Abatement Ashore Program. Technical Document 3223. SSC San Diego, CA. [892 KB PDF file]

Katz, C., G. Rosen, and E. Arias. 2006. Storm Water Toxicity Evaluation Conducted at Naval Station San Diego, Naval Submarine Base San Diego, Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, and Naval Air Station North Island. Technical Report 1938. SSC San Diego, May 2006. [34.8 MB PDF file]

Katz, C.N. 1998. Seawater Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Copper in San Diego Bay. Technical Report 1768. SSC San Diego, CA. [2.20 MB PDF file]

Katz, C.N., D.B. Chadwick, and C. Clavell. 1992. Compensating Fuel System Effluent Evaluation USS Valley Forge, 26 October 1990. Technical Note 1701. NCCOSC RDTE DIV, San Diego, CA.

Katz, C.N., S.L. Curtis, and D.B. Chadwick. 1997. Environmental Analysis of U.S. Navy Shipboard Submarine Solid Waste Discharges, Report of Findings. Technical Report 1738. SSC San Diego, CA. [11.3 MB PDF file]

Kenis, P., A. Zirino, and C. Clavell, C. 1978. Automated Anodic Stripping Voltammetry for the Analysis of Copper, Zinc, Lead and Cadmium for Environmental Monitoring. Technical Report 243. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Kirtay, V.J. 2008. Rapid Sediment Characterization Tools. Technical Report 1970. SSC San Diego, CA. [975 KB PDF file]

Kirtay, V.J., and S.E. Apitz. 2001. The Use of Field Screening or Rapid Sediment Characterization (RSC) Tools for Sediment Assessments. Pp. 301-307 in: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego Biennial Review 2001, Technical Document 317. SSC San Diego, CA. [427 KB PDF file]

Kram, M.L., P.M. Stang and P.F. Seligman. 1989. Fate and Distribution of Organotin in Sediments of Four U. S. Harbors. Technical Report 1280. Naval Oceans Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Krett Lane, S.M. 1980. Productivity and Diversity of Phytoplankton in Relation to Copper Levels in San Diego Bay. Technical Report 533. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Lapota, D. 1993. QwikLite Assays. Technical Document 2576. NCCOSC RDTE DIV, San Diego, CA.

Lapota, D. 1994. QwikLite Bioassay System: A unique test for determining toxicity using bioluminescent dinoflagellates. Technical Document 2688. SSC San Diego, CA.

Lapota, D., and S.H. Lieberman. 1986. Biological Environmental Arctic Project (BEAP), Preliminary Data. Arctic West Summer 1986 Cruise. Technical Document 1043. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Lapota, D., C.H. Liu, D.E. Rosenberger and J.I. Banu. 1998. Use of a Rapid Bioluminescent Test (QwikLite) Using Dinoflagellates to Assess Potential Toxicity of Sediment Pore Waters. Special Document 087 Revision 1. SSC San Diego, CA. [155 KB PDF file]

Lieberman, S.H., V. Homer, and P.F. Seligman. 1985. In Situ Determination of Butyltin Release Rates from Antifouling Coatings on Navy Test Ships. Technical Report 1027. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Lieberman, S. H., R.K. Johnston, D.R. Bower, and S.M. Inman. 1985. Survey of copper in Kings Bay and Cumberland Sound. Technical Report 1062. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Lieberman, S.H., P.A. Boss, J. Cortes, and W.T. Elam. 2001. Site Characterization and Analysis Penetrometer System (SCAPS) Heavy Metal Sensors Demonstration/Validation: Technology Demonstration Report. Technical Report 1868. SSC San Diego, CA. [10.4 MB PDF file]

Lindner, E. 1993. Dynamic and Static Exposure tests and Evaluations of Alternative Copper-Based Antifoulant Coatings. Technical Report 1628. NCCOSC RDTE DIV, San Diego, CA.

Merritt, K., J. Conder, V. Magar, V.J. Kirtay, and D.B. Chadwick. 2009. Enhanced Monitored Natural Recovery (EMNR) Case Studies Review. Technical Report 1983. SSC Pacific, San Diego, CA. [2.53 MB PDF File]

Meyers-Schulte, K.J., and C.A. Dooley. 1987. Analytical Procedures for Extractable Organotins in Soft Tissues of Marine Organisms. Technical Report 1198. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Munns, W.R. Jr., C. Mueller, D.J. Cobb, T.R. Gleason, G.G. Pesch, and R.K. Johnston. 1991. Marine Ecological Risk Assessment at NCBC, Davisville, Rhode Island: Phase I. Technical Report 1437, Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA/USEPA Environmental Research Laboratory Contribution Number 1124.

Newton, F., A. Thum, B. Davidson, A. Valkirs, and P. Seligman. 1985. Effects on the Growth and Survival of Eggs and Embryos of the California Grunion (Leuresthes tenuis) Exposed to Trace Levels of Tributyltin. Technical Report 1040. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Peeling, T.J. 1975. A Proximate Biological Survey of San Diego Bay, California, Revision 1. Technical Paper 389. Naval Undersea Center, San Diego, CA.

Peeling, T.J., and H.W. Goforth. 1975. Trident Biological Surveys: A Summary Report June 1973-July 1975. Technical Paper 510. Naval Undersea Center, San Diego, CA.

Peeling, T.J., M.H. Salazar, J.G. Grovhoug, and H.W. Goforth Jr. 1976. Trident Biological Surveys: July 1976 Supplement 1. Technical Paper 510 (Supplement 1). Naval Undersea Center, San Diego, CA.

Platter-Reiger, M.F., P.J. Earley, and T. Snipes. 1997. Natural Resources Management Plan for Naval Submarine Base, San Diego. Technical Document 2897. SSC San Diego, CA.

Rosen, G., D.B. Chadwick, S.L. Poucher, M.S. Greenberg, and G.A. Burton. 2009. In Situ Estuarine and Marine Toxicity Testing: A Review, Including Recommendations for Future Use in Ecological Risk Assessment. Technical Report 1986. SSC Pacific, San Diego, CA. [996 KB PDF file]

Salazar, M.H., and S.M. Salazar. 1985. Ecological Evaluation of Organotin-Contaminated Sediment. Technical Report 1050. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Salazar, S.M. 1985. The Effects of bis(Tri-n-Butyltin) Oxide on Three Species of Marine Phytoplankton. Technical Report 1039. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Salazar, S.M. 1985. Toxicity of Aqueous Filmforming Foams to Marine Organisms: Literature Review and Biological Assessment. Technical Document 825. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Salazar, S.M., M.H. Salazar, B.M. Davidson, P.M. Stang, and K. Meyers-Schulte. 1987. A Portable Environment Test System: A Field Assessment of Organotin Leachates. Technical Report 1202 . Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Seligman, P.F., J.G. Grovhoug, R.L. Fransham, B.M. Davidson, and A.O Valkirs. 1990. U.S. Navy Statutory Monitoring Of Tributyltin In Selected U.S. Harbors -- Annual Report: 1989. Technical Report 1346. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Seligman, P.F. 1977. Survey of Oceanographic and Meteorological Parameters of Importance to the Site Selection of an Ocean food and Energy Form (OFEF) in the Eastern Pacific. Technical Report 121. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Seligman, P.F. and W.A. Friedl. 1975. FASOR II: Correlative Biological and Acoustical Studies in the North Pacific Ocean. Technical Paper No. 448. Naval Undersea Center, San Diego, CA.

Seligman, P.F., and A. Zirino (eds.). 1998. Chemistry, Toxicity and Bioavailability of Copper and Its Relationship to Regulation in the Marine Environment. Office of Naval Research Workshop Report. Technical Document 3044. SSC San Diego, CA. [240 KB PDF file]

Silva, D.M., J.E. Solomon, G.F. Mastny, R.C. Mannix, D. Lapota, and G.C. Herring. 1977. Optical Remote Sensing of the Air-Sea Interface. Technical Note 329. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

SSC San Diego, Computer Sciences Corporation, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Cornell University/Suffolk County Health Services, and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. 2003. Coastal Contaminant Migration Monitoring: The Trident Probe and UtraSeep System - Hardware Description, Protocols, and Procedures. Technical Report 1902. SSC San Diego, CA. [1.56 MB PDF file]

Stout, S.A., J.M. Leather, and W.E. Corl III. 2003. A User’s Guide for Determining the Sources of Contaminants in Sediments - A Demonstration Study: Sources of PAH in Sediments in the Vicinity of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Elizabeth River, Norfolk, Virginia. Technical Report 1907. SSC San Diego, CA. [1.43 MB PDF file]

Valkirs, A.O., B.M. Davidson, L.L. Kear, R.L. Fransham, A.R. Zirino, and J.G. Grovhoug. 1994. Environmental Effects From In-Water Hull Cleaning of Ablative Copper Antifouling Coatings. Technical Document 2662. NCCOSC RDTE DIV, San Diego, CA. [604 KB PDF file]

Valkirs, A.O., B. Davidson, and P.F. Seligman. 1985. Sublethal Growth Effects and Mortality from Long-Term Exposure to Tributyltin with Marine Bivalves and Fish. Technical Report 1042. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Valkirs, A.O., P.F. Seligman, G. Vafa, P. M. Stang, V. Homer and S.H. Lieberman. 1985. Speciation of Butyltins and Methyltins in Seawater and Marine Sediments by Hydride Derivatization and Atomic Absorption Detection. Technical Report 1037. Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA.

Wang, P.F., D.B. Chadwick, C. Johnson, and J. Grovhoug. 2006. Modeling Copper and Biocide Concentrations from Hull Paint Leachate in San Diego Bay. Technical Report 1935. SSC San Diego, CA. [787 KB PDF file]

Zirino, A., and P.F. Seligman (eds.). 1998. Chemistry, Toxicity, and Bioavailability of Copper and its Relationship to Regulation in the Marine Environment - Office of Naval Research Second Workshop Report. Technical Document 3044. SSC San Diego, CA. [241 KB PDF file]

Zirino, A., and P.F. Seligman (eds.). 2002. Copper Chemistry, Toxicity, and Bioavailability and Its Relationship to Regulation in the Marine Environment - Office of Naval Research Second Workshop Report. Technical Document 3140. SSC San Diego, CA. [6.22 MB PDF file]