Below are a list of policy and technical reports created or supported by USC Sea Grant, organized by topic.
Climate Change
Building Adaptation Capacity: Findings from the 2023 California Coastal Adaptation Needs Assessment
Citation: Grifman, P., Lester, C., Cooper, A., Alvarez, K., Finzi Hart, J., Siddiqui, A., Stevenson, C., Lazarus, D., Darling, R., Howard, N.
2025. Building Capacity: Findings from the 2023 California Coastal Adaptation Needs Assessment. University of Southern
California Sea Grant Technical Report. USCSG-TR-01-2025
People on the Move in a Changing Climate Southwest Regional Workshop Synthesis Report
Citation: Alvarez K, Stevenson C, Shore L, Davidov A, Grifman P. (2024). People on the Move in a Changing Climate: Southwest Regional Workshop Synthesis. University of Southern California Sea Grant.
A Community Guide to Coastal Adaptation Legal Issues in California
Citation: Craig, R.K., Cordero, J., Hoyt, H. (2024). A Community Guidebook to Coastal Adaptation Legal Issues in California. University of Southern California Sea Grant. Publication number: USCSG-TR-01-2024.
California Estuarine Wetland Monitoring Manual (Level 3) V2
Johnston, K., I. Medel, C. Whitcraft, J. Crooks, M. Grubbs, S. Anderson, K. Uyeda, E. Stein, and C. Enyart. 2020. Prepared by The Bay Foundation and partners for the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Planning to adaptation: Informing regional nature-based adaptation to improve coastal resiliency in Santa Monica Bay
Phyllis Grifman, Melodie Grubbs, and Karina Johnston, 2020. Shore & Beach, 88(3), 39-52.
2016 City of Imperial Beach Sea Level Rise Assessment
2016
Combating Sea-Level Rise In Southern California: How Local Governments Can Seize Adaptation Opportunities While Minimizing Legal Risk
Megan M. Herzog and Sean B. Hecht. 2011.
Stormwater Mitigation for Architects and Developers
Judith D. Lemus, Ph.D., Joseph Devinny, Ph.D., Achva Stein, ASLA, Sourojit Dhar, and Fethiye Ozis. 2004.
Coastal Ecology and Biology
Harmful Algal Blooms Research Report
USC Sea Grant, 2020.
Classification of California Estuaries based on Natural Closure Patterns: Templates for Restoration and Management
2010; Author(s): David Jacobs, Eric D. Stein, Travis Longcore
Status, Environmental Threats, and Policy Considerations for Invasive Seaweeds for the Pacific Coast of North America
2007; Steve N. Murray, Linda Fernandez, José A. Zertuche-González
Human visitation and the frequency and potential effects of collecting on rocky intertidal populations in southern California marine reserves
Murray, Steven N., Teri Gibson Denis, Janine S. Kido, and Jayson R. Smith CalCOFl Rep., 40(1999): 100-106.
Coastal Management
California Offshore Wind: Workforce Impacts and Grid Integration
Collier, R., Hull, S., Sawyerr, O., Li, S., Mogadali, M., Mullen, D., & Olson, A. (2019)
Sato-umi in the Anthropocene
2018. Edited by Jerry R. Schubel (Aquarium of the Pacific), Michael K. Orbach (Duke University), and James A. Fawcett (USC Sea Grant). Online publication by Aquarium of the Pacific.
A Study of the Stakeholder Experience in Developing Marine Protected Areas in Southern California
Grifman, P., USC Sea Grant; McCreary, S., CONCUR Inc.; and Cowart, M., CONCUR Inc.
Maritime Affairs
Reducing the Threat of Ship Strikes on Large Cetaceans in Santa Barbara Channel and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary: Three Case Studies
Leslie Abramson, Elizabeth Petras. 2011.
Safe and Sustainable Seafood
Impacts of Increased Sea Surface Temperatures on the California Halibut, Paralichthys californicus
By Heal the Bay, in partnership with the Coastal Research Institute and Loyola Marymount University. 2020.
Sources and Effects of Endocrine Disruptors and other contaminents of Emerging Conern in the Southern Califorina Bight Coastal Ecosystem
2011. Technical Report 650. Southern California Coastal Water Resource Project.
Water Quality
Biofilter Catalog and Database for the Los Angeles Region
Lisa A. Levin, Jennifer T. Le, Jennifer P. Gonzalezand Richard F. Ambrose. 2017.
Improving Oil Spill Preparedness and Response in Santa Barbara, CA
USC Sea Grant, 2019.
Regional Priority-Setting To Minimize Health, Social, And Economic Disruptions From Oil Spills: A Summary Report
As Part Of The National Academies And Sea Grant Collaborative Workshop Series
Plastic Debris in the California Marine Ecosystem: A Summary of Current Research, Solution Efforts and Data Gaps
Charlotte Stevenson, USC Sea Grant, 2011. This report was commissioned by California Ocean Protection Council.
Estimating Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Concentrations from Salinity in San Francisco Bay for Use in 14C – Primary Production Studies
A. E. Parker, J. Fuller, R. C. Dugdale
Stormwater Mitigation for Architects and Developers
Judith D. Lemus, Ph.D., Joseph Devinny, Ph.D., Achva Stein, ASLA, Sourojit Dhar, and Fethiye Ozis
