Abstract
The Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) is attempting to attain a substantial understanding of the ecology of the coastal waters of Southern California. The results are expected to provide insight into the past, present, and predicted effects of man on the ecology, particularly those caused by wastewater discharges. The findings should be useful in efforts to limit harmful effects and to promote enhancement of the coastal environment. The major effort thus far has been an information search in 17 task areas of physical and chemical oceanography, marine biology, and environmental engineering. In addition, several new research projects have been started under SCCWRP direction.This paper discusses some of the technical problems associated with such an effort such as quantifying the natural fluctuations of physical, chemical, and biological parameters; establishing environmental criteria; and correlating observed effects with pollutant distributions.
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