Cruise Report: 2016 Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) Bivalve Retrieval Cruise, September 30 – October 13, 2016

This report describes activities associated with the 2016 bivalve retrieval cruise of the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary (RMP). Measurement of contaminant concentrations in transplanted bivalves accumulated during dry season deployment is designed to provide long-term data on the bioaccumulation of trace elements and trace organic compounds in tissue throughout the Estuary.