Dredging Scientific Studies & Reports

Review of Dredged Volumes in the 2016-2017 Dredging Season, by Moffatt & Nichol
June 2018

20180604_Dredge-Volume-White-Paper.pdf

Santa Cruz Harbor Dredging Options Study Follow On Report, by Moffatt & Nichol
September 2017

MN_FollowOnOptionsReport_FINAL-REPORT.pdf

Santa Cruz Port District Three Year Baseline Monitoring of Giant Kelp Final Report, by Sandoval and Associates Consulting Services, LLC
February 2016

KelpStudy_2015FinalReport-20160301.pdf

Santa Cruz Harbor Dredging and Disposal Options Study, Phases 1 & 2, by Moffatt & Nichol
December 2011

SantaCruzHarborDredgingDisposalOptionsPhase1and2.pdf

Santa Cruz Port District Kelp Monitoring, Habitat Assessment and Aerial Photography Analysis, by Sandoval & Associates
January 2011

KelpStudyFinalReport_2011Jan.pdf

Final Dredge Management Plan
March 2009

SantaCruzHarborDredgingPlan_200905.pdf

Dredging Demonstration Project #1 - Monitoring of dredged upper Santa Cruz Harbor mixed sand and mud sediment released into the nearshore area of Santa Cruz, California, by Moss Landing Marine Lab
2001

SantaCruzHarborDredging-Demo1_2001-.pdf

Dredging Demonstration Project #2 - Fall 2005 Inner Santa Cruz Harbor Dredge Disposal Monitoring Program, by Sea Engineering, Inc.
2005

SantaCruzHarborDredging-Demo1_2005.pdf

Dredging Demonstration Project #3 – The Dynamics of Fine-Grain Sediment Dredged from Santa Cruz Harbor, by United States Geological Survey
May 2011

USGS_DynamicsOfFineGrainSediment_May2011.pdf

The Role of Mud in Regional Productivity and Species Diversity, by John Oliver, Moss Landing Marine Lab and Sea Engineering, Inc.
January 2008

SantaCruzHarborRoleMud-Oliver_200807.pdf

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