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Overview

Kenneth Schiff is affiliated with the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broader field of Environmental Science, with a notable focus on related subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The main topics that characterize Schiff's research include:

  • Fecal contamination and water quality
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Marine and fisheries research

Recent publications by Kenneth Schiff document a range of environmental and marine science issues. These include:

  • "Assessing the defecation practices of unsheltered individuals and their contributions to microbial water quality in an arid, urban watershed" (2024) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Characterizing Community Structure of Benthic Infauna From the Continental Slope of the Southern California Bight" (2021) published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "The persistent DDT footprint of ocean disposal, and ecological controls on bioaccumulation in fishes" (2024) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Incidence and public health burden of sunburn among beachgoers in the United States" (2020) published in Preventive Medicine
  • "Scrutinizing surficial sediment along a 600-km-long urban coastal zone: Occurrence and risk assessment of fipronil and its three degradates" (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment

Kenneth Schiff frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • John F. Griffith
  • Joshua A. Steele
  • Karen McLaughlin
  • Amity G. Zimmer-Faust
  • Adriana González-Fernández

The venues where Schiff most often publishes include:

  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Water quality indicators and the risk of illness at beaches with nonpoint sources of fecal contamination.

    John M. Colford;Timothy J. Wade;Kenneth C. Schiff;Catherine C. Wright

  • IRON AS A REFERENCE ELEMENT FOR DETERMINING TRACE METAL ENRICHMENT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL SHELF SEDIMENTS

    K.C Schiff;S.B Weisberg

  • Inactivation of indicator micro‐organisms from various sources of faecal contamination in seawater and freshwater

    R.T. Noble;I.M. Lee;K.C. Schiff

  • Copper emissions from antifouling paint on recreational vessels

    Kenneth Schiff;Dario Diehl;Aldis Valkirs

  • Contribution of trace metals from atmospheric deposition to stormwater runoff in a small impervious urban catchment

    Lisa D. Sabin;Jeong Hee Lim;Keith D. Stolzenbach;Kenneth C. Schiff

  • Multitiered Approach Using Quantitative PCR To Track Sources of Fecal Pollution Affecting Santa Monica Bay, California

    Rachel T. Noble;John F. Griffith;A. Denene Blackwood;Jed A. Fuhrman

  • Water quality impacts of stormwater discharges to Santa Monica Bay.

    Steven Bay;Burton H Jones;Kenneth Schiff;Libe Washburn

  • Using rapid indicators for Enterococcus to assess the risk of illness after exposure to urban runoff contaminated marine water

    John M. Colford;Kenneth C. Schiff;John F. Griffith;Vince Yau

  • Quantification of pathogens and markers of fecal contamination during storm events along popular surfing beaches in San Diego, California.

    Joshua A. Steele;A. Denene Blackwood;John F. Griffith;Rachel T. Noble

  • Extent and magnitude of copper contamination in marinas of the San Diego region, California, USA

    Kenneth Schiff;Jeff Brown;Dario Diehl;Darrin Greenstein

  • Dry deposition and resuspension of particle-associated metals near a freeway in Los Angeles

    Lisa D. Sabin;Jeong Hee Lim;Maria Teresa Venezia;Arthur M. Winer

  • Watershed-based sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban storm water.

    Eric D. Stein;Liesl L. Tiefenthaler;Kenneth Schiff

  • Watershed and land use-based sources of trace metals in urban storm water.

    Liesl L. Tiefenthaler;Eric D. Stein;Kenneth C. Schiff

  • Assessment of efficient sampling designs for urban stormwater monitoring.

    Molly K. Leecaster;Kenneth Schiff;Liesl L. Tiefenthaler

  • Modeling Storm Water Mass Emissions to the Southern California Bight

    Drew Ackerman;Kenneth Schiff

  • Evaluating HSPF in an arid, urbanized watershed

    Drew Ackerman;Kenneth C. Schiff;Stephen B. Weisberg

  • Atmospheric dry deposition of trace metals in the coastal region of Los Angeles, California, USA

    Lisa D. Sabin;Jeong Hee Lim;Keith D. Stolzenbach;Kenneth C. Schiff

  • Antifouling biocides in water and sediments from California marinas.

    Yelena Sapozhnikova;Edward Wirth;Kenneth Schiff;Michael Fulton

  • Comparing volunteer and professionally collected monitoring data from the rocky subtidal reefs of Southern California, USA

    David J. Gillett;Daniel J. Pondella;Jan Freiwald;Kenneth C. Schiff

  • Retrospective evaluation of shoreline water quality along Santa Monica Bay beaches.

    Kenneth C Schiff;Jessica Morton;Stephen B Weisberg

  • Sediment Chemistry on the Mainland Shelf of the Southern California Bight

    Kenneth C. Schiff

  • Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences

    Kenneth Schiff;Beth Bax;Phil Markle;Terry Fleming

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen B. Weisberg
Stephen B. Weisberg Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Rachel T. Noble
Rachel T. Noble University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jay A Davis
Jay A Davis United States Geological Survey
Keith A. Maruya
Keith A. Maruya Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Peggy Fong
Peggy Fong University of California, Los Angeles
Jed A. Fuhrman
Jed A. Fuhrman University of Southern California
Richard A. Haugland
Richard A. Haugland Environmental Protection Agency
Charles P. Hawkins
Charles P. Hawkins Utah State University
Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson Harvard University
Lisa A. Levin
Lisa A. Levin University of California, San Diego

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