Ocean and Coastal Environmental Health
Assessing and addressing the effects of human activities, including
contamination, habitat loss and aquatic invasive species, to protect
and maintain ecosystem health
To understand marine and coastal systems and the changes that are taking place in them, it is important to describe these systems and document the biodiversity within them. WSG studies are process-driven and focus on many levels of the natural food web, rather than concentrating solely on food fish and top predators. These studies allow for the identification and harvest of organisms and cellular products from the oceans. Descriptions and models of natural systems lead to better understanding of the impacts of conservation and exploitation of resources and the development of improved tools for ecosystem management.
- Effects of Ocean Acidification on Declining Puget Sound Shellfish (Friedman)
- Effect of Salmon Omega-3 Fatty Acids on PBDE Toxicity (Gallagher)
- How Does Hypoxia Impact Marine Food Webs and Fisheries? Evaluating Distributional Shifts in Hood Canal (Essington)
- Impacts of Armoring on Puget Sound Beaches (Dethier)
- Integrating Intertidal Habitat into Seattle Waterfront Seawalls (Phase 2) (Cordell)
- Optical Detection and Characterization of the Fish-killing Alga Heterosigma akashiwo (Grunbaum)
- Glass Sponge Reef Habitat in the Pacific Northwest (Johnson)
- Scales of Residence-Time Variation in Northwest Estuaries (Ruesink)
- Slick-forming Algae: Growth, Genetics and Toxicity (Cattolico)
- HAB Formation by a Motile Alga in Dynamic Estuarine Environments (Grunbaum)