2018

Population Dynamics and Variability of the Two Gelatinous Zooplankters (Aequorea & Pyrosoma Atlanticum) in the Northern California Current

This research focused on population dynamics of two gelatinous zooplankters in the northern California Current to assess their relationship to environmental conditions and role in the pelagic ecosystem.

Quantifying Sensitivity and Adaptive Capacity of Shellfish in the Northern California Current Ecosystem to Increasing Prevalence of Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia

This thesis studied Dungeness crab and red abalone responses to ocean acidification.
Research holds handfuls of pyrosomes that have appeared lately on Pacific Northwest coast

Range expansion of tropical pyrosomes in the northest Pacific Ocean

This paper discusses that appearance of pyrosomes (P. atlanticum) in coastal waters near northern California, Oregon, and Washington north of their previously reported range since 2014.

Seacast: Ocean Forecasting Website

Seacast is an easy-to-use, interactive, online map that lets commercial fishermen check forecasts of ocean conditions off the Pacific Northwest coastline.

The Role of Ecomorphodynamic Feedbacks and Landscape Couplings in Influencing the Response of Barriers to Changing Climate

This book chapter is a synthesis of model results illustrating the important feedbacks between vegetative and sediment transport processes in influencing the evolution of barrier-marsh systems.
Oregon dunes with grasses in foreground

The Role of Vegetation in Determining Dune Morphology, Exposure to Sea-Level Rise, and Storm-Induced Coastal Hazards: A U.S. Pacific Northwest Perspective

Researchers focus on how dunes of different shapes result in variable levels of exposure to coastal hazards.

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