OSG Publications
Aquarium visitor engagement with an ocean plastics exhibit
Researchers designed and installed an ocean plastics exhibit at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, then evaluated visitor engagement and the exhibit's effects on their reported single-use plastic and plastic-related environmental stewardship goals.
Exploring Linkages Between Landscape Patterns and Freshwater and Estuarine Bivalves in the Coast Range of Oregon
This dissertation explores relationships among landscape patterns, ecosystem processes and bivalve species dynamics in coastal watersheds in Oregon, USA.
Exploring links in coastal forestry management and aquatic bivalve contaminant exposure
Study deployed passive water samplers and collected riverine and estuarine bivalves from Oregon Coast watersheds to examine forestry-specific pesticide contamination.
Hydroregime and coho salmon redd construction in Smith River
Study examines whether Oregon coastal coho salmon returning to three tributaries of the Smith River watershed (in the central Oregon Coast Range) responded to the stream hydroregime throughout their spawning period.
iCrab, Dance and Coding Summer Camp Videos
This video describes a summer camp which used dance and computer coding to teach kids about how low oxygen in the ocean affects crabs.
Larval development in the Pacific oyster and the impacts of ocean acidification
Research evaluates phenotypic and genetic changes during larval development of Pacific oysters reared in ambient and high pCO2 conditions, both in domesticated and naturalized “wild” oysters from the Pacific Northwest.