OSG Publications

A close up view of a crumpled plastic bottle on the beach is the foreground. It is surrounded by tiny pieces of plastic. In the background is the coastal headlands near Beverly Beach in Oregon.

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.

western pearlshell mussels in water

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.

razor clams

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.

Adult coho salmon swiming upriver

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.

Students grades 5-8 perform a dance about warming waters effecting crabs. They are wearing bright red crab costumes and a green screen is in the background.

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.

hand holding hundreds of small Pacific oyster larvae

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.