Oregon Sea Grant

This study sought to assemble a simple model of the cross-shore and alongshore flows in the outer surf zone that takes into account surf zone– forcing effects (e.g., wave forcing) as well as dynamics important to larger-scale flows (e.g., Coriolis effects

The waves in the U.S. Pacific Northwest have been identified as very energetic making this coast potentially suitable for wave energy harvesting.

Acidified waters are impacting commercial oyster production in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, and favorable carbonate chemistry conditions are predicted to become less frequent.

Several reports proposed that the extraordinary dominance of the SAR11 bacterial clade in ocean ecosystems could be a consequence of unusual mechanisms of resistance to bacteriophage infection, including ‘cryptic escape’ through reduced cell size1 and/or

High-resolution wave forecasts are useful for navigational planning, identifying wave energy resources, providing information for site-specific coastal flood models, and having an informed recreational beach user group, among other things.

This project studied size and growth rates on population-scale and individual-scale migration of salmon in the South Fork of the John Day River, Oregon.