2018

Image of app on a phone used to track marine mammal sitings by volunteers

Obstacles and Opportunities of Using a Mobile App for Marine Mammal Research

This study investigates the use of a mobile application, Whale mAPP, as a citizen science tool for collecting marine mammal sighting data.
hand holding hundreds of small Pacific oyster larvae

Ocean acidification stress index for shellfish (OASIS): Linking Pacific oyster larval survival and exposure to variable carbonate chemistry regimes

Researchers developed a new metric, the Ocean Acidification Stress Index for Shellfish (OASIS), for understanding Pacific oyster larval responses to variable regimes of seawater carbonate chemistry.
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.

Social segregation of humpback whales in contrasted coastal and oceanic breeding habitats

This study highlights the flexible habitat-use patterns of breeding humpback whales and raises new questions about the environmental and social drivers of their presence in offshore breeding grounds.
Western Pacific barred knifejaw fish

The Western Pacific barred knifejaw, Oplegnathus fasciatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (Pisces: Oplegnathidae), arriving with tsunami debris on the Pacific coast of North America

This report covers the first records of Wester Pacific Ocean barred knifejay in the Northeast Pacific Ocean.
Jellyfish on the beach

Trophic ecology of the neustonic cnidarian Velella velella in the northern California Current during an extensive bloom year: insights from gut contents and stable isotope analysis

Researchers use gut contents and stable isotope analyses to learn more abot what Velella Vella prey and the potential impacts of large blooms on the marine ecosystem.

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