OSG Publications
A Framework for Evaluating Air-Breathing Fish for Sustainable Food Systems
This study assesses natural resource management actions within a social-ecological systems perspective to develop a conceptual framework for climate-smart aquaculture.
Data Quality Influences Predictions for Four Albatross Species
This study highlights the importance of data quality in predicting the distribution and habitat of albatrosses.
Distribution of three rorqual whale species off Oregon coast
This study generated density models to describe and predict seasonal distribution of rorqual whales in Oregon.
Effects of vessel traffic and ocean noise on gray whale stress hormones
To understand the physiological impacts of vessel traffic on baleen whales, researchers investigated the adrenal stress response of gray whales to variable vessel traffic levels through an assessment of fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations.
Entanglement of Steller Sea Lions in Marine Debris
Black rubber bands were the most common neck-entangling material, followed by plastic packing bands.
Fur or food? Native American use of sea otters before European contact
Zooarchaeological cutmark analysis of sea otter remains from two Late Holocene archaeological sites in northern Oregon. These results affirm tribal assertions of deep-time human-sea otter relationships and use on the Oregon coast prior to extirpation.