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Battle of the Filter Feeders: Bacterial Transmission in the Presence of Ascidians
(University of Washington Libraries, 2017)Marine diseases are a major cost to fisheries and aquaculture industries, and as we continuously rely on marine organisms for protein, we increase our interaction with illnesses like gastroenteritis from undercooked oysters. ... -
Beach morphology and grain-size changes over short timescales at the Elwha River Delta, WA
(Friday Harbor Laboratories, 2013-06)The Elwha River dam removal project is the largest such project carried out in the U.S., and offers a unique opportunity to study the effects of a sudden sediment flux from the river to the coastal environment. A huge ... -
Beach Wrack Nutrient Leaching and Community Composition on Gravel Beaches
(Friday Harbor Laboratories, 2014-12)Beaches world-‐wide have low primary production due to a stressful environment and action of strong hydrodynamic forces. For this reason, input from marine wrack as well as terrestrial debris is an important source of ... -
Behavior analysis of oithona in hypoxic/anoxic conditions
(2016-06)[author abstract] Oithona, one of the most abundant and ecological important copepods found in the oceans, is considered to be the base of many food chains. Hypoxia- defined as dissolved oxygen levels below 2.0 mL- has ... -
Behavior and distribution of Phoca vitulina and Eumatopias jubatus in the San Juan Archipelago
(Friday Harbor Labs, 2011-09)Changes in tidal patterns affect the prey composition of the two most common pinnipeds in the San Juan Channel, the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) and Steller sea lion (Eumatopias jubatus).Tidal influences are therefore ... -
Behavioral and neural activity during magnetic stimulation of Tritonia tetraquetra imply conditional magnetotactic response
(Friday Harbor Laboratories, 2014-08-30)A variety of species are known to sense and respond to the geomagnetic field for navigation. The sea slug Tritonia tetraquetra (a.k.a. Tritonia diomedea) has been shown to respond to the magnetic field through both ... -
Behavioral and neural activity during magnetic stimulation of Tritonia tetraquetra imply conditional magnetotactic response
(Friday Harbor Laboratories, 2014-08)A variety of species are known to sense and respond to the geomagnetic field for navigation. The sea slug Tritonia tetraquetra (a.k.a. Tritonia diomedea) has been shown to respond to the magnetic field through both ... -
Bent out of shape: Bioinspired vertebral column morphology and mechanics
(Friday Harbor Laboratories, 2013-12)The vertebral column plays an essential role in body stiffness and swimming. Greater body stiffness results in greater mechanical outputs from the body on the environment. Previous work in bioinspired systems has shown ... -
Benthic community assemblages in the San Juan Islands: Do abiotic factors influence community composition at small spatial scales?
(2011)There are many factors contributing to the composition of biological communities in coastal marine habitats worldwide. Operating over large regional spatial scales, abiotic variables such as temperature and oceanic current ... -
Benthic Macrofauna Abundance Along a Transect from False Bay, San Juan Island
(Friday Harbor Laboratories, 2014-08)Benthic macrofauna are a diverse group of organisms found in both deep-sea and shallow-water systems. Understanding the influence of biotic and abiotic factors in shallow-water systems can translate to further understanding ... -
Benthic Macrofauna Abundance Along a Transect from False Bay, San Juan Island
(Friday Harbor Laboratories, 2014-08)Benthic macrofauna are a diverse group of organisms found in both deep-sea and shallow-water systems. Understanding the influence of biotic and abiotic factors in shallow-water systems can translate to further understanding ... -
Benthic-pelagic decoupling and walrus responses to a warming Arctic
(University of Washington Libraries, 3/18/2019)A walrus diet typically consists of invertebrates that live on the seafloor, consumed in large quantities with the help of special morphological traits. In addition to the threats posed by diminishing sea ice in their ... -
Beroe abyssicola Patterns of Predation: A Behavioral Analysis
(2021)Ctenophores play an important role in many marine ecosystems worldwide and affect multiple trophic levels. They consume large amounts of plankton while, in turn, are also consumed by fish. Beroe abyssicola is a carnivorous ... -
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Beryllium-7 sorption to inorganic particles in Tahsis Inlet, Nootka Sound, B.C.
(2015-06)[author abstract] Sediment deposition from fluvial inputs is one of the main ways new sediment is introduced into seabeds, but many other processes can occur before the sediment reaches the seafloor. Beryllium-7 (⁷Be) is ... -
Beyond the Boom: Developing Policy to Advance US Leadership in Shale Oil and Hydraulic Fracturing
(2014)The shale oil revolution of the early twenty-first century has placed the United States at one of its most pivotal points in recent history with regards to energy policy. The production boom in 2008 led to an increase ... -
Beyond the Mosque Walls: Legal Constructions 'Apostasy' and 'Blasphemy' in Egypt's Public Sphere
(2007-08-07)Apostasy, or the renunciation of belief, was criminalized in Egypt in the 1990's. What followed was a robust debate in the public sphere about the issue. This paper analyzes the Egyptian press to find substantial evidence ... -
Beyond The Reset: Forging a New Dynamic in U.S. – Russia Relations
(2013)In the past decade the U.S. has seen its relationship with Russia slowly build and quickly deteriorate a number of times. A number of recent events exemplify this trend - Obama’s work with Medvedev building trust and ... -
Bigger, Stronger but Not Faster: ontogenetic change in the jaw biomechanics of the great sculpin, Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus
(Friday Harbor Laboratories, 2014-08-30)Suction feeding is the most common vertebrate feeding mode. Fishes suction feed by rapidly expanding the buccal cavity, creating a subambient pressure inside the mouth that causes water (and, ideally, a prey item) to rush ... -
Bigger, Stronger but Not Faster: ontogenetic change in the jaw biomechanics of the great sculpin, Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus
(Friday Harbor Laboratories, 2014-08)Suction feeding is the most common vertebrate feeding mode. Fishes suction feed by rapidly expanding the buccal cavity, creating a subambient pressure inside the mouth that causes water (and, ideally, a prey item) to rush ...