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Browsing Friday Harbor Laboratories by Subject "Salish Sea"
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Abundance and Community Composition of Marine Birds in the San Juan Archipelago, WA
(2011)The San Juan Archipelago is ecologically important to numerous marine bird species. The Pelagic Ecosystem Function Apprenticeship has conducted Fall surveys in this area since 2006. This study took place in the San Juan ... -
Assessing marine heatwave impacts on the pelagic ecosystem of the San Juan Archipelago
(2023)In a rapidly changing world, understanding the interactions between the biological and abiotic world is crucial to predict change within our ecosystems and more importantly manage them. With increasing occurrences of marine ... -
Compliance to the Voluntary No-Go Zones Off Lime Kiln Point State Park: Efficacy of a Southern Resident Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Conservation Strategy
(2023)Southern Resident killer whales (SRKWs) (Orcinus orca) are a piscivorous ecotype of killer whale comprised of 75 individuals found in the Salish Sea from April to October. Following a 20% decline in population size from ... -
Dietary and Spatial Analysis of Salmon in the San Juan Archipelago and the Salish Sea
(2021)Salmon in the Salish Sea and the San Juan Archipelago are important keystone species with both ecological and commercial value. Analysis of the diets of king, pink, and silver salmon between the years of 2018 to 2021 suggest ... -
Effects of Temperature and Food Availability on Growth and Development of Pisaster ochraceus Larvae
(2022)Climate change is expected to increase temperatures and shift the algal regime and biomass in the Salish Sea. Previous studies suggest that growth and survival of echinoderm larvae are dependent on temperature and access ... -
Effects of temperature and salinity on Pisaster ochraceus and Pycnopodia helianthoides larvae
(2023)Increasing global temperatures are resulting in marine heating events which can increase temperature in these environments up to 22℃. These marine heating events are becoming more frequent and intense, increasing the ... -
Effects of Vessel Disturbance on Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) Abundance and Behavior at Yellow Island and Goose Island, WA, USA
(2023)Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) are pinnipeds inhabiting northern temperate coastal regions, with one of their most dense populations found in the Salish Sea of the Pacific Northwest. They use haul-out sites for activities ... -
Floating Kelp Rafts as Indicators of Aggregation Zones within the San Juan Archipelago
(2023)Bull kelp forests line Salish Sea coastlines, providing important ecosystem services to shallow subtidal habitats. Each winter, bull kelp forests are dislodged by winter storms, setting “kelp rafts” adrift on currents. ... -
Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) behavior in response to vessel disturbance at Yellow Island and Goose Island, WA, USA
(2021)The Salish Sea is an area with high vessel traffic, which can potentially cause negative shifts in the energetic budgets of many marine mammal species. This includes harbor seals, which use haul out sites to rest and rear ... -
New Methodology and Analysis of Determinants for Mixed Layer Depth -- a Case Study in the Salish Sea
(2021)A new method, based on the minimum of the first derivative of Brunt–Väisälä frequency and two Quality indices, is established to find Mixed Layer Depth (MLD) from ocean profiles. Unlike previous methods that analyzes the ... -
Some like it hot: temperature stress and juvenile development in the invasive colonial tunicate Botrylloides violaceus
(2022)The Salish Sea, a vital region for marine biodiversity in the Pacific Northwest, is predicted to increase ~1.5°C over the next century. Rising sea temperatures can change species distributions and may support the range ...