[author abstract] The goal of this project was to determine whether river or marine processes had a stronger effect on the suspended-sediment content (SSC) of water off the mouth of the Elwha River. This was done in ...

Seagrasses are facing a global population decline and bottom cover has grown sparser in many locations. Garrison Bay, in the San Juan Archipelago, was the site of a complete loss of eelgrass (Zostera marina) in 2003, and ...

The temperate sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima participates in a facultative symbiosis with two genera of unicellular photosynthetic algae. Under stressful conditions such as increased levels of pCO2, anemones expel ...

The intertidal zone experiences different abiotic conditions during high and low tide. Low tide stressors include, but are not limited to, temperature fluctuations and wind desiccation. Saccharina sessilis provides a canopy ...

[Author's Abstract] Understanding how the shape of marine channels controls the patter of sediment deposited within them can help explain the relationship between seafloor channels and terrestrial rivers. Also, marine ...

As the concentration of CO2 in surface seawaters increases (ocean acidification, or OA) the saturation of calcium carbonate decreases, preventing marine organisms from creating shells and other calcified structures. These ...

Calcium carbonate shells undergo dissolution in acidified conditions. As carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases, the ocean's pH is lowered. The limpet Lottia scutum is used in this experiment to demonstrate the affect ...

Human activities profoundly influence the global cycles of nutrient transport coastal waters. Because of this, dissolved nutrient levels were studied in three Galàpagos Island bays (Academy Bay, Turtle Bay, and Wreck Bay) ...

Intertidal organisms have been investigated heavily in studies to understand how climate change may affect marine ecosystems, communities, and even individual species. Climate change may increase the environmental stresses ...

[author abstract] Fine scale zooplankton patchiness is an important component of similarly scaled trophic interactions. There are biological and physical drivers of patchiness--this study focused on the physical component, ...