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Food web model output (Trophic impacts of bald eagles in the Puget Sound food web)
This project is developing models to examine the ecological roles of bald eagles in the Puget Sound region. It is primarily being done by NMFS FTEs, in collaboration with... -
California coast sablefish (Reproductive Life History Analysis of Sablefish...
Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) have a wide distribution along the Pacific coast, extending from Baja California to Alaska, the Bering Sea and through to the eastern coast of... -
Seasonal transport (A study to determine the seasonal effects of...
The goal of this U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - funded study that began in 2004 is to determine if the smolt-to-adult return rates (SARs), transport/in-river ratio, and... -
Alexandrium cyst germination (ECOHAB: Puget Sound Alexandrium Harmful Algal Blooms)
PS-AHAB (Puget Sound Alexandrium Harmful Algal Blooms) is a component of the NOAA ECOHAB program, focused on modeling favorable habitat areas for Alexandrium catenella in Puget... -
Biological Data (Inter-Vessel Calibration (IVC) Data Collection/Research)
Scientists from the Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Pacific Biological Station (PBS),... -
Species detection and abundance using a biosensor (Development and Testing...
The Environmental Sample Processor (ESP), http://www.mbari.org/ESP/, is an autonomous biological sensing system that conducts in situ collection and molecular analysis of water... -
EPA2011 Microbial & nutrient database (Evaluating the ecological health of...
To evaluate effects of human influence on the health of Puget Sound's pelagic ecosystems, we propose a sampling program across multiple oceanographic basins measuring key... -
PTAGIS (Electronic Recovery of ISO-PIT Tags from Avian Predators in the...
Annually, colonial nesting piscivorous birds prey upon millions of juvenile salmonids Oncorhynchus spp., many of which have been implanted with passive integrated transponders... -
POPs and stable isotopes in bird and forage fish tissues (Persistent organic...
This project is examining contaminant loads of fish prey species of a resident marine bird (Rhinoceros Auklet) breeding in inland waters (Puget Sound) and in the northern... -
AIMS (Acoustic Imaging Microtome System)
The objective of this project is to build a prototype of an Acoustic Microtome Imaging System (AMIS) that can be used to quantify changes in swim bladder shape and volume of... -
Calibration Sphere Material Properties (Development of physical and acoustic...
This project addresses the recent discovery of inconsistency in sphere material properties. The specific proposed research activities include four major components: Systematic... -
DLVO Modeling of Spores Dataset
Development of numerical models to predict stormwater-mediated transport of pathogenic spores in the environment depends on an understanding of adhesion forces that dictate... -
Alexandrium cyst dormancy (Understanding dormancy requirements and...
Blooms of the harmful alga Alexandrium catenella produce potent neurotoxins that accumulate in shellfish, and cause gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms if contaminated... -
Yakima Spring Chinook redds (Assessing the efficacy of acclimation sites and...
The Federal Columbia River Power Supply (FCRPS) Biological Opinion (BiOp) calls for studies that estimate ecological and genetic impacts of hatchery fish on wild populations,... -
Production Data (Captive Broodstock Gene Rescue Program for Odd Year Class...
Conduct captive brood stock gene rescue program for Elwha River odd-year class pink three complete brood cycles for the fish (brood years 2011, 2013, and 2015) to avoid loss of... -
Biological data for 10-20 streams in Salmon River Basin (Importance of...
This is a large-scale, long-term comparative study that includes many streams (20+ streams in the Salmon River Basin, Idaho, including a few non-salmon streams for reference). A... -
PIT Tag Testing Results (Installation and Evaluation of Established PIT-tag...
This is a BPA-funded research project (BPA code 200100300) that was started in 2001 to fund the installation and evaluation of the PIT-tag systems for adult salmonids.... -
Near coastal ocean attributes of salmon (Ocean Survival of Salmonids)
A study to evaluate the role of changing ocean conditions on growth and survival of juvenile salmon from the Columbia River basin as they enter the Columbia River plume and... -
Predator Gut Isotopes (Characterizing ecosystem role of sharks)
This work uses white muscle tissues collected from sixgill and sevengill sharks to characterize the diet of each species. Tissues from prey species have also been prepared in... -
Sablefish Embryonic Development (Studies of sablefish reproduction and...
Sablefish, also known as black cod, are being studied with the eventual goal of closing the entire life cycle in captivity. Adult sablefish are captured in the wild off shore...