Puget Sound Water Quality Sampling Maps
Admiralty Inlet and Whidbey Island Central Sound Coastal Bays Hood Canal San Juan Islands South Sound
Puget Sound Marina Guide
While on the sound we need to keep in mind two things, the tides and gas. Ships take gas and like anyone on a long drive, we need to keep aware of the nearest gas depot. Here’s a convenient guide … Continued
National Water Quality Monitoring Conference 2023
Connecting ocean acidification monitoring data with natural resources in Washington State Natalie Coleman, Washington State Department of Ecology, Lacey, WA, USA Micah Horwith, Washington State Department of Ecology, Lacey, WA, USA Washington State Department of Ecology’s Long-Term Marine Monitoring program … Continued
Hood Canal: a Bloom Seen from Space
For the second year in a row the water body Hood Canal, part of Puget Sound, experienced an extensive bloom of a microscopic plant, phytoplankton, which turned the entire canal a milky turquoise. In fact, the chlorophyll contained in … Continued
Sacrificial Trucks
Recently I had the opportunity to go to a safety seminar hosted by the Washingtom Department of Transportation. I learned a whole new perspective on the safety hazards faced by people working next to roadways. Here are a few highlights: … Continued
Vaccines and the Recent Measles Outbreak
Vaccines have been a topic of conversation in my lectures lately, especially since the recent Measles outbreaks in the Pacific Northwest. Below is my own personal take on vaccines based on current scientific knowledge and practices. Types of Vaccines There … Continued
Sea Anemone Symbiosis Research
I have recently started as a graduate student in the Marine and Estuarine Science Program at Western Washington University working with Brian Bingham in the symbiosis lab. I am genuinely excited to be working with such unique creatures, the aggregating … Continued
Teaching Oceanography
I have been given the wonderful opportunity to be a graduate teaching assistant at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. This term I have been helping teaching the oceanography lab with Dr. David Shull. Recently we went out in Burrows … Continued
Yaquina Bay Bridge, Newport, Oregon
It’s cold in Yaquina Bay!
Age Determination in Burrowing Shrimp
I was asked to present my paper on age determination of burrowing shrimp at the Annual Conference for the National Shellfisheries Association in Monterey, California. My presentation was on March 24, 2015. Here are the abstract and poster portions of … Continued