What is ecological forestry? It’s “a different philosophical approach to managing forest resources” based on integrating ecological, economical and cultural objectives. So says SEFS‘ Jerry Franklin, in this article about his work on a project in Oregon and the vision for extending the ecological forestry paradigm. Read more here.
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Research from over 10 years ago postulated that, with the effects of climate change, fisheries and other global drivers, jellyfish might someday dominate the world’s oceans. Since then, scientists have been working to verify this possibility, and the answer today is that they’re still not sure. FHL‘s Claudia Mills is quoted. Read more here. Solar-powered. Wireless. Data-driven. You might not think of these terms when describing waste collection, but this traditionally low-tech field is about to become less dirty and more digital thanks to a new program at UW. Read more here. New research is shedding light on the potential threat of airborne pathogens to the killer whales that use Puget Sound waters. Read more here. When a train goes by you see it, you hear it, you also feel it shake the ground. It doesn’t end there. The sheer weight of millions of pounds travels deep down into the ground. UW experts are studying the process. Read more here. Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. This week, eight new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online:
1. Title: Performance of habitat suitability models for the endangered black-capped vireo built with remotely-sensed data (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: Wilsey, Chad B.1; Lawler, Joshua J.1; Cimprich, David A.2 1. Univ Washington, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Journal: REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
2. Title: Progressive barite dissolution in the Costa Rica forearc – Implications for global fluxes of Ba to the volcanic arc and mantle (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: Solomon, Evan A.1; Kastner, Miriam2 1. Univ Washington, School of Oceanography Journal: GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA
3. Title: Rapid evolution of the compact and unusual mitochondrial genome in the ctenophore, Pleurobrachia bachei (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: Kohn, Andrea B.1; Citarella, Mathew R.1; Kocot, Kevin M.2; Bobkova, Yelena V.1; Halanych, Kenneth M.2; Moroz, Leonid L.1,3,4 1. Univ Florida, Whitney Lab Marine Biosci Journal: MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
4. Title: Field and satellite observations of the formation and distribution of Arctic atmospheric bromine above a rejuvenated sea ice cover (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: Nghiem, Son V.1; Rigor, Ignatius G.2; Richter, Andreas3; Burrows, John P.3,4; Shepson, Paul B.5,6,7; Bottenheim, Jan8; Barber, David G.9; Steffen, Alexandra8; Latonas, Jeff10,9; Wang, Feiyue11,12,9; Stern, Gary13,9; Clemente-Colon, Pablo14,15; Martin, Seelye16; Hall, Dorothy K.17; Kaleschke, Lars18; Tackett, Philip19,5,6,7; Neumann, Gregory1; Asplin, Matthew G.9 1. CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab Journal: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
5. Title: On the origin of jets in the ocean (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: Afanasyev, Y. D.1; O’Leary, S.1; Rhines, Peter B.2; Lindahl, E.2 1. Mem Univ Newfoundland, Dept Phys & Phys Oceanog, St John, NF, Canada Journal:GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTROPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS
6. Title: Spatial Pattern Analysis of Cruise Ship-Humpback Whale Interactions in and Near Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: Harris, Karin1; Gende, Scott M.2; Logsdon, Miles G.3; Klinger, Terrie1 1. Univ Washington, School of Marine & Environmental Affairs Journal: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
7. Title: PHYTOREMEDIATION OF CHLORPYRIFOS BY POPULUS AND SALIX (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: Lee, Keum Young1; Strand, Stuart E.1; Doty, Sharon L.1 1. Univ Washington, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION
8. Title: Challenges and a checklist for biodiversity conservation in fire-prone forests: Perspectives from the Pacific Northwest of USA and Southeastern Australia (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: Spies, Thomas A.1; Lindenmayer, David B.2; Gill, A. Malcolm2; Stephens, Scott L.3; Agee, James K.4 1. US Forest Serv, USDA, Pacific NW Res Stn Journal: BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION A new KCTS/Earthfix documentary follows the Elwha river from the day it was dammed until the dam was removed. Watch it here, or look for it Wednesday at 7 p.m. PDT on KCTS 9 in Western and Central Washington, British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada. It airs again Sunday at 5 and 10:30 p.m. Undaming the Elwha will also air on other Northwest PBS stations in the coming months. Read more here!
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