The increasing flow of nitrates from human and animal waste into Puget Sound are a boon to algae. And as the algae bloom, they set up the Sound for acidification beyond what global climate change is driving. Read more here.
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One Mukilteo resident has been sharing his decades of marine science and policy expertise by volunteering with the Snohomish County Marine Resources Advisory Committee. His day job is an environmental compliance analyst, but in his free time UW alum Lincoln Loehr has helped analyze reams of data from mussels collected along the shoreline, contributing key insights into the pollution patterns in Puget Sound. Read more here! A new analysis by the Navy suggests that ongoing training and testing activities could cause greater harm to marine mammals than previously estimated. Read more here. Conservation Remix, a daylong event June 2, offers an eclectic mix of topics for discussion – from designing superefficient buildings that generate their own energy to controlling invasive species by eating them. Read more about the event, which is co-sponsored by CoEnv and happens on June 2, here. California sea lions love fish. And now, at least three, and maybe four, of the big marine mammals this year have managed to find their way above Bonneville Dam, the lowermost hydro project on the Columbia River (146 river miles from the Pacific). The animals are believed to have passed upstream through the dam’s navigation locks. One story, though not validated, is that one sea lion was seen riding a shipping barge through the locks at the dam. Arguably more important than how they made it past the dam is why — and what the consequences are for fisheries up there. Read more here. The development and seasonal cycles of birds’ singing has a lot to teach us about the human brain. Check out this article about how they are related, and what’s being done at UW to understand these relationships. Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. This week, four new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online. 1. Title: Basin-scale patterns in the abundance of SAR11 subclades, marine Actinobacteria (OM1), members of the Roseobacter clade and OCS116 in the South Atlantic (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: Morris, Robert M.1; Frazar, Christian D.1; Carlson, Craig A.2 1. Univ Washington, School of Oceanography Journal: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
2. Title: MCAK activity at microtubule tips regulates spindle microtubule length to promote robust kinetochore attachment (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: Domnitz, Sarah B.1; Wagenbach, Michael1; Decarreau, Justin1; Wordeman, Linda1,2 1. Univ Washington, Sch Med, Dept Physiol & Biophys Journal: JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
3. Title: EFFECTS OF PREDATOR EXCLUSION STRUCTURES AS AGENTS OF ECOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE TO INFAUNAL COMMUNITIES IN GEODUCK CLAM AQUACULTURE PLOTS IN SOUTHERN PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON, USA (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: VanBlaricom, Glenn R.1; Galloway, Aaron W. E.; McPeek, Kathleen; Price, Jennifer L.; Cordell, Jeffrey R.; Dethier, Megan N.2; Armstrong, David A.; McDonald, P. Sean 1. Univ Washington, US Geol Survey, Washington Cooperat Fish & Wildlife Res Unit Journal: JOURNAL OF SHELLFISH RESEARCH
4. Title: Mid-Holocene mean climate in the south eastern Pacific and its influence on South America (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: Carre, Matthieu1; Azzoug, Moufok1; Bentaleb, Ilhem1; Chase, Brian M.1,2; Fontugne, Michel3; Jackson, Donald4; Ledru, Marie-Pierre8; Maldonado, Antonio5; Sachs, Julian P.6; Schauer, Andrew J.7 1. Univ Montpellier 2, CNRS, Inst Sci Evolut Montpellier Journal: QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL |
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