Fish out of troubled waters: Field day held to examine habitat at Elwha River mouth

New habitat for juvenile fish is increasing dramatically in the Elwha River estuary and the shoreline of Freshwater Bay, a survey found last week.  Sediment pouring out of the Elwha River after dam-removal work is causing a number of changes, said Anne Shaffer of the Coastal Watershed Institute, which organized the Friday field day.  Read more in the Peninsula Daily News.

Hadley cells, diatoms, fin whale tracking – This week’s CoEnv published research

Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the holiday weeks, six new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online.

1. TitleA springtime source of toxic Pseudo-nitzschia cells on razor clam beaches in the Pacific Northwest (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Hickey, Barbara M.[ 1 ] ; Trainer, Vera L.[ 2 ] ; Kosro, P. Michael[ 3 ] ; Adams, Nicolaus G.[ 2 ] ; Connolly, Thomas P.[ 4 ] ; Kachel, Nancy B.[ 1 ] ; Geier, Susan L.[ 1 ]

[ 1 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 2 ] NW Fisheries Sci Ctr, Seattle, WA USA
[ 3 ] Oregon State Univ, Coll Earth Ocean & Atmospher Sci, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA
[ 4 ] Woods Hole Oceanog Inst, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA

Journal: HARMFUL ALGAE

 

2. TitleUpstream Orographic Enhancement of a Narrow Cold-Frontal Rainband Approaching the Andes (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Viale, Maximiliano[ 1 ] ; Houze, Robert A., Jr.[ 2 ] ; Rasmussen, Kristen L.[ 2 ]

 [ 1 ] CCT CONICET, Inst Argentino Nivol Glaciol & Ciencias Ambiental, Mendoza, Argentina
 [ 2 ] Univ Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW

 

3. TitleDevelopment and validation of a quantitative PCR assay for Ichthyophonus spp. (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: White, Vanessa C.[ 1 ] ; Morado, J. Frank[ 1 ] ; Crosson, Lisa M.[ 2 ] ; Vadopalas, Brent[ 2 ] ; Friedman, Carolyn S.[ 2 ]

[ 1 ] NOAA, Natl Marine Fisheries Serv, Alaska Fisheries Sci Ctr, Resource Assessment & Conservat Engn Div, Seattle, WA 98115 USA
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, Coll Environm, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Seattle, WA 98105 USA

Journal: DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

 

4. TitleOn the Speed of the Eddy-Driven Jet and the Width of the Hadley Cell in the Southern Hemisphere (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

AuthorsCeppi, Paulo[ 1 ] ; Hartmann, Dennis L.[ 1 ]

[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

 

5. TitleGenome-wide diel growth state transitions in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana (OPEN ACCESS!)

Authors: Ashworth, Justin[ 1 ] ; Coesel, Sacha[ 1 ] ; Lee, Allison[ 1 ] ; Armbrust, E. Virginia[ 2 ] ; Orellana, Monica V.[ 1,3 ] ; Baliga, Nitin S.[ 1,4,5,6 ]

[ 1 ] Inst Syst Biol, Seattle, WA 98109 USA
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 3 ] Univ Washington, Appl Phys Lab, Polar Sci Ctr, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 4 ] Univ Washington, Dept Microbiol, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 5 ] Univ Washington, Dept Biol, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 6 ] Univ Washington, Mol & Cellular Biol Program, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

6. TitleTracking fin whales in the northeast Pacific Ocean with a seafloor seismic network (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

AuthorsWilcock, William

[ 1 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Snowstorms, cougars, and Paris – This week’s CoEnv published research

Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the holiday weeks, eight new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online.

1. TitleLarge-Scale Errors and Mesoscale Predictability in Pacific Northwest Snowstorms (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Durran, Dale R.[ 1 ] ; Reinecke, Patrick A.[ 2 ] ; Doyle, James D.[ 2 ] 

[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA 98125 USA
[ 2 ] USN, Res Lab, Monterey, CA USA

Journal: JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

 

2. TitleThe Role of Oceans and Sea Ice in Abrupt Transitions between Multiple Climate States (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

AuthorsRose, Brian E. J.[ 1 ] ; Ferreira, David[ 2 ] ; Marshall, John[ 2 ]

[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 2 ] MIT, Dept Earth Atmospher & Planetary Sci, Cambridge, MA USA

Journal: JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

 

3. TitleUnprecedented long chain 1-chloroalkenes and 1-chloroalkanes in the Holocene sediments of Lake El Junco, Galapagos Islands (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Zhang, Zhaohui[ 1 ] ; Metzger, Pierre[ 2 ] ; Sachs, Julian P.[ 3 ]

[ 1 ] Nanjing Univ, Sch Earth Sci & Engn, State Key Lab Mineral Deposits Res, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[ 2 ] Univ Paris 06, BioEMco, CNRS, UMR 7618, F-75252 Paris, France
[ 3 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

 

4. TitleDemographic influences on cougar residential use and interactions with people in western Washington (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

AuthorsKertson, Brian N.[ 1 ] ; Spencer, Rocky D.[ 2 ] ; Grue, Christian E.[ 3 ]

[ 1 ] Univ Washington, School of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Coll Environm, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 2 ] Washington Dept Fish & Wildlife, Issaquah, WA 98027 USA
[ 3 ] Univ Washington, US Geol Survey, WA Cooperat Fish & Wildlife Res Unit, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

 

5. TitleLink between the double-Intertropical Convergence Zone problem and cloud biases over the Southern Ocean (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

AuthorsHwang, Yen-Ting[ 1 ] ; Frierson, Dargan M. W.[ 1 ]

[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

6. TitleEffects of bottom-layer hypoxia on spatial distributions and community structure of mesozooplankton in a sub-estuary of Puget Sound, Washington, U.S.A. (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

AuthorsKeister, Julie E.[ 1 ] ; Tuttle, Loren B.[ 1 ]

[ 1 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

 

7. TitleTrends in ISCCP, MISR, and MODIS cloud-top-height and optical-depth histograms (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

AuthorsMarchand, Roger

Univ Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

 

8. TitleIdentification of marine and continental aerosol sources in Paris using high resolution aerosol mass spectrometry (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Crippa, Monica[ 1 ] ; El Haddad, Imad[ 1 ] ; Slowik, Jay G.[ 1 ] ; DeCarlo, Peter F.[ 1,4,5 ] ; Mohr, Claudia[ 1,6 ] ; Heringa, Maarten F.[ 1,7 ] ; Chirico, Roberto[ 1,8 ] ; Marchand, Nicolas[ 2 ] ; Sciare, Jean[ 3 ] ; Baltensperger, Urs[ 1 ] ; Prevot, Andre S. H.[ 1 ]

[ 1 ] Paul Scherrer Inst, Lab Atmospher Chem, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
[ 2 ] Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Marseille, France
[ 3 ] UVSQ, CNRS, LSCE, IPSL,Lab CEA, Gif Sur Yvette, France
[ 4 ] Drexel Univ, Dept Civil Architectural & Environm Engn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[ 5 ] Drexel Univ, Dept Chem, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[ 6 ] Univ Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 7 ] WIL Res, Shertogenbosch, Netherlands
[ 8 ] DIM, UTAPRAD, Italian Natl Agcy New Technol Energy & Sustainabl, ENEA, Frascati, Italy

Journal: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

New herring population discovered in Puget Sound

A new population of Pacific herring, a cornerstone of the marine food web that has been in serious decline, has been found in Elliott Bay. Is it a sign of better times?  Read more in Crosscut.

How to hunt a species to extinction

Exploitation is one of the major causes of extinction. More than 120 species have become extinct at least in part because of hunting, fishing and logging, including the famous Passenger Pigeon. Wildlife continues to be threatened on land and in the oceans, from whales to elephants.  Theoretically, hunting a species to extinction should be really hard. But a new study co-authored by Trevor Branch on Aquatic and Fishery Sciences suggests reckless exploitation isn’t the only threat.  Read more on The Conversation.

Reconstructing El Nino with Peruvian shells – This week’s CoEnv published research

Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the holiday weeks, nine new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online.

1. TitleReconstructing El Nino-Southern Oscillation activity and ocean temperature seasonality from short-lived marine mollusk shells from Peru (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Carre, Matthieu[ 1 ] ; Sachs, Julian P.[ 2 ] ; Schauer, Andrew J.[ 3 ] ; Elliott Rodriguez, Walter[ 4 ] ; Cardenas Ramos, Fredy[ 5 ]
[ 1 ] Univ Montpellier 2, Inst Sci Evolut Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, F-34095 Montpellier, France
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 3 ] Univ Washington, Dept Earth & Space Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 4 ] IMARPE, Lab Costero Huacho, Huacho, Peru
[ 5 ] IMARPE, Lab Costero Ilo, Ilo, Peru

Journal: PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

 

2. TitleOcean Heat Transport and Water Vapor Greenhouse in a Warm Equable Climate: A New Look at the Low Gradient Paradox (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Rose, Brian E. J.[ 1 ] ; Ferreira, David[ 2 ]
[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 2 ] MIT, Dept Earth Atmospher & Planetary Sci, Cambridge, MA USA

Journal: JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

 

3. TitleFin whale tracks recorded by a seismic network on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, Northeast Pacific Ocean (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Soule, Dax C.[ 1 ] ; Wilcock, William S. D.[ 1 ]
[ 1 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

 

4. TitleIsolation of an aerobic sulfur oxidizer from the SUP05/Arctic96BD-19 clade (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Marshall, Katharine T.[ 1 ] ; Morris, Robert M.[ 1 ]
[ 1 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: ISME JOURNAL

 

5. TitleTolerance and response of Zostera marina seedlings to hydrogen sulfide (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Dooley, Frederick D.[ 1,2 ] ; Wyllie-Echeverria, Sandy[ 2 ] ; Roth, Mark B.[ 3 ] ; Ward, Peter D.[ 1 ]
[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Dept Biol, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, Friday Harbor Labs, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 USA
[ 3 ] Fred Hutchinson Canc Res Ctr, Seattle, WA 98104 USA

Journal: AQUATIC BOTANY

 

6. TitleSpatial structure of thermocline and abyssal internal waves in the Sargasso Sea (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Sanford, Thomas B.[ 1,2 ]
[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Appl Phys Lab, Seattle, WA 98105 USA
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

 

7. TitleVertically averaged velocities in the North Atlantic Current from field trials of a Lagrangian electric-field float (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Szuts, Zoltan B.[ 1,2,3 ] ; Sanford, Thomas B.[ 2,3 ]
[ 1 ] Max Planck Inst Meteorol, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, Appl Phys Lab, Seattle, WA 98105 USA
[ 3 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA 98105 USA

Journal: DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

 

8. TitleAddressing assumptions: variation in stable isotopes and fatty acids of marine macrophytes can confound conclusions of food web studies (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Dethier, Megan N.[ 1,2 ] ; Sosik, Elizabeth[ 3 ] ; Galloway, Aaron W. E.[ 2,3 ] ; Duggins, David O.[ 2 ] ; Simenstad, Charles A.[ 3 ]
[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Dept Biol, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 USA
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, Friday Harbor Labs, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 USA
[ 3 ] Univ Washington, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

 

9. TitleThe EM-POGO: A simple, absolute velocity profiler (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Terker, S. R.[ 1,2 ] ; Sanford, Thomas B.[ 1,2 ] ; Dunlap, J. H.[ 1 ] ; Girton, J. B.[ 1,2 ]
[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Appl Phys Lab, Seattle, WA 98105 USA
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

Journal: DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Some Alaskan trout use flexible guts for the ultimate binge diet

Imagine having a daylong Thanksgiving feast every day for a month, then, only pauper’s rations the rest of the year.  University of Washington researchers have discovered Dolly Varden, a kind of trout, eating just that way in Alaska’s Chignik Lake watershed.  Read more about this research in UW Today.