Ocean acidification is affecting our state’s oyster industry, and has been for seven years. That’s why Governor Gregoire put together a Blue Ribbon Panel for Ocean Acidification, which met on Wednesday to discuss the nature and implications of ocean acidification in Washington. Many of our CoEnv scientists sit on the panel. Read more here.
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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 Part of the Skagit River, Fisher Slough has been drained and plumbed extensively to create some of the most productive farmland in the country: More than 100,000 acres are farmed by over 1,200 operations in the Skagit Valley. The Skagit River is also the last to support wild populations of all five species of Pacific salmon, one of which — the Puget Sound chinook — was federally listed as threatened in 1999. These facts frame the challenge and progress of restoring the Fisher Slough, as described in this article. SAFS‘ Charles Simenstad is quoted. Speaking at the World Fisheries Congress 2012 in Edinburgh this week, Mike Mitchell, Young’s Seafood Limited’s Director of Quality and Corporate Social Responsibility, called on scientists, fishers, politicians and the fish processing industry to work closer together to tackle the sustainability challenges faced by our oceans. Mike Mitchell spoke alongside numerous academics and experts from around the world, including SAFS Professor Ray Hilborn The Internet has given rise to a new phenomenon called crowdfunding, and scientists are using this method of online public fundraising to produce and fund their research. One such crowdfunding venue is the #SciFund Challenge. In less than one week, participants in SciFund Challenge 2 have raised nearly $45,000 for their research projects. The month-long challenge raised over $76,000 in its first round. Of the 75 scientists taking part in the challenge, three are CoEnv students who have already raised $4,600 between them. SciFund, and crowdfunding projects like it, may be revolutionizing the way research gets done. Today’s tough economy demands a creative and entrepreneurial attitude toward academic funding. Research has typically been funded through grants and contracts allowing very little public participation. Crowdfunding allows the public to get a glimpse of research projects from their conception, providing people around the world with the opportunity to help such projects come to life. “The public wants to know what it’s like inside the Ivory Tower. Creativity and the Internet allow that to happen,” said Karyn Boenker, one of the University of Washington’s SciFund participants. Can crowdfunding offer an alternative or even a replacement for the granting process? The possibility lies in the hands of those who choose to donate and support modern fundraising, and in the hands of scientists who must communicate the importance of their research up-front to a wide range of audiences. Take a look at these CoEnv projects: Karyn Boenker, MS, is about to graduate from the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. She is raising funds for an research project on public perceptions about peak oil and energy in Hawai’i (Project link). Email: kboenker@uw.edu Lauren Kuehne MS, is a freshwater ecologist at the School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences. Her research uses inexpensive soundscape data to monitor impacts of urbanization on species diversity and freshwater environments (Project link). Email:lkuehne@u.washington.edu Emma Timmins Schiffman is a PhD student at the School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences. Her research investigates how ocean acidification will impact Pacific oysters and other shellfish. Her work has been covered in the The Seattle Times (Project link). Email: emmats@u.washington.edu
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, including seven open-access articles that relate to the ecology and management of the Northwest’s prairie-oak ecosystems. 1. Title: Global change, global trade, and the next wave of plant invasions (abstract; subscription required for full article) Authors: Bradley, Bethany A1; Blumenthal, Dana M.2; Early, Regan3; Grosholz, Edwin D.4; Lawler, Joshua J.5; Miller, Luke P.6; Sorte, Cascade J. B.7; D’Antonio, Carla M.8; Diez, Jeffrey M.9; Dukes, Jeffrey S.10,11; Ibanez, Ines9; Olden, Julian D.12 1. Univ Massachusetts, Dept Environm Conservat Journal:FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
2. Title: Environmental History of a Garry Oak/Douglas-fir Woodland on Waldron Island, Washington (open access!) Authors: Dunwiddie, Peter W.1; Bakker, Jonathan D.1; Almaguer-Bay, Mitchell2; Sprenger, Carson B.2 1. Univ Washington, School of Environment and Forest Sciences Journal: NORTHWEST SCIENCE
3. Title: The Future of Restoration and Management of Prairie-Oak Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest (open access!) Authors: Dunwiddie, Peter W.1; Bakker, Jonathan D.1 1. Univ Washington, School of Environment and Forest Sciences Journal: NORTHWEST SCIENCE
4. Title: Fire as a Restoration Tool in Pacific Northwest Prairies and Oak Woodlands: Challenges, Successes, and Future Directions (open access!) Authors: Hamman, Sarah T.1; Dunwiddie, Peter W.2; Nuckols, Jason L.3; McKinley, Mason1 1. Nat Conservancy Washington Journal: NORTHWEST SCIENCE
5. Title: Use of Soil Properties to Determine the Historical Extent of Two Western Washington Prairies (open access!) Authors: Hegarty, Joshua1; Zabowski, Darlene1; Bakker, Jonathan D.1 1. Univ Washington, School of Environment and Forest Sciences Journal: NORTHWEST SCIENCE
6. Title: Carbon Addition as a Technique for Controlling Exotic Species in Pacific Northwest Prairies (open access!) Authors: Mitchell, Rachel M.1; Bakker, Jonathan D.1 1. Univ Washington, School of Environment and Forest Sciences Journal: NORTHWEST SCIENCE
7. Title: Fire History of a Douglas-Fir-Oregon White Oak Woodland, Waldron Island, Washington (open access!) Authors: Sprenger, Carson B.1; Dunwiddie, Peter W.2 1. Rain Shadow Consulting, Shaw Isl, WA Journal: NORTHWEST SCIENCE
8. Title: Restoring Invaded Pacific Northwest Prairies: Management Recommendations from a Region-Wide Experiment (open access!) Authors: Stanley, Amanda G.1; Dunwiddie, Peter W.2; Kaye, Thomas N.1 1. Inst Appl Ecol, Corvallis, OR Journal: NORTHWEST SCIENCE |
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The preliminary conclusion of an independent panel of seven U.S. and Canadian scientists is that human fishing of chinook salmon is probably not depriving orcas of their meals, at least not as much as we had thought. SAFS’ Ray Hilborn was chair of the panel; read more 
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