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POPs, Fatty acids, lipid and Stable Isotopes data - The behavioral ecology of deep-diving odontocetes in the Bahamas
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project will use a unique set of individual-based data to quantify and model the behavioral ecology of six Department of Defense priority cetacean species in the... -
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Species Composition - Bycatch Reduction Engineering Research
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Through key regional collaborations with the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, and... -
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Water Quality - Monitoring the migrations of wild Snake River spring/summer Chinook salmon juveniles
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This is an ongoing Bonneville Power Administration funded project to annually collect, PIT tag, and release wild Chinook salmon parr in up to 15 streams of the Salmon... -
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Proximate - Production of Macroalgae for Human Consumption in the Pacific Northwest
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This proposal will focus on the production of fresh macroalgae in a land-based system. This type of production system avoids the regulatory and permitting issues... -
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Non fisheries threats - Risk, status and trends of non-fisheries threats in the California Current to groundfish species
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
We are calculating the risk of focal groundfish species to non-fisheries related threats (e.g. shipping activity, inorganic pollution) and comparing the relative... -
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PNW cetacean muscle biochemistry - Muscle Myoglobin Content and Acid Buffering Capacity of Cetaceans from the Pacific Northwest to Assess Dive Capacity and the Development of Diving Capabilities
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project assesses the development of two important skeletal muscle adaptations for diving (enhanced myoglobin content and acid buffering capacities) in a range of... -
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West Coast fish, mammal, bird life history and abunance parameters - Developing end-to-end models of the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The purpose of this project is to develop spatially discrete end-to-end models of the California Current LME, linking oceanography, biogeochemistry, food web... -
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Hood Canal Steelhead - Hood Canal Steelhead Supplementation Experiment
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Hood Canal Steelhead Project is a 17-year before-after-control-impact experiment that tests the effects of supplementation on natural steelhead populations in... -
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Social Cultural Data - Social Impacts of Fishery Managementin the West Coast Groundfish Fishery
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project measures social and cultural impacts of fishery management on the fishing industry and fishing communities. One key focus of this project is the catch... -
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LCREP genetic stock ID - Lower Columbia River Ecosystem Monitoring Project
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
1) The purpose of this project is to document juvenile salmon habitat occurrence in the Lower Columbia River and estuary, and examine how habitat conditions influence... -
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Salish Sea Marine Survival (Steelhead) - Early Marine Survival of Puget Sound Steelhead
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The primary objectives of this study are to estimate a predation rate by harbor seals on steelhead smolt in Puget Sound, and determine whether predation by harbor... -
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Deepwater Horizon Seafood Safety Response - Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Seafood Safety Response
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, there was concern about the risk to human health through consumption of contaminated seafood from the... -
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Biota - Pipers Creek Natural Drainage System monitoring for Seattle Public Utilities
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Relatively little scientific research or monitoring has occurred in the Pacific Northwest or elsewhere on the biological effectiveness of restoration efforts in... -
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Laboratory data on Snake River steelhead - Evaluation of methods to reduce straying rates of barged juvenile steelhead
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The goals of this study are to develop methods to reduce wandering and straying of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) that are collected and barged from the Snake River... -
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Central Puget Sound Ecopath/Ecosim model outputs - Developing food web models for ecosystem-based management applications in Puget Sound
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project is developing food web models for ecosystem-based management applications in Puget Sound. It is primarily being done by NMFS FTEs and contractors, in... -
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Methow River Steelhead - Methow River Steelhead hatchery reform research
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Steelhead in Pacific Northwest hatcheries are typically reared for release as 1-year-old smolts, rather than the 2¬and 3-year-old smolt life history patterns found... -
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Killer whale morphology - Variation in morphology of killer whale ecotypes
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
We are using elliptic Fourier analysis to determine the patterns of variation in morphology of dorsal fin shape, saddle patch shape, and eye patch shape of resident,... -
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Qwuloolt elevation - Monitoring the Qwuloolt Estuarine Levee Breach Restoration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Comprehensive planning and monitoring of abiotic (hydrology, land forms, energy and nutrients, and chemistry) and biotic (plants, fish, invertebrates, birds, mammals)... -
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Coastal Assessment Framework - National Assessment of Estuary and Coastal Habitats
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Under the National Fish Habitat Partnership, scientists at the NEFSC, NWFSC, and Silver Spring Headquarters are compiling information on the nation's estuarine and... -
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Water chemistry - Thornton Creek Restoration Project Effectiveness Monitoring
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
NOAA has designed and is currently implementing a hyporheic monitoring plan for the Thornton Creek watershed in North Seattle. This work is being conducted for...