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Monitoring Stormwater Contaminants In The Puget Sound Nearshore: An Active Biomonitoring Tool Using Transplanted Mussels (Mytilus Trossulus), Jennifer Lanksbury, Andrea J. Carey, Mariko M. Langness, Brandi Lubliner, Laurie A. Niewolny, James E. West
Monitoring Stormwater Contaminants In The Puget Sound Nearshore: An Active Biomonitoring Tool Using Transplanted Mussels (Mytilus Trossulus), Jennifer Lanksbury, Andrea J. Carey, Mariko M. Langness, Brandi Lubliner, Laurie A. Niewolny, James E. West
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Stormwater delivers a diverse range of contaminants to receiving waters including Puget Sound. Monitoring stormwater pollutants and their effects on biota is critical to informing best management practices aimed at recovering Puget Sound health. In the winter of 2012/13, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Toxics-focused Biological Observation System (TBiOS) team conducted a pilot study using transplanted mussels to characterize the extent and magnitude of contamination in nearshore biota of Puget Sound. Mussels are now a key TBiOS indicator organism for tracking contaminants in the nearshore, and the Stormwater Action Monitoring (SAM) program has adopted mussels for nearshore stormwater …
From Data To Decisions: Navigating The “So What?” And “What’S Next?” Conversation Around Nearshore Data, Dawn Spilsbury Pucci
From Data To Decisions: Navigating The “So What?” And “What’S Next?” Conversation Around Nearshore Data, Dawn Spilsbury Pucci
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Ever wonder what happens to all those data being collected? In Island County, we are fortunate to be the focus of a plethora of data collection efforts. We have comprehensive nearshore assessments that describe where our habitats are and how those habitats are built. We have habitat assessments that are a collaborative effort between citizen science groups and state agencies. We have long-term status and trends data sets on intertidal habitats and presence for a few specific species. We have a high resolution shoreline armor dataset and we have a predictive probability model for coastal flood risk. But what do …
Developing A Nearshore Geospatial Framework For Recovery Assessment And Planning, Jennifer Burke, Stacy Vynne
Developing A Nearshore Geospatial Framework For Recovery Assessment And Planning, Jennifer Burke, Stacy Vynne
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
As part of the Beach Strategies project developed by the Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program (ESRP), Puget Sound Partnership, ESRP, and Coastal Geologic Services (CGS) developed a geospatial framework to integrate nearshore data for analyses. The Beach Strategies project developed a geodatabase to inform restoration and protection planning. The Nearshore Geospatial Framework was designed as a companion structure to the Beach Strategies data to facilitate consistent and scalable units of analysis across the region-wide dataset. The framework is a series of consistent polygons with variable characteristics in both aquatic and inland areas of the nearshore. The polygon structures include variable …
Spatio-Temporal Variation In The Nearshore Forage Fish Community In The Strait Of Juan De Fuca, Kinsey L. Frick, Anna Kagley, Kurt Fresh, Larry Ward, Jameal Samhouri, A. Ole Shelton
Spatio-Temporal Variation In The Nearshore Forage Fish Community In The Strait Of Juan De Fuca, Kinsey L. Frick, Anna Kagley, Kurt Fresh, Larry Ward, Jameal Samhouri, A. Ole Shelton
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Nearshore marine habitats in the Salish Sea support populations of many fish species including migrating juvenile salmon, benthic sculpins, and rearing and spawning forage fish. The Strait of Juan de Fuca (SJF) is critical as a corridor between the Pacific Ocean and inland water bodies. Though known to utilize this area, the population dynamics of ecologically important forage fish are poorly understood. Over 9 years of monthly beach seine sampling (April – September) at 24 sites along 70 km of coastline in the SJF, we have observed high variability in fish catch across years, sites, and seasons. Annual catches ranged …
Shoreline Armoring Implementation Strategy: A Regional Strategy To Support And Align Actions From Local To Regional Scales, Jennifer Griffiths
Shoreline Armoring Implementation Strategy: A Regional Strategy To Support And Align Actions From Local To Regional Scales, Jennifer Griffiths
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Puget Sound recovery is guided by regional and local strategies developed and implemented by a diverse array of actors. Implementation Strategies are a regional planning approach designed to advance and enhance recovery efforts towards specific Puget Sound Vital Sign indicator targets. The Shoreline Armoring Vital Sign aims to reduce the impacts of shoreline armor on the Puget Sound nearshore. The Shoreline Armoring Implementation Strategy addresses the interconnected nature of regulatory, incentive, technological, and planning solutions to reduce armor impacts and recover shoreline processes in Puget Sound. This poster describes four strategies to advance recovery that leverage past and ongoing investments …
Evaluating Methods To Obtain High Resolution Nearshore Bathymetry And Coastal Topography For Puget Sound, George M. Kaminsky, Amanda Hacking, Diana Mccandless, Heather Weiner
Evaluating Methods To Obtain High Resolution Nearshore Bathymetry And Coastal Topography For Puget Sound, George M. Kaminsky, Amanda Hacking, Diana Mccandless, Heather Weiner
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
The Washington State Department of Ecology Coastal Monitoring & Analysis Program performed a coastal topographic and bathymetric survey of Port Gamble Bay between March 9 and March 28, 2014. Boat-based topographic lidar was collected along the shoreline of the bay and multibeam bathymetric sonar was collected throughout the bay to obtain a seamless topographic-bathymetric surface with complete coverage of Port Gamble Bay. The survey was performed with a R2Sonic 2022 multibeam echosounder, an Optech ILRIS-HD-ER mobile laser scanner, and an Applanix POS MV 320 v5 receiving real-time kinematic positioning corrections. The Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX) …
Marine Shoreline Armor In King County, 2005-2015, Alexis Henry, Kollin Higgins
Marine Shoreline Armor In King County, 2005-2015, Alexis Henry, Kollin Higgins
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Puget Sound marine shorelines provide Pacific salmon habitat for migration, juvenile rearing, feeding, and refuge. These shorelines are also used as the primary spawning habitat for Pacific sand lance and surf smelt, two forage fish species consumed by many higher level predators including Chinook salmon. Marine nearshore degradation from armoring (bulkheads, sea walls, etc.) and concurrent vegetation loss have detrimental impacts on the survival of salmon. Since the listing of wild Puget Sound Chinook salmon as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1999, local efforts have been made in the Puget Sound to improve salmon habitats and recover populations. …