Exciting news–the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) has issued a news brief about an upcoming paper about differential shellfish mortality during the “heat dome” heatwave event in June of 2021. Link
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It has been an interesting Winter 2021-2022: large amounts of rain, dramatic temperature swings from winter snowy cold to unusual January high temperatures. While the large amounts of rain are typical for a La Niña (as opposed to El Niño) winter weather pattern, high temperatures are not. I happened to be out collecting zooplankton for […]
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Marine invertebrates vary in their timing of reproduction, just like most organisms on land. Even though humans may find the temperatures in the Sound pretty cold year round, the invertebrates are sensitive to both the temperatures and the change in food availability in the water. Several species are reliably reproducing on the beach every year […]
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This summer, 2020, the Evergreen Shellfish Garden will be tended and reseeded by myself, my undergraduate research student Makenna and by the generous help of some Evergreen alumni and industry partners.
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In Spring 2020, I have been teaching an interdisciplinary program in marine biology and animation with Evergreen Faculty Member Ruth Hayes. The WordPress site for the program featuring the student work is here. This program has been one of the highlights of my career here at Evergreen–thanks to all our students who worked so hard […]
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I am using this blog to feature teaching and research project work here at The Evergreen State College and elsewhere.
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