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Creator:: Adams, Katherine A.
Abstract:: Wind-driven coastal upwelling brings subsurface water onto the central-Oregon shelf after the spring transition each year. This cold and salty source water is oxygen-poor, yet above the hypoxic threshold, dissolved oxygen < 1.4 ml l⁻¹. Once on the shelf, dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations of upwelled near-bottom waters are modified by...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: out safely and competently. I especially thank Walt Waldorf, Tully Rohrer and Captain Mike Kriz

Creator:: Hickey, Barbara M., Trainer, Vera L., Kosro, P. Michael, Adams, Nicolaus G., Connolly, Thomas P., Kachel, Nancy B., and Geier, Susan L.
Abstract:: Concentrations of domoic acid (DA) above the regulatory limit in Washington coast razor clams are usually higher on northern beaches from summer to fall. Recent field studies have confirmed that the primary source of toxic Pseudo-nitzschia (PN) cells in those seasons is a semi-retentive topographically trapped seasonal eddy located offshore...
Resource Type:: Article

Creator:: Wall, Colleen McKay
Abstract:: A novel, low-cost instrument capable of measuring surface water PCO₂ was designed for use in dynamic, shallow-water environments. The instrument was tested in the Yaquina River Estuary, a macrotidal estuary known to experience a wide range of conditions ranging from dominance by the coastal ocean during summer upwelling to substantial...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Mike Kriz, Jeff Crews, Walt Waldorf, and Danny Lockett. Thanks go to the Biogeochemical Earth class

Creator:: Black, Ian
Abstract:: A number of groups in the United States have expressed concern regarding the state of public ocean literacy and the capabilities of the future marine STEM workforce. This pilot study explores some of the requirements for workforce development and the expansion of ocean literacy by introduction of fundamental ocean properties...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . I am appreciative of the assistance that Walt Waldorf and Craig Risien have supplied over the last

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