Describing the ocean habitats used by Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha is an important step towards understanding how environmental conditions influence their population dynamics. We used data from archival tags that recorded time, temperature and pressure (depth) to define the coastal habitats used by Chinook near Oregon and California during the...
The food habits of the 2 dominant larval pleuronectids off the Oregon coast - English sole Parophrys vetulus and butter sole Isopsetta isolepis - were analysed. Most specimens were collected during January-April 1971 and March-April 1973. As is typical of larval fishes, I. isolepis larvae ingested a variety of prey...
Marine renewable energy promises to assist in the effort to reduce
carbon emissions worldwide. As with any large-scale development in the marine
environment, however, it comes with uncertainty about potential environmental
impacts, most of which have not been adequately evaluated—in part because many of
the devices have yet to be...