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  • Juvenile coho salmon movement and migration through tide gates

    Creator:
    Bass, Arthur
    Abstract:
    Tidal marshlands in the upper estuary ecotone provide essential habitat for juvenile salmonids. In this environment, salmonids grow rapidly and acclimate to saltwater. Worldwide, tidal marshes have been diked and drained to provide agricultural and residential land. Tide gates are one-way doors integrated into dike systems that prevent saltwater flooding...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Three creeks that drain into Coos Bay, a 13 km2 estuary on the southern Oregon coast, were used for

  • Characterization of ecosystem structure and function recovery within the NOAA MOC-P mitigation basin, Newport, Oregon

    Creator:
    Lewis, Nate S.
    Abstract:
    Seagrass ecosystems are considered some of the most productive coastal habitats in the world. One such seagrass within estuaries of the Pacific Northwest, Zostera marina (eelgrass), is recognized to be an ecosystem engineering species that provides many important ecosystem functions and services. In 2010, construction of the National Oceanic and...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Page Figure 1 Location of study area in Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon ...................... 58

  • Utilization of the Non-Native Seagrass, Zostera japonica, by Crab and Fish in Pacific Northwest Estuaries

    Creator:
    Sund, Daniel M.
    Abstract:
    The introduction of non-native species often results in fundamental changes in the structure and function of disturbed environments. In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), the introduced seagrass Zostera japonica is rapidly expanding in distribution, impacting stakeholders and public use of the intertidal. Z. japonica’s expansion has prompted a number of different...
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    Masters Thesis
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    available estuarine habitats in Willapa Bay, Washington, and Yaquina Bay, Oregon, via paired deployment