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The Oregon Shelf/California Current System’s Ecological Setting
Bill Peterson, NOAA-NMFS
Variable ocean conditions can greatly impact lower trophic level prey assemblages in marine ecosystems, with effects propagating up to higher trophic levels. Our goal was to better understand how varying ocean conditions influence diets and niche overlap among a suite of low- to mid trophic level predators. We studied the...
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commercial and recreation fisheries on the Oregon Coast (Brodeur and
Pearcy 1992, Emmett et al. 2006
In recent years, depletion of sands in the nearshore environment along the northern Oregon and southwest Washington coasts has been documented. This erosion raises concerns about protection of economic and ecological resources in the area. The Columbia River Nearshore Beneficial Use Project was initiated to engage public and private sector...
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• Ed Casillas, NOAA Fisheries
• BillPearcy, Oregon State University (white paper author)
• Chris
Oregon Revised Statute 541.409, which created the Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team (IMST), specifies that agencies are to respond to the recommendations of the IMST, stating “(3) If the Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team submits suggestions to an agency responsible for implementing a portion of the Oregon Plan [for Salmon and Watersheds],...
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responses we have received
regarding specific recommendations of the IMST. Under Senate Bill 924, agencies
In recent years, depletion of sands in the nearshore environment along the northern Oregon and southwest Washington coasts has been documented. This erosion raises concerns about protection of economic and ecological resources in the area. The Columbia River Nearshore Beneficial Use Project was initiated to engage public and private sector...
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placement of sediment.
Marine Fishes
Dr. William Pearcy, Professor Emeritus at Oregon State University