Fires affect animals mainly through effects on their habitat. Fires often cause short-term increases in
wildlife foods that contribute to increases in populations of some animals. These increases are
moderated by the animals’ ability to thrive in the altered, often simplified, structure of the postfire
environment. The extent of fire...
Matlab code is included for detecting and tracking acoustic scattering layers from processed Echoview data. Acoustic scattering layers are ubiquitous, horizontally extensive aggregations of both vertebrate and invertebrate organisms that play key roles in oceanic ecosystems. However, currently there are no conventions or widely adaptable automatic methods for identifying these...
From April 2009 to February 2010, coupons of materials which could be used in the rotor, drive train, or foundation of tidal energy devices were deployed in-situ on the seabed at a prospective tidal energy site to screen for biofouling and corrosion. Materials include glass and carbon fiber composites, stainless...
Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 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...
The HMSC brought together three dozen scientists, engineers, educators, and
facilities managers from throughout the Pacific Northwest for a day-long workshop on May 14,
2007 to assess and prioritize infrastructure improvement needs for seawater pumping and
bay/ocean access in support of the HMSC’s research and education mission. Funded by a...
