Kelp forests are in decline across much of their range due to place‐specific combinations of
local and global stressors. Declines in kelp abundance can lead to cascading losses of …

Fjords are conduits for heat and mass exchange between tidewater glaciers and the coastal
ocean, and thus regulate near‐glacier water properties and submarine melting of glaciers …

Eelgrass creates critical coastal habitats worldwide and fulfills essential ecosystem functions
as a foundation seagrass. Climate warming and disease threaten eelgrass, causing mass …

Effects and impacts of the Northeast Pacific marine heatwave of 2014–2016 on the inner
coastal estuarine waters of the Salish Sea were examined using a combination of …

Abstract Microparticles (MP; particles< 5 mm) are ubiquitous in marine environments.
Understanding MP concentrations at different spatial scales in the Salish Sea, Washington …

Warming ocean temperatures have been linked to kelp forest declines worldwide, and
elevated temperatures can act synergistically with other local stressors to exacerbate kelp …

Estuarine systems host a rich diversity of marine life that is vulnerable to changes in ocean
chemistry due to addition of anthropogenic carbon. However, the detection and impact of …

Microplastics are increasingly prevalent in marine systems and are a growing concern as a
marine pollutant and contaminant with consequences for high trophic level consumers …

Abstract In the Pacific Northwest, blooms of the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia (PN) sometimes
produce domoic acid, a neurotoxin that causes amnesic shellfish poisoning, leading to a …

Abstract The Salish Sea is a large, fjordal estuarine system opening onto the northeast
Pacific Ocean. It develops a strong estuarine exchange flow that draws in nutrients from the …