Washington Sea Grant’s National Working Waterfronts and Waterways Symposium is scheduled for March 25-28 in Tacoma. The event, in coordination with Oregon Sea Grant, is the third national symposium on issues faced by working waterfronts throughout the United States.
February 28, 2013
Characterizing coastal foodwebs
PSI’s Tessa Francis is co-author of a new paper in the ICES Journal of Marine Science. The paper, “Characterizing coastal foodwebs with qualitative links to bridge the gap between the theory and the practice of ecosystem-based management” uses qualitative modeling to compare management actions in Puget Sound, Chesapeake Bay and Galveston Bay. The authors examine loop analysis […]
February 28, 2013
UW Water symposium, April 30th
The 2013 University of Washington Water Symposium is scheduled for Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the Husky Union Building on the UW, Seattle campus. The symposium is sponsored by the Center for Urban Waters and the Puget Sound Institute and brings together nationally recognized scientists and engineers to present and discuss water-related research for Washington and beyond. […]
February 28, 2013
Upcoming paper in Decision Analysis
PSI’s Richard Anderson has co-authored a paper accepted for publication in the June issue of Decision Analysis. The paper, “Toward an Improved Methodology to Construct and Reconcile Decision Analytic Preference Judgments” describes a process designed to mitigate the occurrence of biases and judgment flaws in novel decision situations. Citation: Anderson, R., and R. Clemen. 2013. Toward […]
February 28, 2013
Caffeine and other tracers used to target wastewater pollution
Your daily coffee habit may someday help identify sources of bacterial pollution in Puget Sound. Researchers at the Puget Sound Institute are developing a new tool for targeting leaky septic tanks that may have broader implications for studies of emerging contaminants.
February 28, 2013
From the field: PSI forage fish study
PSI Research Scientist Tessa Francis sends us this photo of herring eggs on eelgrass (click photo to enlarge), part of a new forage fish study in collaboration with NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The study, which began earlier this month examines the possible link between eelgrass abundance […]
February 27, 2013
A bridge to PSI
Tacoma’s historic Murray Morgan (11th Street) Bridge has re-opened after several years of renovation work. Why is this good news for PSI? Our home, the Center for Urban Waters, is now re-connected with downtown Tacoma and the UW Tacoma campus. We’re looking forward to walking and biking to meetings as the weather improves!
February 27, 2013
Baker lab alum Holly Bamford named director of NOAA’s National Ocean Service
Earlier this month, NOAA announced a familiar name to head its National Ocean Service (NOS). Holly Bamford has been a longtime collaborator with the Center for Urban Waters through our joint study of marine microplastics as leader of NOAA’s Marine Debris Program. Bamford also received her master’s degree and doctorate in environmental chemistry studying with […]
December 14, 2012
Save the date: 2013 UW Water Symposium
The Center for Urban Waters and the Puget Sound Institute are pleased to announce that the 2013 University of Washington Water Symposium is scheduled for Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the Husky Union Building on the UW, Seattle campus. The symposium brings together scientists and engineers to present and discuss water-related research for Washington and […]
December 14, 2012
The calculus of forage fish: an interview with Marc Mangel
By Jeff Rice One of the first things that many budding ecologists learn, often to their chagrin, is that they probably should have paid more attention in Math. Of all the biological sciences, ecology may be the most fundamentally rooted in numbers. Not only is it the study of distribution and abundance—where and how many?—but […]