UW Puget Sound Institute is excited to continue the Science of Puget Sound Water Quality workshop series, which explores emerging science and insights to help protect water quality in Puget Sound.
Join us for a workshop on how warming waters and low oxygen may impact habitat for Dungeness crabs, English sole, and Chinook salmon. Since warming waters can reduce oxygen availability and increase species’ oxygen need, temperature and oxygen need to be considered together. Previous efforts have evaluated when and where nutrients from human activities decrease dissolved oxygen levels. Puget Sound Institute and the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences’ research builds on those efforts to consider species-specific habitat use and oxygen thresholds. Additionally, the analysis considers the combined effects of warming waters from climate change and reduced oxygen associated with nutrients from human activities. Drs. Tim Essington and Stefano Mazzilli will discuss the latest methods and results.
This event is free, but registration is required.