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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Download here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/documents/1903070.pdf</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ecology’s Marine News: “EYES OVER PUGET SOUND”</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="color:#1F4E79">At a glance: Something was fishy in 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In 2018, water temperatures were slightly warmer than normal. Aerial photos revealed many spawning herring and baitfish as well as algal blooms. We also saw abundant macro-algae, a persistent Noctiluca bloom, and countless red blooms. Were
these observations related to the cool, wet spring followed by a warm, dry, and sunny summer? Or did the neutral boundary conditions in the Pacific Ocean also play a role?
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<p class="MsoNormal">What we know is that warmer water and sufficient phytoplankton helped to support the populations of plankton-feeders, which led to good growth conditions for herring. This is not what we expected to see after four years of early discharges
from the Fraser River, which likely affected water renewal in the Salish Sea. The earlier peak spring flow, however, is consistent with predicted climate forecasts for our region.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#44546A">________________________________________________________________________________</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The pdf document is around 10 MB, upload times may vary. It has clickable navigation links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We hope the images are inspiring and informative.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">With best regards, Christopher Krembs and the Marine Monitoring Unit _________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Christopher Krembs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senior Oceanographer, Marine Monitoring Unit<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Environmental Assessment Program<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">e-mail: <a href="mailto:ckre461@ecy.wa.gov">ckre461@ecy.wa.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My daily climate read: <a href="http://cci-reanalyzer.org/">
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