SoundHAB: Major seabird-killing algal bloom on Washington and northern Oregon Coast

[Jack Rensel]

See
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/foam_from_ocean_algae_bloom
_ki.html

 

and

 

http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2
<http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&ArticleID=65089>
&ArticleID=65089

 

Apparently a euryhaline and eurythermal dinoflagellate producing a lot of
foam from northern Oregon to the entry to the Strait of Juan de Fuca,
previously causing limited sea bird mortality in central California.  But..
"This is huge," said Julia Parrish, a marine biologist and professor at
Washington State University who leads a seabird monitoring group. "It's the
largest mortality event of its kind on the West Coast that we know of."

 

Also see: Hood Canal Oxygen Levels Decline as Scientists Warn of Another
Fish Kill. 

 

Read more:
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/22/hood-canal-oxygen-levels-decline-a
s-scientists/?partner=RSS#ixzz0UnHtWVj7

 

 

 

J.E. Jack Rensel Ph.D.

Rensel Associates Aquatic Sciences

4209 234th Street N.E. 

Arlington WA 98223 USA

360-435-3285

cell: 360-631-6538

jackrensel at att.net

 

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