Salish Sea Institute reports, convenings, resources, and curricula address these issues to invite people on and beyond campus to collectively care for the Salish Sea now and into the future.

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    2024

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    The Biophysical Resilience Capacity of the Salish Sea’s Tidal Wetlands to Sea Level Rise, Kenna Kuhn

    2023

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    Polyunsaturated Aldehyde Production in the Salish Sea: A Survey of Benthic Diatom Producers and the Influence of Coastal Upwelling, Jeremy Johnson

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    Creating a Mass-Balanced Food Web Model for a Generalized Restored Estuary in Puget Sound, Penelope Johnson

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    The Toxicity of Dopamine on Salish Sea Phytoplankton, Allyson Lombardo

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    “Emotions and the Ocean”: Integrating Social-Emotional Learning into a Fifth-Grade Science Curriculum, Madison Rossen

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    Impact of fluctuating temperature and elevated CO2 on the growth, survival, and metabolic rate of the endangered pinto abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) in the Salish Sea, Jaclyn Stapleton

    2022

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    The Secret Life of Diatoms: An Exploration of the Fascinating World of Diatoms through the Art of Printmaking, Zofia Danielson

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    The Effects of Ocean Acidification and Temperature Rise on the Thermal Tolerance and Critical Thermal Limit of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii), Nicole R. Singh

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    Avian and Shallow Water Community Response to Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) Spawn Events, Heidi Stewart

    2021

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    'Where Are You From?': The Asian American PNW University Experience Through Poetry, Veronica Anne Francisco

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    Edible Seaweeds of the Salish Sea: Contaminant Levels and Comparison with Common Foods, Jennifer Hahn

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    Estimating the Denitrification Rate in Hood Canal using Water Circulation, Spencer Johnson

    2020

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    Current and Historical Estuary Extent in Major River Deltas of the Puget Sound: A Comparison of Estimates, Ashley Arthur

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    Metrics of shoreline armoring impacts on beach morphology in the Salish Sea, WA, Hannah Drummond

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    Taste of Place and Provenance, Alison Stevens

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    Spatial and temporal trends of the annual first detections of Paralytic Shellfish Toxin in Puget Sound, WA, Margaret Taylor

    2019

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    Assessing Coastal Vulnerability to Storm Surge and Wave Impacts with Projected Sea Level Rise within the Salish Sea, Nathan R. VanArendonk

    2018

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    Dendrochronology of Seaside Juniper (Juniperus maritima), Dustin Gleaves

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    A Search for Blue Carbon in Central Salish Sea Eelgrass Meadows, Mira D. (Mira Diana) Lutz

    2016

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    Hypothetical proposed Hale Passage salmon aquaculture site: environmental impact assessment, Jordan Wrigley, Danny Ashley, Kathryn Lewis, Michaela Paeth, Mikaela Richardson, and Shauna Brennan

    1982

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    Net Shore-Drift of King County, Washington, Michael Chrzastowski