River Otters, Sea Otters, and Toxoplasma gondii
For several years we’ve been working to better understand what impacts the health of river otters in the Salish Sea. While the Pacific Northwest is fortunate to have a robust river otter population,...
View ArticlePacific White-Sided Dolphin Population Study
SeaDoc supported a project to assess the health of Pacific white-sided dolphin populations by using photo-ID to estimate survival and abundance.
View ArticleScoters need more than just mussels to eat
Surf Scoters are known for eating a lot of mussels, but a recently published SeaDoc-supported paper by Eric Anderson and James Lovvorn shows that scoters also depend heavily on eelgrass habitats.
View ArticleRiver Otter Diet and Predation Project
SeaDoc is funding a River Otter diet and predation study by Monique Lance of the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. The study aims to describe the diet of river otters and investigate the...
View ArticleAlien Invaders: Invasive tunicates and shellfish aquaculture
While headlines about invasive tunicates have at times reached the breathless pitch of ads for campy horror films, there was legitimate concern because invasive tunicates in other regions of North...
View ArticleSalish Sea Marine Bird Project 2010-2012
This project has been completed and is currently being submitted for publication. Until the manuscript is accepted, we can’t post specifics of the results. In 2010, SeaDoc hired Nacho Vilchis as a...
View ArticleHide and Seek Seabirds
Marine birds are important sentinel species for ecological conditions and to track them, scientists often count the birds at the breeding colonies, which tells us the number of adults trying to breed....
View ArticleUnraveling the Mystery of Stranded Whales
Killer whale strandings are always bad news. However, a new paper by SeaDoc scientists and collaborators shows that each orca’s death also is an opportunity to improve our understanding of the species...
View ArticleEelgrass disease study investigates vulnerability to Labyrinthula
Eelgrass (Zostera marina) plays a key role in the health of the Salish Sea ecosystem. It stabilizes sediments, reduces the impact of wave action, provides habitat, and is an important nursery and...
View ArticleBears and Barnacles: The Land – Sea Connection
Videos Why make a list of all the birds and mammals that depend on the Salish Sea? Joe Gaydos explains. (1:18) Part 2: Why has this never been done before? In Part 3, Joe talks about: the...
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Surf Smelt Recreational Harvest Study
SeaDoc is funding a creel survey project to determine the size of the recreational harvest of Surf Smelt. Why not just have anglers report their catch like we do with salmon and crab? Strangely enough,...
View ArticleFishes of the Salish Sea
Dragons and Vipers and Opahs, Oh My! The Salish Sea’s famed salmon have a lot of interesting company beneath the surface. From the gumdrop-size spiny lumpsucker to the world’s second-largest fish, the...
View ArticleCanadian / US failure of collaboration puts Salish Sea at risk
“We need to deal with the impacts of new energy projects at the level of the ecosystem, not just project to project,” says wildlife veterinarian Dr. Joe Gaydos, lead author of a new paper analyzing the...
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