What’s out there?
What lives out there in Seattle’s underwater landscape? That’s been the question of undergraduate interns in the Sebens Lab over the last 2 months, as they’ve analyzed photos from our recent … Continue readingWhat’s out there?
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What lives out there in Seattle’s underwater landscape? That’s been the question of undergraduate interns in the Sebens Lab over the last 2 months, as they’ve analyzed photos from our recent … Continue readingWhat’s out there?
In my recent visits to the breakwater at Elliott Bay Marina in Seattle, its become apparent that the site is officially an urchin barren. Urchin barrens are a well documented phenomenon in … Continue readingUrchin Barren at Elliott Bay Marina
Sea urchins may not seem like they’re destined for great things in life, but the marine environment would really by quite different without them. These prickly creatures, which are related … Continue readingUrchins destined for great things
So many of the world’s coastal cities are located at the mouths of rivers. These estuarine habitats were once vast, shallow landscapes of soft sediment, but they have become speckled … Continue readingRiprap community structure in Germany
As terrestrial beings, we often look out over an urban landscape and see the coastline as the city’s boundary. It’s hard to remember that there’s a whole world down there … Continue readingVideo tour of the underwater urban environment
The Salish Sea is the network of inland marine waterways in western Washington and British Columbia that includes Puget Sound. This week, several hundred scientists, tribal leaders, managers, conservationists, and … Continue reading2014 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Last week, I posted about the 2nd Biennial giant Pacific octopus symposium that was to be held at the Seattle Aquarium. The meeting went off without a hitch. It was … Continue readingNew discoveries about giant Pacific octopus
This Saturday, the Seattle Aquarium will be hosting its second biennial symposium and workshop on giant Pacific octopus. The day promises to be full of interesting information about these charismatic … Continue readingGiant Pacific octopus symposium
I wanted to briefly highlight the video below. It is the result of many months of hard work by Drew Collins, Myra Wisotzky, and others, to document the late life cycle … Continue readingOctopus Life, Death, and Birth at Three Tree Point