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Jul 07, 2015

2011 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference

The 2011 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference was held October 25 to 27 at the Sheraton Wall Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia. This event brought together a diverse group of government officials, community leaders, First Nations and tribal members, environmental managers, scientists and academics to learn from each other about the state and threats to the shared ecosystem. Over 950 delegates attended.
By Environment Canada, Puget Sound Partnership
Jun 06, 2019

Predator–prey dynamics of bald eagles and glaucous‐winged gulls

An unintended consequence of the recovery of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) has been the impact on seabirds. The authors of a 2019 paper published in Ecology and Evolution suggest that the effects of bald eagle activity on a large glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens) colony on Protection Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca include the possibility of coexistence but also the possibility of gull colony extinction.
By Shandelle M. Henson, Robert A. Desharnais, Eric T. Funasaki, Joseph G. Galusha, James W. Watson, James L. Hayward
Apr 19, 2012

Ophioglossum pusillum

Adder's Tongue is an herbaceous perennial that is up to 20 cm high. Each plant has an erect, leafless stem that is 2-15 cm high and which branches into a single leaf-like, ascending, sterile blade and into an erect, spike-like fertile stalk. The sterile blade is elliptic to broadly lance-shaped and 2-8 cm long with entire margins and a rounded to pointed tip. The upper portion of the fertil...
Apr 23, 2017

Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program

The Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program (PSEMP) is an independent program established by state and federal statute to monitor environmental conditions in Puget Sound. 
By PSEMP
Apr 19, 2012

Littorina subrotundata

Shell thin, turbinate with four or five rounded whorls; apex sub-acute, last whorl somewhat inflated, subrimate, with or without three or four longitudinal brown bands; aperture ovate, outer lip thin, inner lip appressed to the columella and somewhat thickened; suture deep; epidermis greenish. Operculum with nucleus subcentral with two and one-half whorls (Hemphill 1877). Source: Encyclopedia ...
Apr 19, 2012

Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum

Scribner's Panic Grass is a perennial which forms clumps of simple or branched stems that are 1-6 dm tall. The lower leaves are 3-10 cm long and 3-12 mm wide, while the upper leaves are short and relatively broad. Leaves are mostly glabrous, but the sheaths surrounding the stem are glabrous to long-hairy. There is a short fringe of hairs on the leaf where it meets the stem, which is known a...
Apr 19, 2012

Podilymbus podiceps

MOLT: Molt is poorly known. Palmer (1962) noted that a complete molt into basic plumage takes place in autumn, with considerable individual variation in its timing and duration (Cramp et al. 1977). Flight feathers are lost simultaneously, prior to loss of body feathers. Complete molt takes one to two months. Basic molt and late nesting may occur simultaneously (Otto and Strohmeyer 1985). A parti...
Apr 19, 2012

Podiceps grisegena

In all plumages, identified by its large size and robust bill with yellowish base. In breeding plumage, head has black cap and large, definitive pale-gray cheek patch extending upwards to behind eye. Foreneck and upper breast chestnut; belly pale; sides and flanks grayish. Upperparts dark brownish black. Wings dark, with two prominent white patches: one on secondaries, the other on leading edge ...
Apr 19, 2012

Cyprinus carpio

From Scott and Crossman (1973), Jester (1974), and Pflieger (1975): adult length 12-25 in (30.5-63.5 cm) or more; large individuals may reach 20-60 lbs (9.1-27.2 kg); two barbels on each side of upper jaw, posterior pair more conspicuous; relatively small, toothless mouth, with the upper jaw slightly protruding; throat teeth 1,1,3-3,1,1, with teeth in main row broad and molar-like; lateral line ...
Apr 19, 2012

Alosa sapidissima

Strongly compressed body; no scales on head; no lateral line; single dorsal fin; fatty eyelid in front of eye; no spines in fins; sharply pointed scales on belly; no teeth on jaws of adult; cheek deeper (top to bottom) than long (front to rear); mouth not strongly oblique; lower jaw extends to tip of snout or slightly beyond; green or blue back and silvery sides; blue-black spot near upper edge ...