Eyes Over Puget Sound: Surface Conditions Report - 2015 Year Review

Title	Eyes Over Puget Sound: Surface Conditions Report – 2015 Year Review
	Publication number Date Published
15-03-080	December 2015

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Author(s) Krembs, C. Description The year 2015 in pictures: Jellyfish patches persisted through the entire year in response to the exceptionally warm water caused by the Blob. Sediment loads are high as snow melts fast in the winter of 2015. Unexpected phytoplankton species occur in some bays in spring. Noctiluca, jellyfish and macro-algae appear in high numbers when rivers drop to record-low flows in early summer. Low river flows slow the renewal of in Puget Sound throughout summer and fall and jellyfish patches reach record highs.
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