Research
WSG-sponsored research combines scientific excellence and a focus on problems and opportunities that ocean users and managers face — such as resource management, sustainable coastal development and ecosystem health.
The pages in this section provide brief descriptions of current projects being conducted under WSG's four priority research areas: Living Marine Ecosystems, Ocean and Coastal Environmental Health, Changing Oceans and Coastal Communities, and Ocean Literacy and Workforce Capacity.
For further information, please contact Penny Dalton, 206.543.6600, pdalton@uw.edu or Raechel Waters, 206.685.8209, rlwaters@u.washington.edu.
Highlights
- Research Opportunities: Washington Sea Grant currently is conducting a search for new two-year research projects, particularly in the program area of Changing Oceans and Coastal Communities. In addition, Sea Grant programs in Washington, Oregon and California are looking for researchers from across the West Coast to address specific social science issues of regional priority. All projects will be selected through open, competitive peer-review processes. Find out more.
- WSG Research Feature. The May/June issue of Aquaculture North America includes an article about UW researcher Daniel Grunbaum's work to predict blooms of the fish-killing alga Heterosigma. Grunbaum's research is funded by WSG.
- Geoduck Research.
- At a 2009 Sound Science Seminar, University of Washington scientists provided a status report on their research into intertidal aquaculture and its environmental effects. Watch the presentation video.
- Washington Sea Grant has awarded grants for three major research projects to examine the possible environmental effects of geoduck aquaculture in and around Puget Sound, including the Strait of Juan de Fuca. For more information, see Current Geoduck Research.
- Online Information for Boaters. WSG-funded researchers David Jones and Janet Olsonbaker, both with the UW’s Applied Physics Laboratory, have launched their new Boater Information System (BIS) for Puget Sound. Delivered via a Web portal, BIS shows the interaction of four types of boaters’ most requested data — winds, currents, tides and temperature — for up to 72 hours, at 12-kilometer resolution. BIS is accessible at http://bis_portal.apl.washington.edu.