Understanding the processes influencing the sources and fate of organic matter (OM) in
estuaries is important for quantifying the contributions of carbon from land and rivers to the …

This overview focuses on geochemical and geochronological investigations on dated
sediment profiles, used for the evaluation of the inventory and fate of persistent pollutants …

Puget Sound is a large estuary complex in the US Pacific Northwest that is home to a
diverse and economically important ecosystem threatened by anthropogenic impacts …

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NOAA/OAR. Use of information from this publication concerning proprietary products or the …

Many disease ecologists and conservation biologists believe that the world is wormier than it
used to be—that is, that parasites are increasing in abundance through time. This argument …

Despite growing interest in edible seaweeds, there is limited information on seaweed
chemical contaminant levels in the Salish Sea. Without this knowledge, health-based …

There is an uneven geographical distribution of historic records of atmospheric pollutants
from SW Europe and those that exist are very limited in temporal extent. Alternative data …

The distribution and speciation of copper (Cu) in Hood Canal, a fjord in western Puget
Sound, Washington, were studied over a 2-year period. Cu is required as a cofactor for …

We examined historical and contemporary trends for a suite of groundfish species in Puget
Sound, Washington, USA, to ask how the groundfish community has responded following …

Reconstructions of 250 years historical inputs of two distinct types of black carbon
(soot/graphitic black carbon (GBC) and char-BC) were conducted on sediment cores from …