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Neither Plants nor Animals, These Ocean Organisms Protect Their Ecosystems against Heat Waves | The new study, published recently in Aquatic Microbial Ecology, found that mixotrophic species made up a larger percentage of the plankton in the Gulf of Alaska during two major heat waves (from 2014 to 2016 and in 2019… |
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Research Recap for Feb. 26 | |||
Sikuliaq researchers find odd, abundant animal-plant plankton in Gulf of Alaska | The ability to conduct this procedure on a ship such as Sikuliaq, to isolate these cells and preserve them quickly after they have come out of the ocean, allows researchers such as Western Washington University’s Suzanne Strom to make some pretty radical observations… |
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This could be why the water off the coast has been reddish-brown in parts of Whatcom | Wondering what’s causing the marine water in parts of Whatcom County to look strange — sort of rusty red or rusty brown? The Whatcom County Health Department has been getting reports about it in Birch Bay and near Drayton Harbor, officials said, referring to the phenomenon as red-colored… |
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WWU Part of Research Group Awarded New $5 Million Grant to Study the Gulf of Alaska | |||
WWU Marine Scientist Suzanne Strom Honored With Prestigious ASLO Fellowship | |||
VIDEO: Strom conducts research on Alaska fisheries | |||
WWU Shannon Point Scientist Selected for Antarctica Research Review Panel |