Automatic Identification System (AIS) data case study: vessel traffic through the Yaquina Bay breakwater at Newport, Oregon - Kress, Marin M. (ERDC/TN DOTS-, 2023)
Keywords: breakwater; harbors; navigation; ports; Sally’s Bend; Yaquina Bay

Carbon Storage in U.S. Pacific Northwest Coastal Dunes: the Role of Invasive Beachgrasses and Sand Supply - Stepanek, John (Oregon State University, 2023)
Keywords: American beachgrass = Ammophila breviligulata; American dunegrass = Leymus mollis; carbon; Clatsop Plains; climate; European marram grass = Ammophila arenaria; introduced species; Nehalem Bay; Pacific City (Or.); Sand Lake; Siltcoos Dunes; Siuslaw River; Snowy plover = Charadrius nivosus; South Beach (Or.); terrestrial vegetation; Umpqua Dunes

Cementation and Groundwater Chemistry in Pleistocene Paleodune Deposits of the Central Oregon Coast - Stephens, Adrienne Lynn (Portland State University, 2023)
Keywords: Agate Beach; Alsea Bay; Beaver Creek; Beverly Beach; chemistry; coastal hazards; Driftwood Beach; erosion; geology; Johnson Creek Landslide; landslides; Ona Beach; paleosciences; Seal Rock; sediments; Yaquina Bay

Coherence among Oregon Coast coho salmon populations highlights increasing relative importance of marine conditions for productivity - Davis, Melanie J.; Anthony, James; Ward, Eric J.; Firman, Julie; Lorion, Christopher (Fisheries Oceanography, 2023)
Keywords: Alsea River; Beaver Creek; climate; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; ecosystem health; mathematical modeling; North Pacific Gyre Oscillation; Oregon Coast; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; population biology; Productivity; Salmon River Estuary; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; Umpqua River; Yaquina River

Estimating juvenile salmon estuarine carrying capacities to support restoration planning and evaluation - Hall, Jason; Roni, Phil; Ross, Kai; Camp, Meghan J.; Nuckols, Jason; Ruffing, Claire (Estuaries and Coasts, 2023)
Keywords: Alsea Bay; Chetco River; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Coos Bay; Coquille River; Elk River; juvenile fish; natural resource management; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca Bay; Rogue River; Salmon River; sea levels; Siletz Bay; Siuslaw River; Sixes River; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River; Yaquina Bay

Freshwater mussel populations in Pacific Coast watersheds (Oregon, USA): occurrence, condition, habitat, and fish species overlap - Scully-Engelmeyer, Kaegan; Blevins, Emilie; Granek, Elise F.; Constable, Ronald J., Jr. (Hydrobiologia, 2023)
Keywords: Alsea River; Beaver Creek; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; depleted populations; Devil’s Lake; geographical distribution; life history information; Salmon River; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; Umpqua River; Western pearl mussel = Margaritifera falcata; Yachats River; Yaquina River

Northwest Forest Plan: The first 25 years (1994-2018): Watershed condition status and trends - Dunham, Jason; Hirsch, Christine; Gordon, Sean; Flitcroft, Rebecca; Chelgren, Nathan; Snyder, Marcia; Hockman-Wert, David; Reeves, Gordon; Andersen, Heidi; Anderson, Scott; Battaglin, William; Black, Tom; et al. (General Technical Report PNW, 2023)
Keywords: climate; environmental law and policy; erosion; general; hydrology; landslides; large woody debris; logging; Pacific Northwest; precipitation; riparian areas; sediment; terrestrial vegetation; water temperature

Oregon shellfish farmers: Perceptions of stressors, adaptive strategies, and policy linkages - Green, Kristen Marie; Spalding, Ana K.; Ward, Melissa; Levine, Arielle; Wolters, Erika Allen; Hamilton, Sara Luanne; Rice, Lauren (Ocean and Coastal Management, 2023)
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; climate; commercial fisheries – shellfish; Coos Bay; economics; environmental law and policy; mollusks; Netarts Bay; ocean acidification; oysters; South Slough; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Oregon Water Quality Index Summary Report: Water Years 2013-2022 - Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality, (Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality. Laboratory and Environmental Assessment Division, 2023)
Keywords: agriculture; bacteria; dissolved oxygen; forestry; human impacts; land use; nitrogen; pH; phosphorus; water pollution; water quality; water temperature

Oregon's 2022 Integrated Report - Oregon. Dept. of Environmental Quality, (Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality, 2023)
Keywords: algae, bacteria, dissolved oxygen, eutrophication, general, habitats, pH data, sediments, water pollution, water quality, water temperature

Restoring Sea Otters to the Oregon Coast: A Feasibility Study - Tinker, M. Tim; Estes, James; Bodkin, James; Larson, Shawn; Murray, Mike; Hodder, Jan; Elakha Alliance. (Elakha Alliance, 2023)
Keywords: Coos Bay; economics; ecosystem health; environmental law and policy; genetics; habitats; histology; historical; human impacts; marine mammals; population biology; Reintroductions; Sea otter = Enhydra lutris; sociology; Tillamook Bay; Translocations; Yaquina Bay

Situation Analysis for Oregon’s Emergent Seaweed Aquaculture Industry - Considine, Megan E.; Kirchner, Gway; Carter, Jena; Waters, Tiffany (The Nature Conservancy, 2023)
Keywords: algae; aquaculture; Bandon (Or.); Carbon sequestration; climate; environmental law and policy; Garibaldi (Or.); Newport (Or.); ocean acidification; Pacific dulse = Palmaria mollis; Port Orford (Or.); purple sea urchin = Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Sixth Oregon Climate Assessment - Fleishman, Erica; Oregon Climate Change Research Institute.,, (Oregon State University. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, 2023)
Keywords: agriculture; air temperature; climate; climate change; coastal hazards; depleted populations; economics; fish; forest fires; human impact; hydrology; introduced species; phenology; precipitation; sea level; snowpack; terrestrial vegetation; water temperature; wildlife

Status of the European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas, (aka 5-spine crab) in Oregon Estuaries. Report for 2022 - Yamada, Sylvia Behrens; Royer, Cameron; Schooler, Shon; Flitcroft, Rebecca; Vance, Mitch; Randall, Andrea; Fisher, Jennifer (Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Aquatic Nuisance Species Project, 2023)
Keywords: aquatic invertebrates; Coos Bay; crustaceans; El Nino; European green crab = Carcinus maenas; Grays Harbor (Wa.); introduced species; Netarts Bay; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; population count; Salmon River; Siuslaw River; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River estuary; Willapa Bay (Wa.); Yaquina Bay

USGS Water Resources Links for: 17100204 - Siletz-Yaquina - U.S. Geological Survey, (2023)
Keywords: hydrology; invasive species; precipitation; Siletz River Basin; streamflow; water quality; water temperature; Yaquina River Basin

Western Aquatic Invasive Species Resource Center - Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission,., (Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, 2023)
Keywords: introduced species

Benthic microbial fuel cell systems for marine applications - Reimers, Clare E.; Wolf, Michael; Alleau, Yvan; Li, Cheng (Journal of Power Sources, 2022)
Keywords: chemical; Continental slope; energy; microbiology; sediments; Sensors; Yaquina Bay

Differential coastal uplift quantified by luminescence dating of marine terraces, central Cascadia forearc, Oregon - McKenzie, K.A.; Kelsey, H.M.; Kirby, E.; Rittenour, T.M.; Furlong, K.P. (Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022)
Keywords: coastal hazards; earthquakes; Faults; geology; paleosciences; tsunamis; Yaquina Bay

Discovery of a large offshore population of the northeast Pacific burrowing shrimp Neotrypaea sp. (Decapoda: Axiidea) - Henkel, Sarah K.; Revelas, Eugene C.; Wodzicki, Stefan; Chapman, John (Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2022)
Keywords: Ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea californiensis (Callianassa californiensis); Giant ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea gigas; habitats; morphology; sediments; taxonomy; water temperature; Willapa Bay; Yaquina Bay

Empirical Analyses of Forestry Interactions with Climate Uncertainty and Threatened Species - Johnson, Kelsey K. (Oregon State University, 2022)
Keywords: Alsea River; Beaver Creek; climate; climate change; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; forestry; logging; North Umpqua River; Oregon Coast; riparian areas; Salmon River Estuary; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; South Umpqua River; Umpqua River; Yaquina River

Estimating the value of threatened species abundance dynamics - Lewis, David J.; Kling, David M.; Dundas, Steven J.; Lew, Daniel K. (Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2022)
Keywords: abundance; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; depleted populations; ecological values; economics; general; Oregon Coast

Morphology, Sediment Microbial Analysis, and Species Distribution Modeling of a New Offshore Population of Ghost Shrimp (Neotrypaea sp.) - Hardisty, Sarah (Oregon State University, 2022)
Keywords: bacteria; Ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea californiensis (Callianassa californiensis); Giant ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea gigas; habitats; Microbiome; morphology; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; sediments; taxonomy; water temperature; Yaquina Bay

Nonfishing impacts on essential fish habitat - Kiffney, Peter; Thompson, Jamie; Blaud, Brianna; Hoberecht, Laura (NOAA White Paper NMFS-NWFSC-WP-, 2022)
Keywords: agriculture; Alsea River; aquaculture; climate; dams; dredging; energy; general; industrial development; Industrial waste; logging; mining; Noise; oil spills; Oregon Coast; ports; Sewage; shipping; Yaquina River

Protocol for using autoclaved intertidal sediment as a medium to enrich marine cable bacteria - Li, Cheng; Reimers, Clare E; Chace, Peter J. (STAR Protocols, 2022)
Keywords: chemistry; Desulfobulbaceae; energy; Idaho Flats; microbiology; Sally’s Bend; sediments; Sensors; Yaquina Bay

Relationship between Ascarophis Sp. (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae), Sturgeon Feeding Pit Density and Ghost Shrimp Burrowing Behavior - Brockman, Joseph N. (Oregon State University, 2022)
Keywords: Biocontrol; bioturbation; Ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea californiensis (Callianassa californiensis); Green sturgeon = Acipenser medirostris; Idaho Flats; life history information; mudflats; Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas; parasites; Parasitic nematode = Ascarophis spp.; Tongue Island (Yaquina); White sturgeon = Acipenser transmontanus; Willapa Bay; Yaquina Bay

Salmonid egg-to-fry survival and capture methods: Bibliography - Shinn, Hope (NCRL Subject Guide, 2022)
Keywords: bibliography; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki; developmental stages; juvenile fish; life history information; Pink salmon (humpback) = Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss

Status of the European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas, in Oregon and Washington Coastal Estuaries. Report for 2020 and 2021 - Yamada, Sylvia Behrens; Royer, Cameron; Schooler, Shon; Fisher, Jennifer; Randall, Andrea; Buffington, Chelsey; Stote, Alex; Akmajian, Adrianne (Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Aquatic Nuisance Species Project, 2022)
Keywords: aquatic invertebrates; Coos Bay; crustaceans; El Nino; European green crab = Carcinus maenas; Grays Harbor (Wa.); introduced species; Netarts Bay; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; population count; Tillamook Bay; Willapa Bay (Wa.); Yaquina Bay

A systematic revision of the genus Juga from fresh waters of the Pacific Northwest, USA (Cerithioidea, Semisulcospiridae) - Strong, Ellen E.; Johnson, Paul D.; Johnson, Paul D.; Whelan, Nathan V. (European Journal of Taxonomy, 2022)

Water Quality Index - Oregon. Dept. of Environmental Quality, (2022)
Keywords: bacteria; dissolved oxygen; nitrogen; pH; phosphorus; pollution; solids; water quality; water temperature

A doubled down invasion of the northeast Pacific by the Asian mud shrimp, Upogebia major, and its coevolved bopyrid isopod parasite, Orthione griffenis - Chapman, John W.; Li, Jingchun; McGowan, Michael F.; Breitenstein, Ralph A.; Appy, Ralph; Hieb, Kathryn A.; Piotrowski, Christina N.; Elder, Leanne E. (Aquatic Invasions, 2021)
Keywords: Alsea Bay; Asian mud shrimp Upogebia major; bioturbation; community ecology; Coos Bay; depleted populations; Griffen’s isopod = Orthione griffensis; introduced species; Mud shrimp = Upogebia pugettensis; natural resource management; Nestucca Bay; Netarts Bay; Upogebia macginitieorum; Yaquina Bay

Earthquake and tsunami impact analysis for coastal Lincoln County, Oregon - Allan, Jonathan C.; O’Brien, Fletcher E. (Open-File Report (Oregon. Department of Geology and Mineral Industries), 2021)
Keywords: coastal hazards; Depoe Bay (Or.); earthquakes; flooding; landslides; Lincoln City (Or.); Lincoln County (Or.); Newport (Or.); Otis (Or.); Rose Lodge (Or.); Siletz (Or.); South Beach (Or.); Toledo (Or.); tsunamis; Waldport (Or.); Yachats (Or.)

Exploring biophysical linkages between coastal forestry management practices and aquatic bivalve contaminant exposure - Scully-Engelmeyer, Kaegan; Granek, Elise F.; Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Lanier, Andy; Rumrill, Steven S.; Moran, Patrick; Nilsen, Elena; Hladik, Michelle L.; Pillsbury, Lori (Toxics, 2021)
Keywords: agriculture; Alsea River; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; clams; commercial fisheries - shellfish; Coos Bay; forestry; fungicides; herbicides; human impacts; metabolism; molluscs; mussels; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; oysters; Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas; pesticides; precipitation; recreational fisheries – shellfish; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; Smith River (Umpqua); Softshell clam = Mya arenaria; stress; toxicity; Western pearl mussel = Margaritifera falcata; Yaquina River

Factors Influencing Streamflow Generation Processes in Rain-dominated, Coastal Watersheds in Oregon - Pazdral, Rosemary (Oregon State University, 2021)
Keywords: Alsea River; climate; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Drift Creek (Alsea); geology; hydrology; Pacific salmonids = Oncorhynchus spp.; precipitation; Salmon River; sediments; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; streamflow; Yachats River; Yaquina River

Fifth Oregon Climate Assessment - Dalton, Meghan M.; Fleishman, Erica; Oregon Climate Change Research Institute.,, (Oregon State University. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, 2021)
Keywords: agriculture; air temperature; climate; climate change; coastal hazards; depleted populations; economics; fish; forest fires; human impact; hydrology; introduced species; phenology; precipitation; sea level; snowpack; terrestrial vegetation; water temperature; wildlife

Landscape genetics of American beaver in coastal Oregon - Epps, Clinton W.; Petro, Vanessa M.; Creech, Tyler G.; Crowhurst, Rachel S.; Weldy, Matthew J.; Taylor, Jimmy D. (The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2021)
Keywords: Alsea River; Coos River; Coquille River; genetics; geographical distribution; habitats; human impacts; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; North American beaver = Castor canadensis; North Umpqua River; Siletz River; Siltcoos River; Siuslaw River; Sixes River; South Umpqua River; topography; Trask River; Umpqua River; Wilson River; Yaquina River

Larval development in the Pacific oyster and the impacts of ocean acidification : differential genetic effects in wild and domesticated stocks - Durland, Evan; Pierre De Wit,; Meyer, Eli; Langdon, Christopher J. (Evolutionary Applications, 2021)
Keywords: carbon dioxide; carbonic acid; climate; genetics; ocean acidification; Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas; Willapa Bay; Yaquina Bay Molluscan Broodstock Repository

Management of anadromous lampreys: Common threats, different approaches - Clemens, Benjamin J.; Arakawa, Hiroaki; Baker, Cindy; Coghian, Stephen; Kucheryavyy, Aleksandr; Lampman, Ralph; Lança, Maria João; Mateus, Catarina Sofia; Miller, Allison; Nazari, Hassan; Pequeño, Germán; Sutton, Trent M.; et al. (Journal of Great Lakes Research. Supplement, 2021)
Keywords: Alsea River; Beaver Creek; climate; Cummins Creek; dams; depleted populations; human impacts; land use; Pacific lamprey = Entosphenus tridentatus (Lampetra tridentata); River lamprey = Lampetra ayresi; Salmon River,; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; Tenmile Creek; Umpqua River; water use; Yachats River; Yaquina River

A maximum rupture model for the central and southern Cascadia subduction zone—reassessing ages for coastal evidence of megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis - Nelson, Alan R.; DuRoss. Christopher B.; Witter, Robert C.; Kelsey, Harvey M.; Engelhart, Simon E.; Mahan, Shannon A.; Gray, Harrison J.; Hawkes, Andrea D.; Horton, Benjamin P.; Padgett, Jason S. (Quaternary Science Reviews, 2021)
Keywords: Alsea Bay; coastal hazards; Columbia River; Coos Bay; Coquille River; earthquakes; geology; mathematical modeling; Nehalem River; Nestucca Bay; Netarts Bay; paleosciences; Siletz Bay; Siuslaw River; tsunamis; Yaquina Bay

Oregon Water Futures Project Report: 2020-21 Community Engagement - Reyes-Santos, Alaí; Holliday, Cheyenne; Dalgaard, Stacey; Evans, Taren; Witherill, Kristiana Teige (University of Oregon, 2021)
Keywords: ecological values; environmental education; flooding; water availability; water quality

Pacific Northwest Littoral Data - Peterson, Curt D.; Kingen, Kara E.P. (2021)
Keywords: Agate Beach; Alsea River; bathymetry; beach profiles; climate; Columbia River; Coos River; Coquille River; erosion; Florence, Or.; heavy minerals; Lincoln City, Or.; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; Netarts, Or.; Newport, Or.; Nye Beach; Otter Rock; Reedsport, Or.; Rogue River; Salmon River; Sand Lake; sea level; Seal Rock; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; Sixes River; South Beach, Or.; The Capes; Umpqua Jetty; Umpqua River; Whale Cove; Wilson River

Port of Toledo Strategic Business Plan Update: 11/23/2001 Final Strategic Business Plan Update - BST Associates,,; Port of Toledo (Or.), (2021)
Keywords: Depot Slough; dredging; economics; industrial development; navigation; physical modification; Port of Toledo; ports; Tokyo Slough; Toledo (Or.); Toledo Industrial Park; Yaquina River

Relationship between ocean ecosystem indicators and year class strength of the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) - Yamada, Sylvia Behrens; Fisher, Jennifer L.; Kosro, P. Michael (Progress in Oceanography, 2021)
Keywords: California Current; Coos Bay; Davidson current; El Nino; European green crab = Carcinus maenas; Grays Harbor; introduced species; mathematical modeling; Netarts Bay; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; population biology; Tillamook Bay; water temperature; Willapa Bay; Yaquina Bay

Shell Boring Polychaetes and the Oregon Oyster Aquaculture Industry: Spatial Distribution, Regulatory Actions, and Stakeholder Engagement - Considine, Megan E. (Oregon State University, 2021)
Keywords: Annelid worms; aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; Coos Bay; invasive species; mollusks; Mud blister worm = Polydora spp.; Netarts Bay; oysters; Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas; Polychaetes; Tillamook Bay; Yaquina Bay

Shifting signals: Correlations among freshwater, marine and climatic indices often investigated in Pacific salmon studies - Gosselin, Jennifer L.; Crozier, Lisa G.; Burke, Brian J (Ecological Indicators, 2021)
Keywords: Alsea River; California Current; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; climate; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Coquille River; environmental monitoring; Lower Umpqua River; mathematical modeling; North Fork Nehelem River; Siletz River; South Umpqua River

Using a difference-in-difference and synthetic control approach to investigate the socioeconomic impacts of Oregon’s marine reserves - Fox, Haley K.; Swearingen, Thomas C. (Ocean and Coastal Management, 2021)
Keywords: Coos Bay (Or.); demographics; economics; Florence (Or.); Lincoln City (Or.); marine reserves; Reedsport (Or.); statistics; Tillamook (Or.); tourism; Waldport (Or.); Yachats (Or.)

Analysis of earthquake and tsunami impacts for people and structures inside the tsunami zone for five Oregon coastal communities: Gearhart, Rockaway Beach, Lincoln City, Newport, and Port Orford - Bauer, John M.; Allan, Jonathan C.; Gabel, Laura L. S.; O’Brien, Fletcher E.; Roberts, Jed T. (Open-File Report (Oregon. Department of Geology and Mineral Industries), 2020)
Keywords: Agate Beach; coastal hazards; Cutler City; demographics; earthquakes; erosion; floods; Gearhart (Or.); landslides; Lincoln City (Or.); Necanicum River estuary; Newport (Or.); Newport bayfront; Nye Beach; Port Orford (Or.); Rockaway Beach (Or.); Siletz Bay; South Beach; tsunamis; Yaquina Bay

Are They What They Eat? A Stable GIT Microbiome Characterized in P. resecata - Gustafson, Tarah N. (Oregon State University, 2020)
Keywords: diet; eelgrass = Zostera marina; Eelgrass isopod = Pentidotea resecata; Gastrointestinal; genetics; Microbes; Netarts Bay; Sea lettuce = Ulva lactuca; Sugar kelp = Laminaria saccharina; Yaquina Bay

Bias and consequences in attempts to estimate historical salmon abundance - Cramer, Steven P.; Caldwell, Lucius K. (Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2020)
Keywords: abundance; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; commercial fisheries – salmon; historical; mathematical modeling; recreational fisheries – salmon; statistical analysis

Ecosystem Functions of Pacific Northwest Estuaries: The Role of Ocean and Watershed Drivers in Eelgrass and Coho Salmon Dynamics - Magel, Caitlin L. (Oregon State University, 2020)
Keywords: Alsea Bay; Beaver Creek; carbon dioxide; climate; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Coos Bay; dissolved oxygen; Dungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister); eelgrass = Zostera marina; El Nino; Oregon Coast; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; pH; phosphate; precipitation; salinity; sea lettuce = Ulva spp.; Siletz Bay; Siuslaw River estuary; Umpqua River; upwelling; water temperature; Yaquina Bay

Effect of sulfide and the role of root mass on metabolic fluxes in the seagrass Zostera marina - Peyer, Suzanne M.; Maricle, Brian R.; Young, David R. (Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2020)
Keywords: carbon dioxide; eelgrass = Zostera marina; growth; hydrogen sulfide; Idaho Point; nitrogen; oxygen; Yaquina Bay

Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors on Seagrass and Coral Microbiomes - Wang, Lu (Oregon State university, 2020)
Keywords: carbon; climate; eelgrass = Zostera marina; eutrophication; Florida Keys; genetics; human impacts; Ischia; Italy; Massive starlet coral = Siderastrea sidereal; Microbes; nitrogen; ocean acidification; water temperature; Yaquina Bay

Final Coastal, Columbia, and Snake Conservation Plan for Lampreys in Oregon - Clemens, Benjamin J.; Anlauf, Kara Janaye; Weeber, Matt; Stahl, Tom; Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, (Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, 2020)
Keywords: Alsea River Basin; climate; conservation plans; dams; depleted populations; environmental law and policy; habitats; human impacts; natural resource management; Pacific brook lamprey = Lampetra pacifica; Pacific lamprey = Entosphenus tridentatus (Lampetra tridentata); population biology; predation; River lamprey = Lampetra ayresi; Siletz River Basin; Siuslaw River Basin; streamflow; Umpqua River Basin; water temperature; Western brook lamprey = Lampetra richardsoni; Yachats River Basin; Yaquina River Basin

Fine-scale spatial and temporal genomic variation among Dungeness crab Cancer magister larval recruits in the California Current Ecosystem - Lee, Elizabeth M. J.; O'Malley, Kathleen G. (Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2020)
Keywords: aquatic invertebrates; California Current Ecosystem; Coos Bay; crustaceans; Dungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister); genetics; larvae; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; population biology; Yaquina Bay

Function of Oregon Estuaries to Juvenile Fishes, with Focus on Juvenile Rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) in Yaquina Bay, Oregon - Schwartzkopf, Brittany D. (Oregon State University, 2020)
Keywords: Alsea Bay, Nehalem Bay, Yaquina Bay, eelgrass = Zostera marina. rockfish = Sebastes spp., black rockfish = Sebastes melanops, feeding behavior, growth, habitats, juvenile fishes, life history information, otoliths, theses

Future Climate Projections. Lincoln County - Dalton, Meghan M. (Oregon State University. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, 2020)
Keywords: air temperature; Alsea River; Beaver Creek; climate; climate change; coastal hazards; depleted populations; Depoe Bay; economics; erosion; fish; floods; forest fires; human impact; hydrology; introduced species; precipitation; Salmon River; sea level; Siletz River; terrestrial vegetation; water temperature; wetland delineation; wildlife; Yachats River; Yaquina River

GIS data and method for determining maximum-considered local and distant tsunami wave arrival data for the Oregon coast - Gabel, Laura L. S.; O’Brien, Fletcher; Allan, Jonathan C. (Open-File Report (Oregon. Department of Geology and Mineral Industries), 2020)
Keywords: coastal hazards; earthquakes; geology; Oregon Coast; tsunamis

Influence of Soil Texture on Carbon Storage of PNW Coastal Blue Carbon Ecosystems - Fox, Conner S. (Oregon State University, 2020)
Keywords: carbon; Carbon sequestration; Columbia River; Coos Bay; Grays Harbor (Wash.); Humboldt Bay (Calif.); Nehalem Bay; Padilla Bay (Wash.); salt marsh; sediments; Skagit River (Wash.); Snohomish Estuary (Wash.); wetland vegetation; Yaquina Bay

Life history and population dynamics of green crabs (Carcinus maenas) - Young, Alan M.; Elliott, James A. (Fishes, 2020)
Keywords: Coos Bay; European green crab = Carcinus maenas; habitats; introduced species; life history information; Netarts Bay; physiology; population biology; Tillamook Bay; Yaquina Bay

Lost in plain sight: the evolution of Oregon's nearshore groundfish trawl fleet - Sjostrom, Anja; Conway, Flaxen D. L.; Ciannelli, Lorenzo; Wakefield, Waldo (ORESU-S, 2020)
Keywords: commercial fisheries – groundfish; depleted populations; economics; El Nino; natural resource management; Newport (Or.); population biology; ports; Trawling; Yaquina Bay

Murre populations in flux: what factors affect seabird reproductive success? - Haxel, Jesica (ORESU-E, 2020)
Keywords: Biological monitoring; common murre = Uria aalge; ecosystem modeling; environmental monitoring; feeding behavior; habitats; population biology; reproductive biology; Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area

Natural hazard risk report for Lincoln County, Oregon, including the Cities of Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, Siletz, Newport, Toledo, Waldport, and Yachats, and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and the unincorporated communities of Otis-Rose Lodge... - Williams, Matt C.; Appleby, Christina A.; Anthony, Lowell H.; O'Brien, Fletcher E. (Open-File Report (Oregon. Department of Geology and Mineral Industries), 2020)
Keywords: coastal hazards; Depoe Bay (Or.); earthquakes; erosion; landslides; Lincoln City (Or.); Lincoln County (Or.); looding; Newport (Or.); Otis (Or.); Rose Lodge (Or.); Siletz (Or.); South Beach (Or.); Toledo (Or.); tsunamis; Waldport (Or.); Yachats (Or.)

Pacific salmon and steelhead 2015-2020: bibliography - Riley, Trevor; Rowley, Katie; Shinn, Hope; Roberts, Jamie; Cheever, Erin (NCRL Subject Guide, 2020)
Keywords: bibliography; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; general; Oregon Coast; Pink salmon (humpback) = Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss

A simple, dynamic, hydrological model for mesotidal salt marshes - Marois, Darryl E.; Stecher, Hilmar A. (Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2020)
Keywords: Bayocean Peninsula Park (Tillamook); Kilchis Point Reserve (Tillamook); mathematical modeling; salt marsh; sea level; sediments; tidal data; tidelands; Tillamook Bay; wetland delineation; wetland vegetation; Winant Slough (Yaquina); Yaquina Bay

Status of the European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas, in Oregon and Washington Coastal Estuaries in 2019 - Yamada, Sylvia Behrens,; Schooler, Shon; Heller, Renee; Donaldson, Luke; Takacs, Graham T.; Randall, Andrea; Buffington, Chelsey; Akmajian, Adrianne (Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Aquatic Nuisance Species Project, 2020)
Keywords: Alsea Bay, aquatic invertebrates, Coos Bay, Coquille River estuary, crustaceans, El Niño, European green crab = Carcinus maenas, introduced species, Nehalem Bay, Netarts Bay, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, population count, Tillamook Bay, Yaquina Bay

Temporal and habitat differences in the juvenile demersal fish community at a marine-dominated northeast Pacific estuary - Schwartzkopf, Brittany D.; Whitman, Alison D.; Lindsley, Amy J.; Heppell, Scott A. (Fisheries Research, 2020)
Keywords: community ecology; eelgrass = Zostera marina; habitats; juvenile fishes; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Pacific staghorn sculpin = Leptocottus armatus; Rockfish = Sebastes spp.; Saddleback gunnel = Pholis ornata; salinity; temporal distribution; upwelling; water temperature; Yaquina Bay

Tide gates: operation, fish passage and recommendations for their upgrade or removal - Souder, Jon A.; Giannico, Guillermo R. (ORESU-T, 2020)
Keywords: Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; dike removal; environmental law and policy; fish passage; general; Pacific salmonids = Oncorhynchus spp.; Salmon River Estuary; Tide gates

Western Oregon adult coho salmon spawning survey data report - Sounhein, Briana; Lewis, Mark; Weeber, Matt (Monitoring Program Report (Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds), 2020)
Keywords: abundance; Alsea River; Beaver Creek (Lincoln); Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Coos Bay; Coquille River; fecundity; Floras Creek; geographic distribution; hatchery salmonids; Mill Creek (Siletz); Mill Creek (Yaquina); Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; North Umpqua River; Salmon River; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; Sixes River; South Umpqua River; temporal distribution; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River; wild salmonids; Yaquina River

Western Oregon adult coho salmon spawning survey data report - Sounhein, Briana; Lewis, Mark; Weeber, Matt (Monitoring Program Report (Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds), 2020)
Keywords: abundance; Alsea River; Beaver Creek (Lincoln); Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Coos Bay; Coquille River; fecundity; Floras Creek; geographic distribution; hatchery salmonids; Mill Creek (Siletz); Mill Creek (Yaquina); Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; North Umpqua River; Salmon River; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; Sixes River; South Umpqua River; temporal distribution; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River; wild salmonids; Yaquina River

Zooplankton invasion on a grand scale: insights from a 20-yr time series across 38 Northeast Pacific estuaries - Dexter, Eric; Bollens, Stephen M.; Cordell, Jeffery; Rollwagen‐Bollens, Gretchen (Ecosphere, 2020)
Keywords: aquatic invertebrates; Chetco River; Coos River; copepods; Coquille River; estuarine dynamics; habitats; introduced species; Rogue River; salinity; Siuslaw River; Tillamook River; Umpqua River; water temperature; Yaquina River; zooplankton

Application of the extractable lipofuscin aging method to estimate mortality and population dynamics of the burrowing shrimp, Neotrypaea californiensis - Bosley, Katelyn M.; Wainwright, Thomas; Dumbauld, Brett R. (Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2019)
Keywords: age composition; Ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea californiensis (Callianassa californiensis); Idaho Flats; mathematical modeling; mortality; population biology; Yaquina Bay

Assessing the Feasibility of a Sea Otter Reintroduction to Oregon through a Coupled Natural-Human Lens - Curran, Lorne S.; Kone, Dominique V.; Wickizer, Benjamin J. (Oregon State University, 2019)
Keywords: archeology; Cape Blanco; commercial fisheries; genetics; habitats; human impacts; population biology; Port Orford; reintroduced species; Sea otter = Enhydra lutris; tourism; Umpqua River; Yaquina River

Big Fishery, Big Data, and Little Crabs: Using a Genomic Approach to Examine Larval Recruitment Patterns of Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) in the California Current Ecosystem - Lee, Elizabeth M. J. (Oregon State University, 2019)
Keywords: aquatic invertebrates; California Current; Coos Bay; crustaceans; Dungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister); genetics; larvae; population biology; Yaquina Bay

Classification of Native Vegetation of Oregon - 2019 - Kagan, James S.; Brunner, Rachel L.; Christy, John A. (Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, 2019)
Keywords: bibliography; depleted populations; species list; terrestrial vegetation; wetland vegetation

Climate vulnerability assessment for Pacific salmon and steelhead in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem - Crozier, Lisa G.; McClure, Michelle M.; Beechie, Tim; Bograd, Steven J.; Boughton, David A.; Carr, Mark; Cooney, Thomas D.; Dunham, Jason B.; Greene, Correigh M.; Haltuch, Melissa A.; Hazen, Elliott L.; Holzer, Damon M.; et al. (PLoS One, 2019)
Keywords: Oregon Coast, Pacific salmonids = Oncorhynchus spp., Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch, climate change, depleted populations, ecosystem health, endangered species, habitats, hatcheries, human impacts, life history, ocean acidification, water temperatur

Comparison of Oregon tsunami hazard scenarios to a probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis (PTHA) - Priest, George R.; Allan, Jonathan C. (Open-File Report (Oregon. Department of Geology and Mineral Industries), 2019)
Keywords: Astoria (Or.), Seaside (Or.), Cannon Beach (Or.); Bandon (Or.), Gold Beach (Or.); Coastal hazards, earthquakes, tsunamis, mathematical modeling, bridges; Columbia River, Necanicum River, Ecola Creek; Coquille River estuary, Rogue River; Lincoln City (Or.), Newport (Or.), Waldport (Or.), Yachats (Or.); Siletz Bay, Yaquina Bay, Alsea Bay, Yachats River estuary

Drainage evolution and freshwater fish zoogeography in coastal Oregon and Washington - Markle, Douglas F. (Northwestern Naturalist, 2019)
Keywords: Alsea River; Chehalis River; Chetco River; Columbia River; Coos River; Coquille River; evolutionary biology; fishes; geographic distribution; geography; geology; habitats; Klamath River; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; Olympic mudminnow = Novumbra hubbsi; Oregon chubs = Oregonichthys spp.; paleosciences; Puget Sound; Rogue River; salinity; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; Sixes River; Trask River; Umpqua River; Willapa Bay; Yaquina River

An Ecological Assessment of a Potential Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Reintroduction to the Oregon Coast - Kone, Dominique V. (Oregon State University, 2019)
Keywords: Blanco Reef; commercial fisheries - shellfish; demographics; economics; ecosystem health; environmental law and policy; Gold Beach (Or.); habitats; historical; human impacts; marine mammals; Newport (Or.); Orford Reef; Otter Rock Marine Reserve; population biology; Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve; Reintroductions; Sea otter = Enhydra lutris; Simpson Reef; Translocations

Environmental and morphologic controls on wave-induced dune response - Cohn, Nicholas; Ruggiero, Peter; García-Medina, Gabriel; Anderson, Dylan; Serafina, Katherine A.; Reuben Biel, Reuben (Geomorphology, 2019)
Keywords: Cape Lookout; climate; coastal dunes; coastal hazards; erosion; mathematical modeling; Netarts Littoral Cell; Oysterville (Wa.); sea level; South Beach; wave height; Yaquina Bay

Eocene initiation of the Cascadia subduction zone: A second example of plume-induced subduction initiation? - Stern, Robert J.; Dumitru, Trevor A. (Geosphere, 2019)
Keywords: geology; paleosciences

Evaluation of a Habitat Suitability Model to predict the geospatial distribution of Olympia oyster presence in Yaquina Bay, Oregon - Bohlen, Victoria L. (Oregon State University, 2019)
Keywords: aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; Craigie Point; depleted populations; geographical distribution; habitats; mathematical modeling; McClean Point; mollusks; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); oysters; The Bend; Yaquina Bay

Evidence for regional‐scale controls on eelgrass (Zostera marina) and mesograzer community structure in upwelling‐influenced estuaries - Hayduk, Jennifer L.; Hacker, Sally D.; Henderson, Jeremy S.; Tomas, Fiona (Limnology and Oceanography, 2019)
Keywords: algae; community ecology; Coos Bay; eelgrass = Zostera marina; eutrophication; fish; Grazing; Netarts Bay; primary production; Ulva spp.; upwelling; Yaquina Bay

FEMA Flood Map Service Center (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2019)
Keywords: Coastal hazards, flooding, maps, Salmon River estuary, Netarts Bay, Siletz River, Depoe Bay, Yaquina River, Alsea River, Beaver Creek, Yachats River, Siuslaw River, Umpqua River

[Forest] Laws and Rules - Oregon. Department of Forestry, (2019)
Keywords: environmental policy and law; human use and impacts; land use planning; logging; riparian areas; water quality. water temperature

Fourth Oregon Climate Assessment Report. State of Climate Science: 2019 (Oregon State University. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, 2019)

Headwater streams and wetlands are critical for sustaining fish, fisheries, and ecosystem services - Colvin, Susan A. R.; Sullivan, S.; Mazeika P.; Shirey, Patrick D.; Colvin, Randall W.; Winemiller, Kirk O.; Hughes, Robert M.; Fausch, Kurt D.; Infante, Dana M.; Olden, Julian D.; Bestgen, Kevin R.; Danehy, Robert J.; et al. (Fisheries, 2019)
Keywords: Calapooia River; Cascade Head National Scenic And Research Area; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Crowley Creek; depleted populations; ecosystem health; environmental law and policy; general; Oregon chub = Oregonichthys crameri; wetlands; Willamette River

The Influence of Microbial Communities on Spatiotemporal Elemental Cycling in Coastal Margins Revealed by Community- and Population-level Genomics and Proteomics - Kieft, Brandon P. (Oregon State University, 2019)
Keywords: bacteria; carbon; Microbes; nitrogen; nutrient cycles; Phages; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Insights into estuary habitat loss in the western United States using a new method for mapping maximum extent of tidal wetlands - Brophy, Laura S.; Greene, Correigh M.; Hare, Van C.; Holycross, Brett; Lanier, Andy; Heady, Walter N.; O’Connor, Kevin; Imaki, Hiroo; Haddad, Tanya; Dana, Randy (PLoS One, 2019)
Keywords: climate, habitats, human impacts, salinity, sea level, wetland vegetation, wetlands, remote sensing, mathematical modeling

Oregon Coast Coho Conservation Plan 2019 Annual Report - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, ([Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife], 2019)
Keywords: Alsea River; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; conservation plan; Coos Bay; Coquille River; depleted populations; habitat restoration; large woody debris; Mill Creek (Siletz); natural resource management; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; North Umpqua River; restoration ecology; Siletz River; Siltcoos Lake; Siuslaw River; South Umpqua River; Tahkenitch Lake; Tenmile Lake; Tillamook River; Umpqua River; Yaquina River

Patterns of riparian policy standards in riverscapes of the Oregon Coast Range - Boisjolie, Brett A.; Flitcroft, Rebecca L.; Santelmann, Mary V. (Ecology and Society, 2019)
Keywords: agriculture; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; depleted populations; environmental law and policy; general; geographic information system; habitats; human impacts; logging; natural resource management; Oregon Coast; riparian areas

PSU researchers find suspected microplastics in Oregon oysters - Woods, Tiffany (Confluence, 2019)
Keywords: aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; Coos Bay; human impacts; molluscs; Netarts Bay; North Bend (Or.); Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas; Plastic; pollution; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River estuary; Winchester Bay; Yaquina Bay

Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species of Oregon (Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, 2019)
Keywords: Amphibians, birds, fish, invertebrates, mammals, reptiles, depleted populations, endangered species, geographic distribution, natural resource management, spatial distribution,

Spatial and temporal diving behavior of non-breeding common murres during two summers of contrasting ocean conditions - Loredo, Stephanie A.; Orben, Rachel A.; Suryan, Robert M.; Lyons, Donald E.; Adams, Josh; Stephensen, Shawn W. (Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2019)
Keywords: birds; climate; Columbia River; common murre = Uria aalge; energetics; feeding behavior; Grays Harbor (Wa.); life history; Tillamook Head; Yaquina Head

Status of the European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas, in Oregon and Washington Coastal Estuaries in 2018 - Yamada, Sylvia Behrens,; Schooler, Shon; Yednock, Bree; Indivero, Julia; Carlson, Christopher; Prickett, Joel A.; Randall, Andrea (Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Aquatic Nuisance Species Project, 2019)
Keywords: Alsea Bay, aquatic invertebrates, Coos Bay, Coquille River estuary, crustaceans, El Niño, European green crab = Carcinus maenas, introduced species, Nehalem Bay, Netarts Bay, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, population count, Tillamook Bay, Yaquina Bay

Western Oregon adult coho salmon spawning survey data report - Sounhein, Briana; Lewis, Mark; Weeber, Matt (Monitoring Program Report (Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds), 2019)
Keywords: abundance; Alsea River; Beaver Creek (Lincoln); Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Coos Bay; Coquille River; fecundity; Floras Creek; geographic distribution; hatchery salmonids; Mill Creek (Siletz); Mill Creek (Yaquina); Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; North Umpqua River; Salmon River; Siletz River; Siltcoos Lake; Siuslaw River; Sixes River; South Umpqua River; Tahkenitch Lake; temporal distribution; Tenmile Lake; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River; wild salmonids; Yaquina River

The Yaquina estuary and Its inhabitants - Gleason, Barbara (ORESU-H, 2019)
Keywords: aquatic invertebrates; birds; crustaceans; eelgrass = Zostera marina; Field guide; fish; habitats; Hatfield Marine Science Center; mollusks; salt marsh; terrestrial plants; tidelands; Yaquina Bay

Cenozoic marine formations of Washington and Oregon: an annotated catalogue - Nesbitt, Elizabeth A. (PaleoBios, 2018)
Keywords: paleosciences, geology, sediments, methane

Characterizing the adherence profiles of virulent Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates - Aagesen, Alisha M.; Phuvaste, Sureerat; Su, Yi-Cheng; Hase, Claudia C. (Microbial Ecology, 2018)
Keywords: bivalves; molluscs; motility; Oregon Oyster Farms; shellfish poisoning; Vibrio = Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Willapa Bay; Yaquina Bay

Climate change and Oregon law: What is to be done? - Brickley, Alan K.; Schell, Steven R.; Sullivan, Edward J. (Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation, 2018)
Keywords: climate; environmental law and policy; land use; water use

Comparison of Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Methods for Olympia Oysters (Ostrea lurida) in Yaquina Bay, Oregon - Law, Karen H. (Oregon State University, 2018)
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; habitat restoration; mollusks; natural resource management; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Oregon Oyster Farm; oysters; Oysterville; population biology; Yaquina Bay

Detecting the effects of management regime shifts in dynamic environments using multi-population state-space models - Falcy, Matthew R.; Suring, Erik (Biological Conservation, 2018)
Keywords: Alsea River Basin; Beaver Creek; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Coos River Basin; depleted populations; habitats; human impacts; juvenile fish; Lower Umpqua River Basin; mathematical modeling; natural resource management; Nehalem River Basin; Siletz River Basin; statistical analysis; Yaquina River Basin

Ecological and biological studies of ocean rafting: Japanese tsunami marine debris in North America and the Hawaiian Islands - Carlton, James T.; Chapman, John W.; Geller, Jonathan B.; Miller, Jessica A.; Ruiz, Gregory M.; Carlton, Deborah A.; McCuller, Megan I.; Treneman, Nancy C.; Steves, Brian P.; Breitenstein, Ralph A.; Lewis, Russell; Bilderback, David; et al. (Aquatic Invasions, 2018)
Keywords: Agate Beach; algae; aquatic invertebrates; coastal hazards; Coos Bay; earthquakes; genetics; geographical distribution; Gleneden Beach; introduced species; morphology; Pacific Coast; Seal Rock; species list; taxonomy; tsunamis

Ecological Effects of Tide Gate Upgrade or Removal: A Literature Review and Knowledge Synthesis - Souder, Jon A.; Tomaro, Londi M.; Giannico, Guillermo R.; Behan, Jeff R. (Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University, 2018)
Keywords: Bandon Marsh; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Columbia River estuary; Coos Bay; depleted populations; dike removal; environmental law and policy; fish passage; flooding; human impacts; Little Nestucca River; Nehalem River; Pacific salmonids = Oncorhynchus spp.; salinity; Salmon River Estuary; Siletz Bay; Siuslaw River; Tidal channels; Tide gates; Tillamook Bay; water temperature; wetland restoration; Yaquina Bay

Effects of microtopographic variation and macroalgal cover on morphometrics and survival of the annual form of eelgrass (Zostera marina) - Nelson, Walter G.; Sullivan, Gary (Aquatic Botany, 2018)
Keywords: aquatic vegetation; community ecology; decomposition; eelgrass = Zostera marina; green algae; Hatfield Marine Science Center; Idaho Flats; life history information; species composition; sulfides; Ulva species = Ulva spp.; Yaquina Bay; zonal distribution

Environmental controls of oyster-pathogenic Vibrio spp. In Oregon estuaries and a shellfish hatchery - Gradoville, Mary R.; Crump, Byron C.; Hase, Claudia C.; White, Angelicque E. (Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2018)
Keywords: aquaculture; bacteria; genetics; Hatfield Marine Science Center; molecular biology; Netarts Bay; Vibrio = Vibrio coralliilyticus; Vibrio spp.; Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery; Yaquina Bay

Evaluating tidal wetland restoration performance using National Estuarine Research Reserve System reference sites and the Restoration Performance Index (RPI) - Raposa, Kenneth B.; Lerberg, Scott; Cornu, Craig; Fear, John; Garfield, Nina; Peter, Christopher; Weber, Robin L. J.; Moore, Gregg; Burdick, David; Dionne, Michelle (Estuaries and Coasts, 2018)
Keywords: Chesapeake Bay; Coos Bay; environmental monitoring; hydrology; marsh restoration; Narragansett Bay; North Carolina; restoration ecology; South Slough; Toledo (Or.); Wells (Maine); wetland vegetation; Yaquina River Estuary

An evaluation of factors controlling the abundance of epiphytes on Zostera marina along an estuarine gradient in Yaquina Bay, Oregon, USA - Nelson, Walter G. (Aquatic Botany, 2018)
Keywords: Epiphytes; molluscs; nitrogen; nutrients; phosphorus; seagrass = Zostera marina; Yaquina Bay

Everywhere you look, everywhere you go, there’s an estuary invaded by the red seaweed Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Ohmi) Papenfuss, 1967 - Krueger-Hadfield, Stacy A.; Stephens, Tiffany A.; Ryan, Will H.; Heiser, Sabrina (BioInvasions Records, 2018)
Keywords: Gracilaria vermiculophylla, Tillamook Bay, Netarts Bay, Yaquina Bay, Alsea Bay, Algae, Genetics, Geographic distribution, Introduced species, Life history information

Expansion and systematics redefinition of the most threatened freshwater mussel family, the Margaritiferidae - Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Bolotov, Ivan N.; Do, Van Tu; Aldridge, David C.; Fonseca, Miguel M.; Gan, Han Ming; Gofarov, Mikhail Y.; Kondakov, Alexander V.; Prié, Vincent; Sousa, Ronaldo; Varandas, Simone; Vikhrev, Ilya V.; et al. (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2018)
Keywords: aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; evolution; general; genetics; geographic distribution; molluscs; morphology; mussels; phylogeny; taxonomy

Finding Submerged Sites: An Exploration of Shoreline and Environmental Change in Oregon’s Yaquina River Basin using GIS Predictive Modeling - Nuss, Kathryn F. (Oregon State University, 2018)
Keywords: anthropology; archeology; geography; mathematical modeling; paleosciences; sea level; Shoreline; Yaquina River Basin

[Forest] Laws & Rules - Oregon. Department of Forestry, (2018)
Keywords: environmental law and policy; forestry; human use and impacts; land use planning

From the Shoreface to the Foredunes : Coastal Morphodynamics Across the Land-Sea Interface - Cohn, Nicholas T. (Oregon State University, 2018)
Keywords: Agate Beach; coastal dunes; coastal hazards; El Nino; erosion; geology; Long Beach (Wa.); Netarts Bay; Oysterville (Wa.); South Beach; wave height; weather

Genetic by environment interactions for harvest traits of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) across different environments on the West Coast, USA - RodriguesDeMelo, Claudio Manoel; Morvezen, Romain; Durland, Evan; Langdon, Christopher J. (Journal of Shellfish Research, 2018)
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; Dabob Bay (Wa.); genetics; hypoxia; Molluscan Broodstock Program; molluscs; Netarts Bay; ocean acidification; Oyster Bay (Wa.); Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas; salinity; Sequim Bay (Wa.); Thorndyke Bay (Wa.); Totten Inlet (Wa.); Westcott Bay (Wa.); Willapa Bay (Wa.); Yaquina Bay

A genetic reconstruction of the invasion of the calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus inopinus across the North American Pacific Coast - Dexter, Eric; Bollens, Stephen M.; Cordell, Jeffery; Soh, Ho Young; Rollwagen-Bollens, Gretchen; Pfeifer, Susanne P.; Goudet, Jérôme; Vuilleumier, Séverine (Biological Invasions, 2018)
Keywords: Tillamook Bay, Yaquina Bay, Umpqua River estuary, Coos Bay, Coquille Bay, introduced species, aquatic invertebrates, crustaceans, copepods, Pseudiaptomus inopinus, geographic distribution, ballast water, genetics, molecular biology

Graying of the fleet: Perceived impacts on coastal resilience and local policy - Cramer, Lori A.; Flathers, Courtney; Caracciolo, Deanna; Russell, Suzanne M.; Conway, Flaxen D. L. (Marine Policy, 2018)
Keywords: commercial fisheries - groundfish; demographics; economics; environmental law and policy; Newport; Or.; Port Orford; salmon; shellfish; Yaquina River

Habitat Use, Spatial Ecology, and Stable Isotope Variability of the Pacific Harbor Seal (Phoca Vitulina Richardii) along the Oregon Coast - Steingass, Sheanna M. (Oregon State University, 2018)
Keywords: Alsea Bay, Netarts Bay, Siletz Bay, Yaquina Bay, Pacific harbor seal = Phoca vitulina richardii, diet, feeding behavior, geographic distribution, habitats, oceanography

HMSC high tide lesson plan: Salinity in the estuary - Carroll, Lindsa (ORESU-E, 2018)
Keywords: estuarine dynamics; geography; Hatfield Marine Science Center; Lesson plan; salinity; tidal data; tides; Yaquina Bay

Impact of multiple stressors on juvenile fish in estuaries of the northeast Pacific - Toft, Jason D.; Munsch, Stuart H.; Cordell, Jeffery R.; Siitari, Kiira; Hare, Van C.; Holycross, Brett M.; DeBruyckere, Lisa A.; Greene, Correigh M.; Hughes, Brent B. (Global Change Biology, 2018)
Keywords: Salmon River, Siletz Bay, Yaquina Bay, Alsea Bay, Siuslaw River estuary, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, English sole = Parophrys vetulus, abundance, human impacts, ecosystem health, environmental stress, pollution, water quality,

Movement, Dive Behavior, and Habitat-Use of Common Murres (Uria aalge) in the Northern California Current System under Variable Ocean Conditions - Loredo, Stephanie A. (Oregon State University, 2018)
Keywords: birds; Cannon Beach (Or.); Columbia River; common murre = Uria aalge; diet; energetics; feeding behavior; Food conditions; geographical distribution; Goose Island (BC); habitats; temporal distribution; water temperature; Yaquina Head

Oregon Coast Coho Conservation Plan Annual Report - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, ([Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife], 2018)
Keywords: Alsea River; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; conservation plan; Coos Bay; Coquille River; depleted populations; Floras Creek; habitat restoration; large woody debris; Mill Creek (Siletz); natural resource management; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; restoration ecology; Salmon River; Siletz River; Siltcoos Lake; Siuslaw River; Sixes River; South Umpqua River; Tahkenitch Lake; Tillamook River; Umpqua River; Yaquina River

Protecting Oregon’s estuaries - Sullivan, Edward J. (Ocean and Coastal Law Journal, 2018)
Keywords: Alsea Bay, Chetco River, Coos Bay, Coquille River, Depoe Bay, Nehalem Bay, Nestucca River, Netarts Bay, Salmon River, Sand Lake, Siletz Bay, Siuslaw River, Sixes River, Tillamook Bay, Umpqua River, Yaquina Bay, land use, environmental law and policy,

Recovery Plan for the Southern Distinct Population Segment of North American Green Sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) - U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service. (National Marine Fisheries Service, 2018)
Keywords: climate; Columbia River; Coos Bay; dredging; environmental law and policy; Green sturgeon = Acipenser medirostris; habitats; introduced species; Nehalem Bay; reproductive behavior; sediments; Umpqua River estuary; water quality; water temperature; Winchester Bay; Yaquina Bay

Recruitment ecology of burrowing shrimps in US Pacific Coast estuaries - Dumbauld, Brett R.; Bosley, Katelyn M. (Estuaries and Coasts, 2018)
Keywords: ecosystem engineer; Ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea californiensis (Callianassa californiensis); larvae; Mud shrimp = Upogebia pugettensis; population biology; settlement; Willapa Bay; Yaquina Bay

Status of the European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas, in Oregon and Washington coastal Estuaries in 2017 - Yamada, Sylvia Behrens; Yednock, Bree; Indivero, Julia; Geierman, Christina; Prickett, Joel A.; Randall, Andrea; Akmajian, Adrianne (Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Aquatic Nuisance Species Project, 2018)
Keywords: Alsea Bay; aquatic invertebrates; Boat ramp (Netarts); Coos Bay; Coquille River estuary; crustaceans; El Nino; European green crab = Carcinus maenas; Grays Harbor (Wa.); Hatfield Marine Science Center; introduced species; Johnson’s Slough (Yaquina); Makah Bay (Wa.); Nehalem Bay; Netarts Bay; North of Nevor Shellfish (Netarts); Oregon Coast Aquarium mudflat; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; population count; Sally’s Bend; Tillamook Bay; Whiskey Creek Salmon Hatchery; Willapa Bay (Wa.); Yaquina Bay

Tsunami-resilient building design considerations for coastal communities of Washington, Oregon, and California - Chock, Gary Y. K.; Carden, Lyle; Robertson, Ian; Wei, Yong; Wilson, Rick; Hooper, John (Journal of Structural Engineering, 2018)
Keywords: coastal hazards, earthquakes, tsunamis, engineering, environmental law and policy, Bay City (Or.), Newport (Or.), Waldport (Or.), Yachats (Or.), North Bend (Or.)

Winter habitat condition of Oregon coast coho salmon populations, 2007-2014 - Strickland, Matt J.; Anlauf-Dunn, Kara; Jones, Kim; Stein, Charles (Information Reports (Oregon. Fish Division.), 2018)
Keywords: Alsea River; American beaver = Castor canadensis; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Coos Bay; Coquille River; geography; geology; habitats; hydrology; land use; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; population count; Salmon River; sediments; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River; Yaquina River

Benthic Marine Algae on Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris – a Morphological Documentation of the Species. Part 2 – The Brown Algae - Hansen, Gayle I.; Hanyuda, Takeaki; Kawai, Hiroshi (ORESU-H, 2017)
Keywords: Tillamook Spit, Agate Beach, Nye Beach, Seal Rock, Waldport (Or.), Yachats (Or.), Umpqua River Estuary, Coos Bay, Sixes River Estuary, coastal hazards, earthquakes, tsunamis, introduced species, algae, taxonomy, morphology, genetics, species list

Benthic Marine Algae on Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris – a Morphological Documentation of the Species. Part 3. The Green Algae and Cyanobacteria. - Hansen, Gayle I.; Hanyuda, Takeaki; Kawai, Hiroshi (ORESU-H, 2017)
Keywords: Tillamook Spit, Agate Beach, Nye Beach, Seal Rock, Waldport (Or.), Yachats (Or.), Umpqua River Estuary, Coos Bay, Sixes River Estuary, coastal hazards, earthquakes, tsunamis, introduced species, algae, taxonomy, morphology, genetics, species list

Benthic Marine Algae on Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris – a Morphological Documentation of the Species. Part 1 – The Tsunami Event, the Project Overview, and the Red Algae - Hansen, Gayle I.; Hanyuda, Takeaki; Kawai, Hiroshi (ORESU-H, 2017)
Keywords: Tillamook Spit, Agate Beach, Nye Beach, Seal Rock, Waldport (Or.), Yachats (Or.), Umpqua River Estuary, Coos Bay, Sixes River Estuary, coastal hazards, earthquakes, tsunamis, introduced species, algae, taxonomy, morphology, genetics, species list

Characterizing fisheries connectivity in marine social-ecological systems - Fuller, Emma C.; Sambouri, Jameal F.; Stoll, Joshua S.; Levin, Simon A.; Watson, James R. (ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2017)
Keywords: Astoria (Or.), Garibaldi (Or.), Netarts Bay, Nehalem Bay, Siletz Bay, Newport (Or.), Depoe Bay, Alsea Bay, Florence (Or.), Winchester Bay, Charleston (Or.), Bandon, (Or.), economics, natural resource management, mathematical modeling, commercial fisheri

Coordinated Population Forecast for Lincoln County, its Urban Growth Boundaries (UGB), and Area Outside UGBs 2017-2067 - Jurjevich, Jason R.; Chun, Nicholas; Rancik, Kevin; Proehl, Risa; Michel, Julia;; Harada, Matt; Rynerson, Charles; Morris, Randy (Oregon Population Forecast Program, 2017)
Keywords: Lincoln County, Depoe Bay (Or.), Lincoln City (Or.), Newport (Or.), Siletz (Or.), Toledo (Or.), Waldport (Or.), Yachats (Or.), demographics, population count, mathematical modeling

Demographic and genetic connectivity: the role and consequences of reproduction, dispersal and recruitment in seagrasses - Kendrick, Gary A.; Orth, Robert J.; Statton, John; Hovey, Renae; Ruiz Montoya, Leonardo; Lowe, Ryan J.; Krauss, Siegfried L.; Sinclair, Elizabeth A. (Biological Reviews, 2017)
Keywords: aquatic vegetation; eelgrass = Zostera marina; genetics; recruitment; reproductive biology; Yaquina Bay

Dietary composition of four stocks of Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) in the northern California Current Large Marine Ecosystem from historical data, 1931-2013 - Steingass, Sheanna (Northwestern Naturalist, 2017)
Keywords: Columbia River, Tillamook Bay, Netarts Bay, Alsea River, Umpqua River, Coos Bay, Rogue River, Salish Sea, Puget Sound, Oregon coast, Washington coast, Harbor seal = Phoca vitulina, Pacific herring = Clupea pallasii, Pacific hake (whiting) = Merluccius

Ecology and Environmental Controls of Two Keystone Groups of Oceanic Microorganisms: Diazotrophs and Pathogenic Vibrio - Gradoville, Mary Rose (Oregon State University, 2017)
Keywords: Netarts Bay, Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery, Yaquina Bay, bacteria, Trichodesmium spp., Vibrio spp., commercial fisheries – shellfish, aquaculture, estuarine dynamics, theses

Effect of green macroalgal blooms on the behavior, growth, and survival of cockles (Clinocardium nuttallii) in Pacific NW estuaries - Lewis, Nathaniel S.; DeWitt, Theodore H. (Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2017)
Keywords: aquatic invertebrates; behavior; bivalves; Cockle clam = Clinocardium nuttallii; green algae; Hatfield Marine Science Center; Idaho Flats; Idaho Point (Hinton Point); molluscs; predation; seagulls = Larus spp.; Yaquina Bay

Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Coastal Oregon - Hoelting, Kristin; Burkardt, Nina (OCS Study BOEM, 2017)
Keywords: climate; coastal hazards; commercial fisheries; Coos Bay; demographics; ecosystem modeling; general; general ecosystem health; human impacts; ocean acidification; precipitation; sea levels; water temperature; Yaquina Bay

Investigation of Crangon species assemblage and spawning patterns in Yaquina Bay, OR [PowerPoint Presentation] - Danilchik, Nikolai M.; Loewenherz, Larkin (Oregon State University, 2017)
Keywords: Alaskan bay shrimp = Crangon alaskensis; Bay shrimp = Crangon franciscorum; fecundity; geographical distribution; Main channel; Smooth bay shrimp = Crangon stylirostris; species composition; Stout shrimp = Crangon alba; Yaquina Bay

Learning from Oregon’s 2015 Drought: A Review of Documented Conditions, Impacts, and Response Strategies - BeCraft, Rianne (Oregon State University. Water Resources Policy & Management Program,, 2017)
Keywords: General, agriculture, climate, environmental monitoring, hatcheries, industrial development, meteorology, Native Americans, precipitation, recreation, water quality, water temperature,

The limitation of spread of non-native marine invertebrates from artificial structures to natural habitats [poster] - McClees, Whitney; de Rivera, Catherine (ESM Colloquium, 2017)
Keywords: benthos; community ecology; Embarcadero Marina; geographic distribution; human impacts; introduced species; predation; species composition; Yaquina Bay

Local and Regional Patterns in Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) Communities Along an Upwelling-Productivity Gradient in Oregon Estuaries, USA - Motley, Jennifer (Oregon State University, 2017)
Keywords: Coos Bay, Netarts Bay, Yaquina Bay, Idaho Flats, Sally’s Bend, algae, eelgrass = Zostera marina, eelgrass sea hare = Phyllaplysia taylori, community ecology, upwelling, herbivores, predation, natural resource management, theses

Modeling Sea Level Rise Impacts to Oregon’s Tidal Wetlands: Yaquina Bay Estuary [cartographic material] - Brophy, Laura S.; Ewald, Michael J. (>Institute for Applied Ecology, 2017)
Keywords: climate; habitats; human impacts; land use; salinity; sea level; wetland vegetation; wetlands; Yaquina River Estuary

Modeling Sea Level Rise Impacts to Oregon's Tidal Wetlands: Maps and Prioritization Tools to Help Plan for Habitat Conservation into the Future - Brophy, Laura S.; Ewald, Michael J. (Institute for Applied Ecology. Estuary Technical Group, 2017)
Keywords: Alsea Bay; Beaver Creek; climate; habitats; human impacts; Netarts Bay; salinity; Salmon River Estuary; sea level; Siletz Bay; Siuslaw River estuary; Umpqua River estuary; wetland vegetation; wetlands; Yachats River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Oregon Climate Assessment Report – 2017 - Dalton, Meghan M.; Dello, Kathie D.; Hawkins, Linnia; Mote, Philip W.; Rupp, David E.; Oregon State University. College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, (The Third Oregon Climate Assessment Report, 2017)
Keywords: agriculture, climate, climate change, coastal hazards, demographics, depleted populations, economics, fish, human impact, invasive species, phenology, precipitation, temperature, terrestrial vegetation, water temperature, wildlife

Oregon Coast Coho Conservation Plan Annual Report - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, ([Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife], 2017)
Keywords: Alsea River; Beaver Creek (Lincoln); Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; conservation plan; Coos Bay; Coquille River; depleted populations; Floras Creek; habitat restoration; large woody debris; Mill Creek (Siletz); natural resource management; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; North Umpqua River; restoration ecology; Salmon River; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; South Umpqua River; Tenmile Lake; Tillamook River; Umpqua River; Yaquina River

Oregon Estuarine Invertebrates: Rudy's Illustrated Guide to Common Species - Hiebert, Terra C.; Butler, Barbara; Shanks, Alan L.; Rudy, Paul (University of Oregon Libraries, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, 2017)
Keywords: annelids; aquatic invertebrates; aquatic worms; arthropods; bibliography; brachiopods; cnidarians; echinoderms; general; identification; molluscs; segmented worms; taxonomy; tunicates

Response of primary producer communities to short-term nutrient additions in a Pacific Northwest estuarine tidal wetland - Weilhoefer, C. L.; Jakstis, K.; Fischer, C. (Wetlands, 2017)
Keywords: diatoms; human impacts; nitrogen; nutrient cycles; phosphorus; Saltgrass = Distichlis spicate; Seaside arrowgrass = Triglochin maritima; sediments; wetland vegetation; Yaquina Bay

Tidal Wetland Landward Migration Zones (LMZs) for 4.7 Ft Sea Level Rise for the Yaquina Bay Estuary [cartographic material] - Brophy, Laura S.; Ewald, Michael J. (Institute for Applied Ecology, 2017)
Keywords: climate; habitats; human impacts; land use; salinity; sea level; wetland vegetation; wetlands; Yaquina River Estuary

Trends in the Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) metapopulation in the California Current Ecosystem - Thompson, Sarah Ann; Sydeman, William J.; Thayer, Julie A.; Weinstein, Anna; Krieger, Katherine L.; Hay, Doug (California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations, Progress Report, 2017)
Keywords: abundance; climate; depleted populations; geographic distribution; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Pacific herring = Clupea pallasii; population biology; statistical analysis; Yaquina Bay

Tsunami risk for insurance portfolios from megathrust earthquakes in Cascadia Subduction Zone - Farahani, R. J.; Woessner, J.; Bingi, S.; Charvet, I.; Williams, Ch.; Nyst, M.; Masuda, M. (World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16th), 2017)
Keywords: Cape Mendicino (Ca.); coastal hazards; Crescent City (Ca.); earthquakes; Humboldt Bay (Ca.); Long Beach (Wa.); mathematical modeling; Newport (Or.); Seaside (Or.); tsunamis

Were they all giants? Perspectives on late Holocene plate-boundary earthquakes at the northern end of the Cascadia subduction zone - Hutchinson, Ian; Clague, John J. (Quaternary Science Reviews, 2017)
Keywords: coastal hazards; Coos Bay; earthquakes; Ecola Creek; geology; Lagoon Creek; Nestucca Bay; Netarts Bay; paleosciences; Talbot Creek (Coos Bay); tsunamis; turbedites; Vancouver Island; Washington (State); Yaquina Bay

Western Oregon adult coho salmon, 2017 spawning survey data report - Sounhein, Briana; Brown, Eric; Lewis, Mark; Weeber, Matt (Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds Monitoring Report, 2017)
Keywords: abundance; Alsea River; Beaver Creek (Lincoln); Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Coos Bay; Coquille River; fecundity; Floras Creek; geographic distribution; hatchery salmonids; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; North Umpqua River; Salmon River; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; Sixes River; South Umpqua River; temporal distribution; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River; wild salmonids; Yaquina River

Yaquina Bay Estuary Current vs. 4.7ft SLR Map [cartographic material] - Brophy, Laura S.; Ewald, Michael J. (Institute for Applied Ecology, 2017)
Keywords: climate; habitats; human impacts; land use; salinity; sea level; wetland vegetation; wetlands; Yaquina River Estuary

Characterization of ecosystem structure within transplanted and natural eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds - Lewis, Nathaniel S.; Henkel, Sarah K. (Northwest Science, 2016)
Keywords: ecosystem health; eelgrass = Zostera marina; geographical distribution; habitat restoration; habitats; Hatfield Marine Science Center; Port of Newport; sediments; species composition; species list; temporal distribution; tides; Yaquina Bay

The demographic consequences of growing older and bigger in oyster populations - Moore, Jacob L.; Lipcius, Romuald N.; Puckett, Brandon; Schreiber, Sebastian J. (Ecological Applications, 2016)
Keywords: age composition; aquaculture; bivalves; demographics; fecundity; growth; Hatfield Marine Science Center; mathematical modeling; Molluscan Broodstock Program; molluscs; oysters; Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas; population biology; recruitment; Yaquina Bay

Ecophysiology of Marine Bivalves: Physiological Rate Processes in Dynamic Environments - Gray, Matthew W. (Oregon State University, 2016)
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; calcium carbonate; digestion; ecosystem modeling; estuarine dynamics; filtration; Hatfield Marine Science Center; larvae; Mediterranean mussel = Mytilus galloprovincialis; molluscs; ocean acidification; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Oregon Oyster Farms; Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas; physiology; theses; Yaquina Bay

Effect of climate change on water temperature and attainment of water temperature criteria in the Yaquina Estuary, Oregon (USA) - Brown, Cheryl A.; Sharp, Darrin; Mochon Collura, T. Chris (Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2016)
Keywords: Blodgett (Or.); Chitwood (Or.); climate; Elk City (Or.); Elk Creek; Hatfield Marine Science Center; mathematical modeling; Newport (Or.); sea level; Toledo (Or.); water quality; water temperature; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

The Effects of Artificial Structures on Estuarine Infaunal Communities and Offshore Biofouling Communities - Mendoza, Maritza (Oregon State University, 2016)
Keywords: algae; aquatic invertebrates; biofouling; breakwater; habitats; human impacts; Idaho Flats; industrial development; sediments; Yaquina Bay

Final ESA Recovery Plan for Oregon Coast Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) - U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, (National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region, 2016)
Keywords: Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch, Nehalem River, Nestucca River, Tillamook Bay, Nestucca River, Salmon River, Siletz River, Yaquina River, Beaver Creek, Alsea River, Siuslaw River, Coos River, Coquille River, Umpqua River, environmental law and policy

Genetic evidence supports recolonization by Mya arenaria of western Europe from North America - Cross, M.E.; Bradley, C. R.; Cross, T. F.; Culloty, S.; Lynch, S.; McGinnity, P.; O’Riordan, R. M.; Vartia, S.; Prodőhl, P. A. (Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2016)
Keywords: Yaquina Bay, Alsea Bay, Softshell clam = Mya arenaria, genetics, population biology, geographic distribution,

Genomic and phylogenetic analysis of Ceramium cimbricum (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans supports the naming of a new invasive Pacific entity Ceramium sungminbooi sp. Nov. - Hughey, Jeffery R.; Boo, Ga Hun (Botanica Marina, 2016)
Keywords: aquatic vegetation; Coos Bay; genetics; Hatfield Marine Science Center; introduced species; new species description; red algae; taxonomy; Yaquina Bay

Hatfield Marine Science Center Dynamic Revetment Project DSL permit # 45455-FP: Final Monitoring Report February, 2016 - Cowen, Robert; Nelson, Walt; Arbuckle, Scarlett; Folger, Christina; Allan, Jonathan; Heppell Laboratory, (Oregon State University. Hatfield Marine Science Center,, 2016)
Keywords: amphipods; aquatic invertebrates; beaches; benthos; coastal hazards; erosion; fish; Hatfield Marine Science Center; Pacific staghorn sculpin = Leptocottus armatus; physical; Shiner perch = Cymatogaster aggregate; species list; terrestrial vegetation; wave height data; Whitebait smelt = Allosmerus elongates; Yaquina Bay

Influences of natural and anthropogenic factors and tidal restoration on terrestrial arthropod assemblages in West Coast North American estuarine wetlands - David, Aaron T.; Goertier, Pascale A. L.; Munsch, Stuart H.; Jones, Brittany R.; Simenstad, Charles A.; Taft, Jason D.; Cordell, Jeffrey R.; Howe, Emily R.; Gray, Ayesha; Hannam, Michael P.; Matsubu, William; Morgan, Erin E. (Estuaries and Coasts, 2016)
Keywords: Columbia River, Nestucca River, Salmon River, Yaquina River, Alsea River, Siuslaw River, Coquille River, salt marsh, insects, wetland restoration, population biology, human impacts, land use

An Integrated Approach to the Investigation of Age, Growth and Population Dynamics of Burrowing Thalassinidean Shrimps in a U.S. West Coast Estuary - Bosley, Katelyn Marie (Oregon State University, 2016)
Keywords: age composition; crustaceans; decapods; geographic distribution; Ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea californiensis (Callianassa californiensis); Hatfield Marine Science Center; Idaho Flats; mathematical modeling; Mud shrimp = Upogebia pugettensis; Oysterville; population biology; Raccoon Flat; Sally’s Bend; Seawall Island; Tongue Island; Yaquina Bay

Juvenile Rockfish (Sebastes spp.) Community Composition and Habitat use of Yaquina Bay, Oregon - Lindsley, Amy J (Oregon State University, 2016)
Keywords: Black rockfish = Sebastes melanops; Bocaccio rockfish = Sebastes paucispinis; Brown rockfish = Sebastes auriculatus; Canary rockfish = Sebastes pinniger; China rockfish = Sebastes nebulosus; community ecology; Copper rockfish = Sebastes caurinus; eelgrass = Zostera marina; fishes; geographic distribution; habitats; human impacts; juvenile fish; life history information; Quillback rockfish = Sebastes maliger; temporal abundance; temporal distribution; Yaquina Bay; yellowtail rockfish = Sebastes flavidus

Morphological change and sand transport mechanisms in the dynamic dune complex of South Beach State Park, Oregon - Susa, Tyler M.; Ruggiero, Peter; Anderson, Dylan L.; Cohn, Nicholas T. (Shore and Beach, 2016)
Keywords: dredging; El Nino; erosion; harbors; Newport (Or.); ports; sand dunes; sand transport; South Beach (Or.); South Beach State Park; South Jetty; Yaquina Bay Bar

A new species of Halolaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Rhodacaroidea) from beach wrack in Yaquina Bay, Oregon, USA, with comments on opisthonotal plasticity and cribral development in the family - Krantz, G. W. (Journal of Natural History, 2016)
Keywords: arthropods; eelgrass = Zostera marina; Halolaelaps hatfieldi; Hatfield Marine Science Center; morphology; taxonomy; Ulva species; Yaquina Bay

The Northwest Coastal Explorer: Your Guide to the Places, Plants, and Animals of the Pacific Coast - Steelquist, Robert (Timber Pr, 2016)
Keywords: amphibians; aquatic invertebrates; aquatic plants; biology; birds; general; general ecosystem description; geology; mammals; oceanography; terrestrial plants; tourism

Recovery Plan for Oregon Coast Coho Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit. National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region, Portland, Oregon - U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, (2016)
Keywords: Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch, Nehalem River, Nestucca River, Tillamook Bay, Nestucca River, Salmon River, Siletz River, Yaquina River, Beaver Creek, Alsea River, Siuslaw River, Coos River, Coquille River, Umpqua River, environmental law and policy

Resilience of Oregon Coastal Communities in Response to External Stressors - Ackerman, Richard; Neuenfeldt, Rachel; Eggermont, Theo; Burbidge, Mike; Lehrman, Joanna; Wells, Nathan; Chen, Xi (University of Michigan. Dept. of Natural Resources and the Environment,, 2016)
Keywords: coastal hazards; commercial fisheries - groundfish; demographics; depleted populations; Depoe Bay (Or.); economics; environmental law and policy; Florence (Or.); Garibaldi (Or.); Gold Beach (Or.); human impacts; natural resource management; Newport (Or.); Port Orford (Or.); recreational fisheries - groundfish; salmon; shellfish; tourism

Slow shell building, a possible trait for resistance to the effects of acute ocean acidification - Waldbusser, George G.; Gray, Matthew W.; Hales, Burke; Langdon, Christopher J.; Haley, Brian A.; Gimenez, Iria; Smith, Stephanie R.; Brunner, Elizabeth L.; Hutchinson, Greg (Limnology and Oceanography, 2016)
Keywords: Yaquina Bay, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon Oyster Farms, Netarts Bay, Whiskey Creek, Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas, Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila), aquaculture, molluscs, bivalves, oysters, ocean acidification, human imp

A spatially explicit suspended-sediment load model for western Oregon - Wise, Daniel R.; O'Connor, Jim; U.S. Geological Survey, (U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2016)
Keywords: Alsea River; Calapooya Creek; Coquille River; Cow Creek; Elk Creek (Umpqua); Klamath River; Mackenzie River; Nehalem River; North Umpqua River; Oregon Coast Range; precipitation; sediments; South Umpqua River; Trask River; Umpqua River Basin; Willamette Valley; Wilson River

Status of Oregon stocks of coho salmon - Sounhein, Briana; Brown, Eric; Lewis, Mark; Weeber, Matt (Monitoring Program Report (Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds), 2016)
Keywords: abundance; Alsea River; Beaver Creek (Lincoln); Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Coos Bay; Coquille River; fecundity; Floras Lake; geographic distribution; hatchery salmonids; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; North Umpqua River; Salmon River; Siletz River; Siltcoos Creek; Siuslaw River; Sixes River; South Umpqua River; Tahkenitch Creek; temporal distribution; Tenmile Creek; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River; wild salmonids; Yaquina River

Stranding Mortality Patterns in California Sea Lions and Steller Sea Lions in Oregon and Southern Washington, 2006 to 2014 - Lee, Kessina (Portland State University, 2016)
Keywords: Columbia River, Tillamook Bay, Siletz Bay, Yaquina Bay, Coos Bay, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Harbor seal = Phoca vitulina, Steller sea lion = Eumetopias jubata, California sea lion = Zalophus californianus, commercial fisheries, human impacts

The U.S. West Coast shellfish industry’s perception of and response to ocean acidification: understanding an ocean stakeholder - Mabardy, Becky; Conway, Flaxen D. L.; Waldbusser, George G.; Olsen, Christine S. (ORESU-S, 2016)
Keywords: Netarts Bay, Yaquina Bay, Willapa Bay, general, aquaculture, molluscs, bivalves, oysters, Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas, Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila), climate change, ocean acidification, carbonic acid, calcium carbonate, human

Buried alive: an invasive seagrass (Zostera japonica) changes its reproductive allocation in response to sediment disturbance - Henderson, Jeremy; Hacker, Sally D. (Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2015)
Keywords: fecundity; germination. Introduced species; ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea californiensis; human impacts; Japanese eelgrass = Zostera japonica; King Slough; Oregon Oyster Farms; reproduction; Sally’s Bend; sediments; Yaquina Bay

Coastal flood hazard study, Lincoln County, Oregon - Allan, Jonathan C.; Ruggiero, Peter; Cohn, Nick; Garcia, Gabriel; O’Brien, Fletcher E.; Stimely, Laura L.; Roberts, Jed T. (Open-File Report (Oregon. Department of Geology and Mineral Industries), 2015)
Keywords: Alsea Bay; Alsea Spit; climate; coastal hazards; Depoe Bay; erosion; flooding; Fogarty Creek; geography; geology; Lincoln County (Or.); paleosciences; precipitation; Rocky Creek; Salmon River Estuary; Siletz Bay; Siletz Spit; Waldport (Or.); Whale Cove; Yachats (Or.); Yachats River; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina Head

Community clusters of tsunami vulnerability in the US Pacific Northwest - Wood, Nathan J.; Jones, Jeanne; Spielman, Seth; Schmidtlein, Matthew C. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015)
Keywords: Bay City (Or.); coastal hazards; Coos Bay (Or.); Depoe Bay (Or.); Dunes City (Or.); earthquakes; environmental policy and law; Florence (Or.); Gold Beach (Or.); Lincoln City (Or.); Lincoln County (Or.); Newport (Or.); North Bend (Or.); Port Orford (Or.); Reedsport (Or.); Seaside (Or.); Tillamook (Or.); Toledo (Or.); tsunamis; Waldport (Or.); Yachats (Or.)

Comparison of non-native dwarf eelgrass (Zostera japonica) and native eelgrass (Zostera marina) distributions in a northeast Pacific estuary: 1997-2014 - Young, David; Patrick J Clinton; Specht, David; Collura, T. Chris Mochon (Botanica Marina, 2015)
Keywords: aquatic vegetation; eelgrass = Zostera marina; fecundity; introduced species; Japanese eelgrass = Zostera japonica; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River Estuary; zonal distribution

Duration of temperature exposure controls growth of Zostera japonica: Implications for zonation and colonization - Kaldy, James E.; Shafer, Deborah J.; Magoun, A. Dale (Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2015)
Keywords: eelgrass = Zostera marina; Idaho Point; introduced species; Japanese eelgrass = Zostera japonica; Sally’s Bend; temperature; Yaquina Bay; zonal distribution

Effects of temperature, salinity and seed age on induction of Zostera japonica germination in North America, USA - Kaldy, James E.; Shafer, Deborah J.; Ailstock, M. Stephen; Magoun, A. Dale (Aquatic Botany, 2015)
Keywords: fecundity; germination. Introduced species; Japanese eelgrass = Zostera japonica; reproduction; salinity; water temperature; Yaquina Bay

Environmental drivers and reproductive consequences of variation in the diet of a marine predator - Gladics, Amanda J.; Suryan, Robert M.; Parrish, Julia K.; Horton, Cheryl A.; Daly, Elizabeth A.; Peterson, William T. (Journal of Marine Systems, 2015)
Keywords: climate; common murre = Uria aalge; diet; El Nino; fecundity; La Nina; nutrition; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Pacific herring = Clupea pallasii; Pacific sand lance = Ammodytes hexapterus; predation; Surf smelt = Hypomesus pretiosis; Whitebait smelt = Allosmerus elongates; Yaquina Head

Evaluation of non-traditional modelling techniques for forecasting salmon returns - McCormick, J. L.; Falcy, M. R. (Fisheries Management and Ecology, 2015)
Keywords: Alsea River; Beaver Creek; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Coos River; Coquille River; fecundity; Lower Umpqua River; Middle Umpqua River; natural resource management; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; North Umpqua River; Salmon River; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; Sixes River; South Umpqua River; statistical analysis; Tillamook River; Yaquina River

An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen on the Growth of Juvenile English Sole and Juvenile Dungeness Crab - Bancroft, Morgan P. (Oregon State University, 2015)
Keywords: crustaceans; decapods; dissolved oxygen; Dungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister); English sole = Parophrys vetulus; hypoxia; juvenile fish; Moolack Beach; theses; water temperature; Yaquina Bay

Feasibility Assessment for the Reintroduction of Fishers in Western Oregon, USA - Hiller, Tim L. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2015)
Keywords: Alsea River Basin; depleted populations; ecosystem health; endangered species; life history information; Pacific fisher = Martes pennant pacifica; Siletz River Basin; Siuslaw National Forest; Umpqua National Forest; Umpqua River Basin; Yaquina River Basin

Hatfield Marine Science Center Dynamic Revetment Project DSL permit # 45455-FP: Monitoring Report, February 2015 - Cowen, Robert; Nelson, Walt; Arbuckle, Scarlett; Folger, Christina; Allan, Jonathan; Heppell Laboratory, (Oregon State University. Hatfield Marine Science Center,, 2015)
Keywords: amphipods; aquatic invertebrates; beaches; benthos; chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta; coastal hazards; erosion; fish; Hatfield Marine Science Center; Pacific staghorn sculpin = Leptocottus armatus; physical; Shiner perch = Cymatogaster aggregate; species list; terrestrial vegetation; wave height data; Whitebait smelt = Allosmerus elongates; Yaquina Bay

Impacts of Climate Change on Salmon of the Pacific Northwest: A Review of the Scientific Literature Published in 2014 - Crozier, Lisa (U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Fish Ecology Division,, 2015)
Keywords: climate; depleted populations; El Nino; human impacts; hydrology; Pacific salmonids = Oncorhynchus spp.; reproductive behavior; Salmon River; Siletz River; straying; toxicity; water temperature

Landscape genetics and genetic structure of the southern torrent salamander, Rhyacotriton variegatus - Emel, Sarah L.; Storfer, Andrew (Conservation Genetics, 2015)
Keywords: Alsea River; Big Elk Creek (Yaquina); genetics; habitats; Neskowin Creek; Panther Creek (Salmon); population dynamics; riparian areas; Rock Creek (Alsea); Salmon Creek (Yaquina); Salmon River; Southern torrent salamander = Rhyacotriton variegatus; Tenmile Creek

A method to identify estuarine water quality exceedances associated with ocean conditions - Brown, Cheryl A.; Nelson, Walter G. (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2015)
Keywords: chlorophyll; climate; dissolved oxygen; mathematical modeling; salinity; upwelling; water quality; water temperature; Yaquina Bay

Modeling lugworm irrigation behavior effects on sediment nitrogen cycling - Dornhoffer, T. M.; Waldbusser, G. G.; Meile, C. (Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2015)
Keywords: annelids; aquatic invertebrates; bioturbation; denitrification; nitrogen; nutrient cycling; Pacific lugworm = Abarenicola pacifica; polychaete worms; sediments; Yaquina Bay

The Olympia oyster Ostrea lurida: recent advances in natural history, ecology, and restoration - Pritchard, Catharine; Shanks, Alan; Rimler, Rose; Oates, Mark; Rumrill, Steven S. (Journal of Shellfish Research, 2015)
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; Coos Bay; depleted populations; life history information; mollusks; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); San Francisco Bay; Tomales Bay; Willapa Bay; Yaquina Bay

Oregon Coast Coho Conservation Plan Annual Report - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, ([Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife], 2015)
Keywords: Alsea River; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; conservation plan; Coos Bay; Coquille River; depleted populations; Floras Creek; habitat restoration; large woody debris; Mill Creek (Siletz); natural resource management; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; restoration ecology; Salmon River; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; South Umpqua River; Tahkenitch Lake; Tenmile Lake; Tillamook River; Umpqua River; Yaquina River

Oregon Explorer: Rural Communities Explorer (2015)
Keywords: General, demographics, geographic information system, geography, land use, maps, natural resources, statistics

Oregon Natural Areas Plan (2015)
Keywords: Cascade Head, depleted populations, ecological values, environmental policy and law, general, general ecosystem description, habitat conservation, land use, McCaffery Slough (Yaquina), methodology, natural resource management, Netarts Bay, Netarts Spit,

P.I.B. Ping: A Kansan in 1880s Oregon - Summers, Lynn (Oregon Historical Quarterly, 2015)
Keywords: bathymetry; harbors; historical; industrial development; jetties; navigation; ports; Yaquina Bay

Ports of Newport and Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon - Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries,; Oregon Emergency Management,,; Virginia Institute of Marine Science,; National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (U.S.), (Oregon Maritime Tsunami Response Guidance, 2015)
Keywords: coastal hazards; earthquakes; harbors; Maritime transportation; Newport (Or.); Port of Newport; Port of Toledo; ports; Toledo (Or.); tsunamis; Yaquina Bay

Salmonid life-cycle monitoring in western Oregon streams, 2012-2014 - Suring, Erik; Burns, Patrick; Constable, Ronald J. Jr.; Lorion, Chris M.; Wiley, Derek J.; Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, (Monitoring Program Report (Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds), 2015)
Keywords: Cascade Creek (Alsea); chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki; depleted populations; EF Trask River; hatcheries”; hatchery salmonids; Mill Creek (Siletz); Mill Creek (Yaquina); NF Nehalem River; population count; steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss; West Fork Smith River (Umpqua); wild salmonids; Winchester Creek (Coos Bay); ” “Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

A sea-level database for the Pacific coast of central North America - Engelhart, Simon E.; Vacchi, Matteo; Horton, Benjamin P.; Nelson, Alan R.; Kopp, Robert E. (Quaternary Science Reviews, 2015)
Keywords: Alsea Bay; Coos Bay; Coquille River; geology; Glaciation; Nehalem River; Nestucca Bay; Netarts Bay; paleosciences; Salmon River; sea level; Siletz Bay; Siuslaw River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Status of Oregon stocks of coho almon, 2015 - Sounhein, Briana; Brown, Eric; Lewis, Mark; Weeber, Matt (Monitoring Program Report (Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds), 2015)
Keywords: abundance; Alsea River; Beaver Creek (Lincoln); Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Coos Bay; Coquille River; fecundity; Floras Lake; geographic distribution; hatchery salmonids; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca River; North Umpqua River; Salmon River; Siletz River; Siltcoos Creek; Siuslaw River; Sixes River; South Umpqua River; Tahkenitch Creek; temporal distribution; Tenmile Creek; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River; wild salmonids; Yaquina River

Stratigraphic and microfossil evidence for a 4500-year history of Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes and tsunamis at Yaquina River estuary, Oregon, USA - Graehl, Nicholas A.; Kelsey, Harvey M.; Witter, Robert C.; Hemphill-Haley, Eileen; Engelhart, Simon E. (Geological Society of America Bulletin,, 2015)
Keywords: Alsea Bay; Cannon Beach; coastal hazards; Coos Bay; Coquille River; earthquakes; geology; Netarts Bay; paleosciences; Sally’s Bend; Salmon River; sediments; Sixes River; South Slough; tsunamis; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River Estuary

Thermogeographic variation in body size of Carcinus maenas, the European green crab - Kelley, Amanda L.; de Rivera, Catherine E.; Grosholz, Edwin D.; Ruiz, Gregory M.; Yamada, Sylvia Behrens; Gillespie, Graham (Marine Biology, 2015)
Keywords: aquatic invertebrates; Bodega Bay; Coos Bay; crustaceans; decapods; Elkhorn Slough; European green crab = Carcinus maenas; Gales Passage; introduced species; Netarts Bay; phenology; Pipestem Inlet; San Francisco Bay; Seadrift Lagoon; temperature; Tillamook Bay; Tomales Bay; Yaquina Bay

Tidal channel diatom assemblages reflect within wetland environmental conditions and land use at multiple scales - Weilhoefer, Christine L.; Nelson, Walter G.; Patrick J Clinton (Estuaries and Coasts, 2015)
Keywords: Alsea Bay; Amphora coffeaeformis; Coos Bay; Coquille River; diatoms; Ecola Creek; ecosystem health; environmental disturbance; marshes; Navicula gregaria; Necanicum River; Nehalem Bay; Nestucca River; Netarts Bay; nitrogen; Planothidium delicatulum; salinity; Salmon River; Sand Lake; Siletz Bay; Siuslaw River; species list; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River; wetlands; Yaquina Bay