Eyes Over Puget Sound: A Decade in Review

The Washington State Department of Ecology has reached one hundred Eyes Over Puget Sound reports. Since 2011, Ecology has provided aerial observations and documented visible features at the surface of Puget Sound from a floatplane. This unique perspective from the air featured Puget Sound's natural beauty, its oceanographic complexity, and its ecological treasures. It also raised awareness of the challenges that the water body is facing today. Our image-rich documentation of known eutrophication indicators ranges from algal and Noctiluca blooms to macroalgae, jellyfish, and human stressors. It provides a visually captivating time-capsule of issues facing Puget Sound. The report is rich in educational and outreach material, inspired numerous news reports, and drew academic and public attention during the period of marine heat wave of the north Pacific, The Blob.

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Eyes Over Puget Sound: A Decade in Review

 
Publication number Date Published
22-03-070 January 2023
VIEW NOW: Eyes Over Puget Sound: Surface Conditions Report - A Decade in Review (Number of pages: 126) (Publication Size: 30500 KB)
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Author(s) Krembs, Christopher
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We have reached one hundred EOPS reports. Since 2011, we provided aerial observations and documented visible features at the surface of Puget Sound from a floatplane. This unique perspective from the air featured Puget Sound's natural beauty, oceanographic complexity, ecological treasures, and raised awareness of the challenges the water body is facing, today. Our image-rich documentation of known eutrophication indicators ranges from algal and Noctiluca blooms, macroalgae, jellyfish to human stressors and provides a visually capturing time-capsule of issues facing Puget Sound today. The report is rich in educational and outreach material, inspired numerous news reports, and drew academic and public attention during the period of marine heat wave of the north Pacific, The Blob.

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Contact Christopher Krembs at 360-407-6675 or christopher.krembs@ecy.wa.gov
Keywords EOPS, Eyes Over Puget Sound
About the Author: 
Christopher Krembs, Ph.D., is the Lead Oceanographer at the Washington State Department of Ecology and oversees the Eyes Over Puget Sound monitoring program.