The concept of water observatories is extended to create a highly versatile tool for both the
daily and the long-term management of estuarine ecosystems. Coastal observatories are …

In order to simulate the biogeochemical function of estuaries across the land-ocean
continuum, circulation models must represent a cascade of complex physical processes …

Juvenile Chinook salmon population dynamics in the Columbia River estuary are influenced
by physical processes, hatchery practices, and behavioral decision-making. To better …

Estuaries are biologically productive transition zones between land and sea that play a vital
role in transforming, recycling, and sequestering nutrients and organic matter, thus …

Marine heat waves (MHWs) have been associated with extensive harmful algal blooms
(HABs) in the northeast Pacific Ocean, but the degree to which these large-scale …

The design, implementation and demonstration of a novel and generic computational
forecast framework for multi-scale prediction of extreme sea levels and associated flooding …

Global trends of ocean warming, deoxygenation, and acidification are not easily
extrapolated to coastal environments. Local factors, including intricate hydrodynamics, high …

The concept of water age is applied to the Columbia River estuary to investigate water
renewing time scales. Water age tracers were implemented in a three-dimensional …

Experiences of migratory species in one habitat may affect their survival in the next habitat,
in what is known as carryover effects. These effects are especially relevant for …

In the tidal ebb-cycle at the Mouth of the Columbia River, strong density and velocity fronts
sometimes form perpendicular to the coast at the edges of the freshwater plume. They are …