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Decling Eelgrass
Carbon storage in dying eelgrass beds

Although eelgrass populations are relatively stable across Puget Sound, there has been exceptional loss in the San Juan Islands.
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Through a variety of projects, we aim to understand how carbon from the eelgrass has remained in the bay and use isotopes to map the eelgrass retreat.
Former Eelgrass extent in False Bay in the 1990s from Mary Rucklshaus' PhD.
Team Members




Kendall Valentine
PI
UW
Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria
collaborator
UW FHL
Bruce Finney
collaborator
University of Idaho
Orin Beitz
Undergraduate Researcher
UW
Marisol Ramirez-Buckles
REU Student
Barnard College
Work in False Bay at FHL
Senior Thesis Projects at UW School of Oceanography
Ocean 220 Projects - UW School of Oceanography
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