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Responding to Ocean Acidification in Oregon
Coastal areas of Oregon (and the rest of western North America) are particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification and hypoxia, due primarily to...
Ocean Acidification
Over the past 250 years, rapid growth in the burning of fossil fuels and changes in land use have caused a dramatic rise in CO2 emissions. About one...
Coastal Climate Change Effects
When faced with the question of how climate change will affect Oregon wetlands, the current answer seems to be "it depends". With the wide variety of...
Assessing the Conservation of Oregon Coho Salmon
In November 2003, the State of Oregon and NOAA Fisheries began a collaborative project to address the conservation of coho salmon in the Oregon...
Forests and Forestry in the Oregon Coast Range
To early settlers and loggers, the forests of Oregon's Coast Range seemed endless and inexhaustible. But in less time than it took to grow them, most...
Coastal Vegetation and Plant Ecology
Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and...
North Coast Demographics
Demographics are a tool we use to identify and track the characteristics of specific populations. But statistics about people do not exist in...
Coastal Forest and Prairie Habitats
Upland Forest (Overleaf Lodge) Upland Forest An upland (as opposed to riparian or bottomland) forest along Oregon's Coast has a closed canopy...
North Coast Lakes
Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs Although there are many lakes along the Oregon Coast, there are very few in the Coast Range. This is because high...
Coast Salmon Species
Seven species of salmon (all members of the scientific genus Oncorhynchus) are native to Oregon, but this group includes many subgroups with very...

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