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Spring 2005 Meeting
Topic: Puget Sound Nearshore Ecological Functions
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Mount Vernon, WA
This meeting continued our year-long examination of the application of 'best available science' to management of the Puget Sound nearshore and marine riparian zones - a fundamental concern to shoreline planners and resource managers charged with updating Critical Areas Ordinances and Shoreline Master Programs, or reviewing permit applications. Yet the necessary science appears to be spotty and poorly integrated. In this meeting we reviewed some of the on-going programs to remedy that.
The organizing theme for this meeting was the mandate in the Shoreline Master Program Guidelines to achieve "...no net loss of ecological functions necessary to sustain shoreline natural resources..." While, we could not cover everything in one meeting, we did address the more fundamental functions operating in the nearshore. Additional resources you needed were provided in the References and Recommended Reading section below.
Ecological functions find their fundamental origins in geological processes and functions, so that's where we started before moving on to intertidal biological and ecological functions. We ended the day with plenty of time for discussion. (We may revisit this theme again in the fall if you think it necessary.)
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- 9:00 - 9:20
- Coffee and Conversation
- 9:20 - 9:30
- Welcome and Introduction - Bob Goodwin (Washington Sea Grant Program).
- 9:30 - 9:45
- Setting the Context - Douglas Canning, Wash. Dep't of Ecology.
- 9:45 - 10:30
- Nearshore Processes: Biophysical and Geomorphological
Models - David Finlayson, School of Oceanography, University
of Washington.
David is developing a geomorphological model of Puget Sound shorelines as a part of a larger future biophysical model of the Puget Sound nearshore.
Download Mr. Finlayson's presentation.
- 10:30 - 10:45
- Break
- 10:45 - 11:30
- Marine Riparian and Nearshore Geologic Processes - Hugh Shipman, Shorelands Program, Wash. Dep't of Ecology.
Hugh will pick up where David leaves off, and discuss geological processes in the context of how land use and construction
practices disrupt those functions.
Download Mr. Shipman's presentation.
- 11:30 - 12:45
- Lunch on your own.
- 12:45 - 1:30
- The Nature of Conceptual Models - Douglas Canning (Wash. Dep't of Ecology) and Jim Brennan (Wash. Sea Grant Program)
Doug and Jim discussed the nature, capabilities, and limitations of conceptual models.
Download Mr. Canning's and Mr. Brennan's presentation.
- 1:30 - 2:15
- Nearshore Management for Forage Fish: A Case Example - Dan Penttila, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
The Wash. Dep't of Fish & Wildlife is developing a suite of guidelines for science-based management of various shoreline habitat issues. Forage Fish will be the first to be released.
Download Mr. Pentilla's presentation.
- 2:15 - 2:30
- Break
- 2:45 - 3:30
- Panel Discussion and Roundtable Q & A.
Download Full Final Version of Meeting Agenda (152 kb. pdf file)
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Print Publications
Brennan, James S. and Hilary Culverwell. 2004. Marine Riparian: An Assessment of Riparian Functions in Marine Ecosystems. Washington Sea Grant Program, Seattle. Available only as an Adobe Acrobatš file. Download at: http://www.wsg.washington.edu/research/ecohealth/brenner.pdf
Burns, Robert. 1985. The Shape and Form of Puget Sound. A Washington Sea Grant Publication. University of Washington Press, Seattle. Available as an Adobe Acrobatª file from the National Sea Grant Library. Download at: http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/cgi-bin/copyright.cgi?http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/washu/washub85001.pdf.
Desbonnet, Alan, Pamela Pogue, Virginia Lee, and Nicholas Wolff. 1994. Vegetated buffers in the coastal zone: A summary review and bibliography. Technical Report No. 2064. Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, Rhode Island. Available as an Adobe Acrobatª file from the National Sea Grant Library. Download at: http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/cgi-bin/copyright.cgi?http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/riu/riut94001.pdf
Downing, John. 1983. The Coast of Puget Sound: Its Processes and Development. A Washington Sea Grant Publication. University of Washington Press, Seattle. Out of print. A classic, well worth seeking out in your library.
Finlayson, David. 2004. The large-scale geomorphology of Puget Sound shorelines: Dissertation Proposal. Available as an Adobe Acrobatš file. Download at: http://students.washington.edu/dfinlays/cv/documents/finlayson_proposal.pdf
King County Department of Natural Resources. 2001. Reconnaissance Assessment of the State of the Nearshore Report. King County Department of Natural Resources, Seattle. Available as an Adobe Acrobatš file. Download at: http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/watersheds/puget/ nearshore/sonr.htm
Kozloff, Eugene N. 1993. Seashore Life of the Northern Pacific Coast: An Illustrated Guide to Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. University of Washington Press, Seattle. Want to learn something first hand about Puget Sound beaches and their intertidal critters? Buy this book and start walking the beaches, book and notebook in hand!
Shorelands Program. 2004. What Does No Net Loss Mean in the 2003 SMA Guidelines? Washington Department of Ecology Publication 04-06-020. Available only as an Adobe Acrobatš file. Download at: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/ biblio/0406020.html
Strickland, Richard M. 1893. The Fertile Fjord: Plankton in Puget Sound. A Washington Sea Grant Publication. University of Washington Press, Seattle. Out of print; available as an Adobe Acrobatš file. Download at: http://www.wsg. washington.edu/publications/online/fjord/fjord.html
Web Sites
David Finlayson's Home Page http://students.washington.edu/dfinlays/ David's home page contains links to a number of information resources on Puget Sound bathymetry (digital elevation modeling), beaches, fetches, tide prediction, and waves.
Managing Puget Sound's Shorelines - one drift cell at a time. In this Puget Sound Notes special issue are found a suite of three allied papers: Puget Sound Drift Cells: The importance of waves and wave climate (Finlayson & Shipman); Shoreline changes and the human footprint: Lessons from Hood Canal (Ted Labbe); Shoreline Management Areas: A Tool for shoreline ecosystem management (Peter Namtvedt Best). Download at: http://www.psat.wa.gov/Publications/psnotes_pdf/ps_notes_47.pdf
Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project (PSNERP). PSNERP and the Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership web site has links to a wealth of technical report at: http://pugetsoundnearshore.org
Shoreline Diversity Patterns in Puget Sound. Jointly sponsored by Washington Sea Grant Program and the Washington Department of Natural Resources, this site reports on investigations into the ecological and physical processes that generate these intertidal biodiversity patterns and how modifications of these processes could lead to changes in our shorelines. http://www.wsg.washington.edu/nearshore/index.html.
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