West Coast Researchers Find Pacific Conditions Still Not 'Normal' After Blob
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Daily Astorian] by Katie Frankowicz August 2, 2017
Not long into a survey cruise off the Oregon Coast in June, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries biologist Jen Zamon began to wonder, “Where are all the birds?”
Two seabird species in particular make up the vast majority of the birds she expects to see on these near shore research trips: common murres, a diving bird related to puffins, and sooty shearwaters, a relative of the albatross that migrates from New Zealand.
But now long stretches of time would pass between sightings...
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