This edition of Eyes over Puget Sound looks back at some of
our most memorable photos this year.
Sort
of an aerial review of Puget Sound and the conditions we documented.
The pictures tell a story that low oxygen conditions
persisted from January into August. Our scientists say we broke a two-year
anomaly of more favorable water quality conditions (lower temperature and
salinity and higher dissolved oxygen).
We had dramatic red-orange Noctiluca blooms in May, which
was a month earlier than normal. The blooms lasted for two months and coincided
with lower oxygen.
Large jellyfish patches persisted through the winter, but
were less visible the rest of the year.
Large drifting algal mats appeared in August.
I’m suggesting my own Cute Award of images from 2013. Let’s
give it to the baby
seal that visited our float plane in September!Eyes Over Puget Sound combines high-resolution photo observations with satellite images, en route ferry data between Seattle and Victoria BC, and measurements from our moored instruments.
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