The Puget Sound Navy Yard

Marine Riparian Vegetation Communities of Puget Sound Prepared in support of the Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership

Front and back cover photos courtesy of Washington Sea Grant. T he Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership (PSNP) has developed a list of valued ecosystem components (VECs). The list of VECs is meant to represent a cross-section of organisms and physical structures that occupy and interact with the physical processes found in the near-shore. The VECs will help PSNP frame the symptoms of declining Pug...

Nearshore Birds in Puget Sound Prepared in support of the Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership

ii Nearshore Birds in Puget Sound T he Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership (PSNP) has developed a list of valued ecosystem components (VECs). The list of VECs is meant to represent a cross-section of organisms and physical structures that occupy and interact with the physical processes found in the near-shore. The VECs will help PSNP frame the symptoms of declining Puget Sound nearshore ecosystem...

A Geomorphic Classification of Puget Sound Nearshore Landforms Prepared in support of the Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership

Acknowledgments T he Nearshore Science Team (NST) of the Puget Sound Nearshore Project recognized in early discussions the need for a geomorphic framework to guide shoreline restoration planning. These individuals clarified the rationale and the purpose for this document and provided valuable comments on early drafts of the report. This project also benefitted greatly from the input of Washingt...

Importance of Eelgrass Beds in Puget Sound

Seagras es, grass-I ike floweri ng plants in marine environments (Fig. I), inhabit intertidal and comparat ively hallow subtidal regions of e tuaries and the nearshore coastal zone, and support rather characteri tic animal assemblages regardles of the particular geographic location or species composition. There are few parts of the world's coastal zone whe re one or more of the 48 species of se...

Beaches and Bluffs of Puget Sound and the Northern Straits Prepared in support of the Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership