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Aquatic Science
The DNR Aquatics Science Program is composed of two teams: the Aquatics Assessment and Monitoring Team (AAMT) and the Nearshore Habitat Program (Nearshore). These teams monitor aquatic lands and design research projects, analyzing the data to inform the science-based management of state-owned aquatic lands and associated species and habitats. The work of the Aquatic Science Program supports the statutory goals of the DNR Aquatics Division - to Ensure Environmental Protection and Foster Water-Dependent Uses. Below are 2-page fact sheets that showcase some of the work that is conducted by the Aquatic Science Program in support of the DNR Aquatic's mission
Ensure environmental protection
Aquatic vegetation
Eelgrass
Eelgrass Monitoring Program
West Sound eelgrass monitoring program
Eelgrass Restoration Program
King County project
Eelgrass restoration and water quality
Eelgrass research
Eelgrass and climate change
Eelgrass and ocean acidification
Kelp
Supporting kelp recovery efforts
Kelp monitoring
Long-term canopy-forming kelp monitoring on the Coast and Strait
Kelp canopy monitoring in Washington
Understory kelp monitoring
Kelp research
Kelp light requirements
Kelp and climate change
Changing ocean conditions
Acidification Nearshore Monitoring Network (ANeMoNe)
Engaging the public in ocean acidification science
Eelgrass and ocean acidification
Ocean acidification at habitat boundaries
Anthropogenic alterations to the environment