Approach

Study Participants

USGS IAM Contributions

Study Participants

The IAM Study’s task participants and responsibilities are as follows.  Abbreviations used are listed at the end.

Program Administration                   

Provide resources to support program oversight and administration, and coordination of science activities among various partner organizations and others

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Jan Newton, University of Washington (UW), Applied Physics Lab

Co-Management Team: 

Dan Hannafious,  Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group

Jan Newton, UW-Applied Physics Lab


Marine Water Monitoring               

Utilize profiling moorings and nearshore transects to measure circulation and water quality            

Task Participants:

ORCA buoys, data analysis: 

UW-Oceanography
UW-PRISM 1
NANOOS 2    

Flux data:

UW-Applied Physics Lab

Transect data: 

Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group
HCDOP Citizen monitoring
Skokomish Tribe
UW-Applied Physics Lab   


Fresh Water Flow & Nutrient Loading         

Monitor flow and water quality in rivers, streams, groundwater and map associated land use 

Task Participants:

Ambient & storm sampling/flow measurements:

Skokomish Tribe
Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group
UW-Oceanography/PRISM
Mason County Environmental Health
Jefferson Conservation District
Kitsap County Health District
Mason Conservation District
Ecology
EnviroVision
United States Geological Survey      

Groundwater measurements:

United States Geological Survey  

Sample analysis/ supplies:   

UW-Oceanography/PRISM

Riparian assessment:   

Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe 

Data storage: 

Paladin
UW-PRISM
PSMEM

QAPP/ TMDL integration:

Ecology


Marine Life Studies

Assess DO effect on biota and biota effect on DO                        

Task Participants:

Benthic community assessment:  

Ecology
Western Washington University  

Fish disease and hypoxia:

United States Geological Survey 


Modeling and Analysis                            

Develop and verify computer models of marine and terrestrial system, run scenarios and corrective action analysis

Task Participants:

Marine waters:

UW-Oceanography/PRISM/PSMEM
United States Geological Survey 

Terrestrial:  

UW-Oceanography/PRISM 


Rapid Response & Diver Program           

Respond to fish kills and algal blooms, maintain diver observation records

Task Participants:

Emergency Response Program

Fish kill/phytoplankton bloom response:  

Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group
Skokomish Tribe

Fish kill pathology/supplies:

Washington Dept. Fish and Wildlife
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission   

Phytoplankton analysis/supplies: 

Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group
Skokomish Tribe
Pacific Shellfish Institute
UW-Oceanography

Diver Observation Program

Forms/data assimilation:  

Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group
Dive shops (4) 


1PRISM            Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model

2NANOOS            Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems