Topic

Topic pages summarize knowledge and resources within a subject area

Recent Topic Edits

Salish Sea References

Ecology Shoreline Photography Viewer
The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound provides a peer reviewed version of the wiki
PRISM Project Search
Washington Coastal Atlas
UW River History Project

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Topic pages provide a place for citation, synthesis and discussion of evidence and concepts. We expect these pages to be edited by multiple users--if you want to control information on a topic, publish a document.

Suggestions

Start by lumping pages. If page information becomes to dense or extensive, than split off information into sub-topics.
Initial topic pages may begin with bullet notes--no narrative is necessary--get information in circulation.
Avoid removing information provided by others, but rather organize information into a structure so that conflicting sources of evidence are presented together, and evidence is organized from most general to more specific.
watch topic pages of interest.

Topic Categories

The goal of topic categories are to associate rather than isolate information. Topic pages typically have the most categories associated with them. In general subject matter is divided into six areas: *Biology - topics concerned with living organisms

Chemistry - topics focused on the behavior or specific compounds and chemicals
Climate Change - topics related to human caused climate modification
Physical Sciences - topics concerned with the physical processes in the environment
Social Sciences - topics concerned with the dynamics of human systems
Development - topics that consider how humans modify the environment to develop certain services

There are sub-categories for each of these that have been added to reflect the addition of a body of documents and pages to the wiki. Topics might also be concerned with a particular type of Effort (Such as planning or restoration), or be associated with a type of Workgroup (such as State or Federal), or landform (such as Floodplain or Beach).

Topic Pages (except River Delta)

River Delta Topic Pages

The ESRP program has been leading topic page development as part of its River Delta Adaptive Management Strategy.

Topics Describing Critical Delta Dynamics	High Uncertainty Topics for Adaptive Management
Delta hydrodynamics and channels
Delta sediment dynamics and vegetation
Delta biodiversity and food webs
Delta utilization by salmon
Delta social dynamics
Delta flood and drainage	Drainage and flood effects are evaluated as part of the 'High Risk Project' component of the core monitoring strategy