The Blob

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• Watershed Characterization Mapper
• The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
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• Washington Coastal Atlas
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In 2015 and 2016 a unforseen "marine heat wave" occured in the California Current of the North Pacific, radically affecting ocean productivity, reducing dissolved oxygen off the continental shelf.

Notes

• https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/looking-back-blob-record-warming-drives-unprecedented-ocean-change

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the level of oxygen gas present in water, indicating its ability to support aquatic life.