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Focused Studies - South Puget Sound

We are conducting an integrated monitoring and modeling study of southern Puget Sound. The South Puget Sound Marine Environmental Modeling study (SPSMEM) is part of the Puget Sound Marine Environmental Modeling partnership (PSMEM) to study ecological processes throughout Puget Sound. The following reports have been produced by Ecology so far:

• South Puget Sound Water Quality Study (Phase 1)



• Summary of the South Puget Sound Water Quality Study

Miscellaneous results

Tools for evaluating areas of influence of pollutants within streams and marine waters of South Puget Sound - a paper (PDF, 1.3MB) and presentation (PPT, 2.9MB) for the 2005 Puget Sound Research Conference.

Estimating loads of nutrients, bacteria, dissolved oxygen, and total suspended solids from 71 watersheds tributary to South Puget Sound - a paper (PDF, 1.4MB) for the 2001 Puget Sound Research Conference.

Assessing sensitivity to eutrophication of the South Puget Sound basin - a poster (PPT, 3.3MB) for the 2001 Puget Sound Research Conference.

A three-dimensional water quality model of South Puget Sound - a poster (PPT, 0.34MB) for the 2001 Puget Sound Research Conference.

The EFDC water quality model: application to South Puget Sound - a presentation to the University of Washington, Ocean 506B course, 1999.