Osamu Shimomura (August 27, 1928 – October 19, 2018)

Marine biologist Osamu Shimomura (下村 脩) has passed away at the age of 90. Dr. Shimomura shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his isolation of green fluorescent protein. Dr. Shimomura purified the 26.9 kD protein from local jellyfish (Aequorea victoria) collected off the FHL docks. A large number of jellyfish …

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Puget sound phytoplankton counts – May 2012

Jack Rensel reports that diatoms are dominant in North/Central Puget Sound today, including Chaetoceros (Hyalochaete spp.), Thalassiosira, Nitzchia spp. Near Port Angeles Randy Hodgin reports relatively clear water with naturally low dissolved oxygen, following a Thalassiosira bloom a few days ago when dissolved oxygen was supersaturated. The MODIS satellite image …

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Puget sound phytoplankton counts – May 2012

Jack Rensel reports that diatoms are dominant in North/Central Puget Sound today, including Chaetoceros (Hyalochaete spp.), Thalassiosira,  Nitzchia spp. Near Port Angeles Randy Hodgin reports relatively clear water with naturally low dissolved oxygen, following a Thalassiosira bloom a few days ago when dissolved oxygen was supersaturated. THe MODIS satellite image …

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