The Newport Line team monitors the pulse of the ocean with year-round, bi-weekly sampling of phyto-, zoo-, ichthyo-plankton, and hydrography in continental shelf and oceanic waters off Newport, Oregon.
NOAA’s PMEL is a federal laboratory that makes critical observations and conducts groundbreaking research to advance our knowledge of the global ocean and its interactions with the earth, atmosphere, ecosystems and climate.
Scientists in this lab are conduct leading-edge research to provide the foundation for management decisions to protect, recover, restore and sustain ecosystems and living marine resources in the PNW.
This lab researches the behavioral responses of commercially important marine fishes to environmental factors critical to controlling their distribution and survival.
CIMERS brings together research partners across OSU to assist their NOAA colleagues in tackling complex multidisciplinary issues related to the marine environment and the sustainable use and management of marine resources.