BOEM-Oregon Science Exchange Webinar 4

Benthic Communities Off the Pacific Northwest

BOEM Benthic Biologist Lisa Gilbane will present information about the bottom of the sea and the distribution of benthic (bottom-dwelling) invertebrates. She will discuss this fascinating study by BOEM and Oregon State University, in which researchers videotaped, photographed, and sampled seafloor communities in several offshore locations to understand the relationship between habitat characteristics and inhabitants. The study will allow researchers to predict where specialized communities are likely to exist.

Please join the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in the next BOEM-Oregon Science Exchange webinar from 10:00-10:30am PDT (17:00-17:30 UTC) on Wednesday, January 20, 2016.  This will be the fourth in the series of webinars on BOEM-funded studies related to renewable energy off the Oregon coast.