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PUGET SOUND
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1)

"It would be useful for future studies to obtain long hydrographic sections
that would allow for comparisons of offshore oceanic conditions with water
properties and circulation in Puget Sound."

From:
UNDERGRADUATE OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH: 
A LONGITUDINAL TRANSECT OF PUGET SOUND MAY 2002 AND HISTORICAL COMPARISON 
WYNNAE M. OSENGA CYNTHIA TOMKINS CHERYL GREENGROVE 
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - TACOMA
2002

Their transects suggest nutrient source is within the Main Basin, not the open
ocean via the Straits.  So what is the nutrient source and in what direction
are the fluxes?  Why don't they show up in the Straits?  Are nutrients entirely
recycled within the Main Basin?  Is the Main Basin therefore filling up with
sediment and organic material?  What is net flux from humans?  Are the main
human sources sewage outfalls, overflows, and agricultural inputs, or is
contaminated groundwater flow (septic tanks?) significant?  Are these
significant relative to the riverine fluxes?  Would it be good for the sound to
harvest biomass in order to reduce the nutrient concentrations?  What is the
flux of biomass (fish, etc) out of the Sound at present?

2) 

Where, if anywhere, might sedimentary records from before the last glaciation
exist in Puget Sound?  What information about past climate and Northwest nature
could be gleaned from such deposits?  Do similar deep pockets exist in Hood
Canal where anoxia is currently a growing concern?

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