Evidence of a warm winter 2025-2026-annual Fuschia that we accidentally left hanging outside last autumn is doing very well this summer. Maybe this is more common than I think in our area. Anyway humming birds are loving it. Pender Harbour BC

A bucket list and lessons learned paper -short title Levings, C. D., & Macdonald, J. S. (2026). Historical case study of a transfer experiment that demonstrated the importance of the estuarine ecosystem for the survival of Chinook salmon . Journal of Fish Biology, 1–16. doi.org/10.1111/jfb....

Waiting for an occupant - crows nest in the Fraser River estuary BC. Spotted in a January 2026 walk. #addBirder

Thinking back to late summer (August) - moon jellyfish drifting under marine riparian - Douglas fir bough reflection - overhanging the high tide zone. Pender Harbour BC

Riparian on its way to detritus and food web in lower Fraser R -recalled a 1955 Russian paper on Lena R. delta an early freshwater tidal fish food web. 1 and 2 (fry) is iconic Taimen/Hucho). Draft fish name translations. Pirozhnikov P. L. 1955. Questions in Ichthyology Vol 3: 164-185 (in Russian

Chromatophores were working overtime on this spawned out chum salmon from the Chehalis River. BC. Image from my grandson Erik Levings. #marinelife

There is nothing as soothing as a tranquil stream flowing through the rain forest. In this case, Anderson Creek near Madeira Park, BC.

A fine set of bracket fungi seen today on an old oak tree in Chaldecott Park, Vancouver #fungi

Shallow and deep ecosystems in the Salish Sea, BC Canada 1. food web in real time - an octopus was still alive in the esophagus of a ling cod (Ophiodon elongatus) after it was caught 2. at high tide, a moon jelly moved into the marine riparian - fir tree branches are reflected in the image.

Really cool paper. You can see the point on the time series where #capitalism was invented!

Interesting review paper on non-native plant species and riverbanks. Topic likely relevant to estuaries too. Hardwick, J., et al. "The role of non-native plant species in modulating riverbank erosion: a systematic review." River Research and Applications (2025). doi.org/10.1002/rra....

📣 Exciting news! The Nippon Foundation and Scottish Association For Marine Science are embarking on a groundbreaking deep-sea research project to study "Dark Oxygen' – a revolutionary discovery of oxygen production in complete darkness on the #oceanfloor.

Aviation enabled our estuary studies British Columbia coast. Studies of mid coast fjords sometimes required flying to meet a ship eg Mallard from YVR sometimes climbed an hour to get over the mountains. CCG chopper flew us to Homathko R estuary. This is how we collected data in remote areas. 🌊🪸🐛

Animals of the marine riparian on the Salish Sea Black tail deer and Blue Heron🦅🦌🌊🌲

Collembola, chironomids and mites are some of the inverts found in the marine riparian zone in the Salish Sea, British Columbia. publications.gc.ca/collections/... gives details on invertebrates&food webs esp re juvenile salmon. See doi.org/10.1603/0046... for vegetation-invert connections 🐙 🌊

Always intrigued by how the high tide marks the edge of the marine riparian zone in the Salish Sea, British Columbia. Read about it here -https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/mpo-dfo/Fs70-5-2001-109-eng.pdf - includes food web collections to juvenile salmon.

British Columbia estuarine gammarid amphipod redux – see attached my past squibs. Scope for new work on indicator G. setosus colinlevings.ca/about/amphip... in BC fjords re changing temp & glacier retreat. Beasts are key estuarine salmon food in north temperate bit.ly/2FrfJoy p 98, 102 #addOcean 🌊

Undersea cables in the news these days. Way back in the day we sampled a telephone cable being recovered in the Salish Sea British Columbia and found 15 classes of organisms on it. The cable had been laid for 53 y. waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibl...

My side-gig in recent years -writing some West Coast marine ecology history items. It’s been fun -see attached papers on Ed Ricketts (Steinbeck friend) work in British Columbia; My memoir; notable cruise of USFCS Albatross in Salish Sea; History of ocean perch exploitation in the Gulf of Alaska.

Learned so much helping with this review paper on ecology and ocgy of land-ocean links, spearheaded by Brian Hunt @ubcoceans.bsky.social. oceans, small watersheds, mini estuaries, mountains, fjords, food webs #oceanography @earth2ocean.bsky.social aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Mink enjoying a drink on a hot day at Pender Harbour BC

ow.ly/pTgE50S1yyl Good stories here by Nick Rahaim about the fishing life of the Western Flyer after her 1940 trip to Sea of Cortez with Ricketts and Steinbeck. Includes a clip of my first fisheries job when I worked aboard her as a tech for the Halibut Commission.  www.cnrs-scrn.org/argonauta/pd...

  Sediment data (size, trace ele, chlor, pororsity, C,N)), meiofauna & macrofauna incl sea whips on beam-trawl &trap-transects Clio Channel, Broughton Arch. BC, CDN.Near Kalugwis Available thanks to colleague-Terri Sutherland co-lead bit.ly/3J6ZbBA doi.org/10.1002/aqc....

  Sediment data (size, trace elements, chlorophyll, pororsity, C,N)), meiofauna & macrofauna incl sea whips on beam-trawl & trap-transects Clio Channel, Broughton Arch. Near Kalugwis Available thanks to colleague-Terri Sutherland co-lead bit.ly/3J6ZbBA doi.org/10.1002/aqc.... troffe pics

Report from unique detailed surface trawl survey - Chinook salmon fry-smolt feeding across Fraser River BC Canada tidal freshwater channel wrt possible food sources from local & upstream habitat. From baseline sampling 1988. Thanks co-authors for great assistance. bit.ly/3Ux2OHF