Wayne Landis and Peter Bryant have paper published in international journal

Wayne G. Landis (Institute of Environmental Toxicology/Huxley College) and Peter T. Bryant (Outstanding Senior 2008, Environmental Science Department) had their paper "Using Weight of Evidence Characterization and Modeling to Investigate the Cause of the Changes in Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasi) Population Dynamics in Puget Sound and at Cherry Point, Washington" published in the international journal "Risk Analysis."

The Pacific herring populations in Puget Sound were studied using data from the 1970s to the present, using a variety of methods. Decline of the Cherry Point Pacific herring was shown to have occurred simultaneously with the decline in Pacific herring stocks throughout the Puget Sound region. The study found a persistent and apparently irreversible reduction in numbers and life expectancy of Puget Sound's Pacific herring populations. The declines are best explained by the effects of disease and persistent organic pollutants such as dioxins and PCBs within the region.