1. Monitor the distribution of impacts of ocean and terrestrial climate change and variability on Puget Sound infrastructure, Tribal lifeways, ecosystems, native and invasive species, pathogens, human health, and quality of life. 2. What are the impacts and management implications of projected future climate conditions and climate variability on floodplains, watersheds, and shorelines? 3. How will climate change affect salmon survival at specific life stages, directly or through indirect effects to habitat and prey? 4. How will future climate and ocean conditions and variability affect fisheries and the viability and harvestability of shellfish? 5. What are the impacts of a changing climate on disease and toxic contaminants on salmon, forage fish, marine mammals, and marine vegetation, and people? 6. What is the abundance, distribution, and trend in forage fish population and what factors affect this? 7. Develop and apply tools to provide information and warnings about potential harm to resources, environmental, animal, and human health from extreme natural events. Assess responses to events and compile lessons learned. 8. Evaluate, identify, prioritize, and monitor chemicals, pollutants, and pathogens with impacts to marine and freshwater organisms. This includes toxicity testing, biomonitoring, and other types of monitoring for exposures and disease outcomes, chemicals of emerging concerns, and areas requiring cleanup or isolation.
