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Invertebrate animals and plants of Western Washington net pen sites
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A few of the massive numbers of surf scooters over winter near Cypress Island net pens in North Puget Sound. They actively feed on, around, and under the pens where increased productivity occurs due to the fish farm. counts in the winter of 2004 to 2005 in Deepwater Bay average about 1,500 birds, typically arrayed near the pens (M. Womer photo)