{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KZYX The Ecology Hour","title":"Ecosystem Monitoring in the Gulf of Alaska","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/090176ba\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3538,"description":"Our guest, Dr. Mayumi Arimitsu of Ocean Bight LLC, is leading research on the pelagic (offshore) components of the food web, and also monitors forage fish that are the key link in the marine food web. She was formerly a Research Ecologist with the United States Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center. In this interview she takes us into the world of forage fish, what they are, why they matter, what is affecting them, and how that affects almost everything else in the marine environment. Much of her research involves marine heat waves and their effects on the food web. With the return of “The Blob” and a “super El Niño” we are concerned about another potentially catastrophic heat wave along the eastern Pacific.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/a3c1YbraVhwW4v2xenLWBwRd44ZTW5bgNm0iwR1snhg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ5Njg3LzE3MDc3/NzM3NzItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}