Fig. 1

Bathymetric maps showing the Salish Sea and Northeast Pacific coast (A), the Strait of Georgia (B), and the area surrounding long-term monitoring station QU39 in the northern Strait of Georgia (C). Also shown are: the Fraser River (grey), rain- (tan), snow- (pink), and glacier-dominated (blue) watersheds that drain into the Strait of Georgia (upper left and right panels); arrows denoting intermediate water inflow to the Strait of Georgia (blue arrows), Sabine Channel, QU39 (red circle) and the Environment and Climate Change Canada Sentry Shoal weather buoy (buoy 46,131, green triangle), and a wind rose displaying Environment and Climate Change Canada Sentry Shoal weather buoy hourly data recorded over the duration of this study.