Recent Publications and Features
- Amerson, A., and D. Dexhimer. 2025. “Enhancing marine wildlife observations: the application of tethered balloon systems and advanced imaging sensors for sustainable marine energy development.” Marine Biology 172 (68).
- Washington Power Technologies Office. 2024.“Triton Initiative Develops Technologies and Tools to Support Environmental Monitoring.” Department of Energy, Water Power Technologies Office.
- Schmalz, D. 2024. “A federal research initiative to facilitate marine energy projects wraps its operations in Big Sur.” Monterey County Weekly.
- Cotter, E., J. McVey, L. Weicht, and J. Haxel. 2024. “Performance of Three Hydrophone Flow Shields in a Tidal Channel.” JASA Express Letters 4: 016001.
- Haxel, J., C. Bassett, B. Polagye, K. Raghukumar, and C. Gunn. 2023. “Listening to the Beat of New Ocean Technologies for Harvesting Marine Energy.” Acoustics Today Magazine 19 (4): 23–31.
- Fontaine, L. 2023. “Monitoring for Marine Life.” University of Washington, Mechanical Engineering.
- Amerson, A., I. Gonzalez-Hirshfeld, and D. Dexheimer. 2023. “Validating a Tethered Balloon System and Optical Technologies for Marine Wildlife Detection and Tracking.” Remote Sensing 15 (19): 4709.
- Popper, A., J. Haxel, G. Staines, S. Guan, S. Nedelec, L. Roberts, Z. D. Deng. 2023. “Marine Energy Converters: Potential Acoustic Effects on Fishes and Aquatic Invertebrates.” The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154: 518–532.
- Cotter, E. and G. Staines. 2023. “Observing Fish Interactions with Marine Energy Turbines Using Acoustic Cameras.” Fish and Fisheries 24 (6): 1020–1033.
- Triton Special Issue: Results and recommendations from the Triton Field Trials were then published in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering special issue entitled, “Technology and Methods for Environmental Monitoring of Marine Renewable Energy.” Read the special issue here!
Check out our Resources page for more publications and features!
Webinars
MArine Energy Careers
Triton talks webinars
- Introducing the Triton Initiative and the Triton Field Trials
- Predictive Modeling with Kate Buenau
- Science Communication with Cailene Gunn
- Electromagnetic Fields with Molly Grear
- Collision Risk with Garrett Staines
- Underwater Noise & Anthropogenic Light Research
- Changes in Habitat & Marine Energy Sustainability
To watch past Triton Talks webinars, go the Triton Talks YouTube Playlist
Triton Newsletter
- July 2025: New Animation on Particle Motion, Lab Notes, Abby Snortland Spotlight, and More!
- June 2025: Triton Expands its Research Topics, Tethered Balloon Systems Paper, and More!
- December 2024: 2024 Year in Review
- September/October 2024: New Projects Launching | Feature on Marine Energy Careers | 2024 State of the Science | and more!
- August 2024: Triton Explains Acoustic Particle Motion and Marine Energy | and more!
- June/July 2024: National Oceans Month | Update from Igiugig | Energy Technology Innovation Partnership Project, and more!
- May 2024: Deploying Triton-Tested Technologies in Alaska | The Future of PNNL-Sequim | Public Comment on the 2024 State of the Science Report
- April 2024: EIMR 2024 | Feature on Marine Energy Careers Panel | Happy Earth Day!
- March 2024: Triton Celebrates Women in Science | Spotlight: Kate Buenau | WPTO Accomplishments Report and More!
- February 2024: California Fieldwork | Tank Experiments at UNH | 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting and More!
- January 2024: Acoustics Today Magazine Feature, New Publication on Flow Shields, Marine Energy Careers Panel & More!
Access the full Triton newsletter archive here.
Podcasts
- Listen to Triton Project Manager Alicia Amerson on the Water Women podcast: Episode 84 - What is the deal with Marine Energy with Alicia Amerson
- Triton Communications lead Cailene Gunn was also featured on the Water Women podcast: Episode 92 - Communicating Science is Fun!! with Cailene Gunn
Past events
Webinars and Workshops
- Joe Haxel presented a talk titled “Monitoring the Environmental Effects of Marine Energy” at the Rosmond Evening Talks where he shared about the Triton Initiative’s past and current research projects. Watch the presentation: https://www.onrc.washington.edu/rosmond-evening-talks/
- Triton led a workshop that convened numerous subject matter experts from multiple countries to discuss the best way to measure particle motion to characterize underwater sound around marine energy installations. View the workshop's keynote presentation by Arthur Popper: Particle Motion, Fishes, and Invertebrates: What We Know and Don't Know!
- The Triton Talks webinar series is a deep dive into the research and results of the Triton Field Trials. These webinars are held the third Thursday of every month. To watch past webinars in this series, go to the Triton Talks YouTube Playlist.
- The Water Power Technologies Office hosted an R&D Deep Dive webinar series to share updates on tools, analysis, and emerging technologies to advance marine energy. Alicia Amerson and Joe Haxel presented on Underwater Observations – Monitoring the Environment around Marine Energy Devices. View the presentation here.
- Alicia Amerson presented for PNNL’s Community Science and Technology Seminar Series on Triton’s role in improving environmental monitoring technology and methods used to understand stressors caused by marine renewable energy devices. The seminar is titled Improving Environmental Monitoring, Reducing Stressors, and Getting Marine Renewable Energy Devices into the Water. Watch the seminar here.
- The Kearns and West Marine Energy Toolkit webinar series featured Triton Field Trials fish collision research and Triton Field Trials case studies for underwater noise generated by marine energy. Watch Garrett Staines' webinar on collision risk here. Watch Joe Haxel's webinar on underwater noise here.
- The Triton Field Trials team hosted the Collaboration for Marine Renewable Energy Environmental Monitoring Guidelines webinar at the Global OCEANS 2020 Conference. Watch the webinar here.
