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Tufted puffin dives for fish on the Oregon coast

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Tufted puffins are an iconic species in the Pacific Northwest that provide a wide range of ecological, economic, and historically important services such as ecotourism for local communities- and bringing marine derived nutrients to terrestrial habitats.

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Illustration by Carina Kusaka, Oregon State University. Copyright permission agreement on file and is granted for the USGS to reproduce the above-cited work at no cost.