Andrew M. Ray Adam J. Sepulveda 2017 In recent years, Northwest Science has seen a significant increase in the number of submissions representing aquatic science. Our region is punctuated by aquatic systems. The current issue in particular, presents a number of new aquatic science contributions. Accordingly, Northwest Science invited the authors of this guest editorial to address the question, why is aquatic science so important in the Northwest? application/pdf 10.3955/046.091.0303 en BioOne Guest editorial: Aquatic science in the Northwest article