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Posted on June 17th, 2013 in Coastal Pollution, Ecological Forecasts & Tools, Ecosystem Management, Hypoxia & Eutrophication, Invasive Species, Sponsored Research
On June 2-6, NCCOS led several sessions at this year’s International Association for Great Lakes Research annual conference at Purdue University. Our Great Lakes research addresses critical ecosystem and watershed-scale issues in the region such as invasive species, nutrient management hypoxia and impacts of multiple stressors. Sessions featuring NCCOS science included: Using Data and Models to Link [...]
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Posted on June 9th, 2013 in Coastal Pollution, Ecological Forecasts & Tools, Ecosystem Management, Harmful Algal Blooms, Human Health, Hypoxia & Eutrophication, Monitoring
On June 5, the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) kicked off the 2013 Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) forecasting season with its first weekly forecast for Lake Erie. Running from June to October, these forecasts generate bulletins which are sent to and used by local, regional, state and federal managers overseeing beach closures, increased drinking [...]
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Posted on June 9th, 2013 in Changing Temperature & Hydrology, Climate Impacts, Coastal Pollution, Ecological Forecasts & Tools, Ecosystem Management, Hypoxia & Eutrophication, Sponsored Research
An NCCOS-sponsored project publication was selected for the 2012 Chandler-Misener Award by the Journal of Great Lakes Research. Titled “Historical pattern of phosphorus loading to Lake Erie watersheds,” the paper quantifies trends in phosphorus (P) loading to Lake Erie watersheds from 1935 to 2007. Over this 70-year period, P input to Lake Erie increased to peak values in [...]
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Posted on May 8th, 2013 in Coastal Pollution, Ecological Forecasts & Tools, Ecosystem Management, Hypoxia & Eutrophication, Sponsored Research
In overlapping venues on 17-18 April 2013, NCCOS co-led the Forum for Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Research Coordination and Advancement, and represented NOAA at the U.S. Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient (Hypoxia) Task Force Spring 2013 Public Meeting; both meetings aimed at advancing management mandates of the Hypoxia Task Force to reduce the [...]
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Posted on May 8th, 2013 in Ecological Forecasts & Tools, Ecosystem Management, Forecasting, Harmful Algal Blooms, Sponsored Research
On May 2, 2013, NOAA’s North Atlantic Regional Collaboration Team convened a workshop at the Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region in Woods Hole, MA to explore regional capabilities and needs for ecological forecasting. Long-term science support from NOS’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science has led to a Harmful Algal Bloom forecast currently [...]
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Posted on May 7th, 2013 in Ecological Forecasts & Tools, Ecosystem Management, Forecasting, Harmful Algal Blooms, Sensor Development, Sponsored Research
An NCCOS-funded research team led by Dr. Donald Anderson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has deployed an autonomous ocean sensor, called the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) in the Atlantic Ocean off Portsmouth, New Hampshire for monitoring and prediction of New England Red Tides. A key project goal this year is to maintain ESP coverage in [...]
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Posted on May 7th, 2013 in Ecological Forecasts & Tools, Ecosystem Management, Forecasting, Harmful Algal Blooms, Sponsored Research
The 2013 spring and summer red tide reason in New England is expected to be “moderate” according to NCCOS’s partner, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), forecast last month. Ocean and weather data from the Gulf of Maine buoys play an important role in this forecasting effort. When developing this new red tide forecast system, scientists depended on historical [...]
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Posted on April 30th, 2013 in Changing Temperature & Hydrology, Climate Impacts, Coastal Pollution, Ecological Forecasts & Tools, Ecosystem Management, Forecasting, Harmful Algal Blooms, Hypoxia & Eutrophication, Sponsored Research
According to a new multi-investigator study, with contributions from researchers funded by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science’s (NCCOS) Ecological Forecasting Program in Lake Erie, the record-breaking 2011 Lake Erie cyanobacteria bloom was likely caused by a combination of changing farming practices and weather conditions; conditions predicted to continue under a changing climate. The study led [...]
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