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Posted on May 30th, 2013 in Ecology & Oceanography, Harmful Algal Blooms, Sensor Development
The widely read technology magazine, Popular Mechanics informed its readership about cutting-edge technologies underway at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) to expand applications of the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP), a robotic molecular biology laboratory operating autonomously beneath the ocean’s surface. NCCOS’s primary role in [...]
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Posted on May 8th, 2013 in Ecology & Oceanography, Forecasting, Harmful Algal Blooms, News Clips, Outreach, Sensor Development, Sponsored Research
A NCCOS-funded harmful algal bloom forecasting project is providing key information that one day will help scientists overcome the challenges of HAB forecasting and predict when and where blooms may occur. The prestigious Monterey Bay Research Institute (MBARI), a partner in the research, recently advertised the NCCOS harmful algal bloom forecasting project in a press [...]
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Posted on May 8th, 2013 in Ecology & Oceanography, Harmful Algal Blooms, Sponsored Research
Seeing the photos from the record-breaking algal bloom on Lake Erie in 2011 was like déjà vu for me. I grew up in the Great Lakes region in the 1960s and 1970s and remember the days when Lake Erie was declared “dead.” I later learned that the green scum that plagued the lake during summer [...]
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Posted on May 7th, 2013 in Ecology & Oceanography, Harmful Algal Blooms, International, Marine Biotoxin Impacts, Monitoring & Event Response, People and Infrastructure, Prevention, Control & Mitigation
On April 28-30, 2013, Dr. Robert Magnien of NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) chaired the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB). This year, IPHAB reviewed progress on harmful algae priorities and initiatives in partnership with other international organizations such as International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the [...]
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Posted on April 30th, 2013 in Coral, Ecology & Oceanography, Ecosystem Management, General Information, Vulnerability Assessments
In a newly published study, NCCOS researcher link sharks and other top predators with primary producers (benthic algae) in pristine, healthy coral reef ecosystems. “We used chemical signatures of carbon and nitrogen found in the tissues of the algae, invertebrates, fish, and sharks from the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM) to trace the extent benthic algae influences [...]
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Posted on March 29th, 2013 in Ecological Forecasts & Tools, Ecology & Oceanography, Ecosystem Management, Forecasting, Harmful Algal Blooms, Sponsored Research
In March, the Puget Sound Alexandrium Harmful Algal Bloom (PS-AHAB) Project (funded by The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science‘s Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) Program) issued the 2013 preliminary Alexandrium cyst map. This is part of PS-AHAB’s “just-in-time” information dissemination program to Puget Sound stakeholders to increase early warning capabilities for HAB events. Highest cyst [...]
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Posted on March 28th, 2013 in Ecology & Oceanography, Harmful Algal Blooms, Sensor Development
Two autonomous robotic Environmental Sample Processors capable of detecting the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia and its potent neurotoxin domoic acid were deployed off Huntington Beach, California in March as part of a novel ocean observing network. These underwater laboratories transmit data to shore from a toxin sensor designed by a researcher from NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal [...]
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Posted on March 28th, 2013 in Ecology & Oceanography, Forecasting, Harmful Algal Blooms, News Clips, Sponsored Research
New England should see a “moderate” red tide this spring and summer, according a report released this week by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Some shellfish harvesting beds might have to be closed in order to prevent people from eating contaminated food and getting sick. Red tide is [...]
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