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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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Posted on April 22nd, 2013 in Forecasting, Harmful Algal Blooms, Monitoring & Event Response, Prevention, Control & Mitigation, Sensor Development
NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and partners will conduct the first field test of an underwater robot using an NCCOS-developed toxin sensor that will enable remote, automated measurements of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) produced by the dinoflagellate Alexandrium that causes toxic red tides in the Gulf of Maine (GOM). The robot, called the [...]
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Posted on April 13th, 2013 in Harmful Algal Blooms, Outreach
The only regular national harmful algal bloom forum and critical exchange for scientific and technical communication on all aspects of HAB research will be held in Sarasota, FL, from October 27-31, 2013. In addition to researchers, the symposium also includes key managers of harmful algae issues at the state and federal level which identifies opportunities to transition [...]
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Posted on April 8th, 2013 in Harmful Algal Blooms, Marine Biotoxin Impacts, Monitoring & Event Response, Prevention, Control & Mitigation
Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico are subject to multiple hazards, such as pollutants and natural toxins, including algae-produced brevetoxin. NCCOS scientists who have pioneered the measurement of brevetoxin in live animals from blood collection cards brought this method into operation with wildlife managers in Florida to support health assessment and rehabilitation. These cards were [...]
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Posted on April 4th, 2013 in Ecosystem Management, Harmful Algal Blooms, Marine Biotoxin Impacts, Monitoring & Event Response, Protected Species, Sponsored Research
In order to develop better methods of treatment, a researcher from the Mote Marine Lab received harmful algal bloom Event Response Program funds to investigate the physiological effects of brevetoxin exposure on manatees. A persistent red tide bloom of algae that produces this substance is responsible for a record number of manatee deaths this spring. Mote is working with [...]
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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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