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Azaspiracid: An Emerging Algal Toxin

Azaspiracids are a group of toxins first reported in the 1990s in Western European waters and are now reported to occur along both the East and West coasts of North ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Canada, Foreign Countries, Ireland, Michigan, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, greg.doucette@noaa.gov

Climate Change and Acidification Impacts on Cyanob...

The Great Lakes experience recurrent toxin-producing cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs). While cHAB events have been well-studied in recent years, little attention has been given to acidification in the Great ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Canada, Foreign Countries, Great Lakes, Michigan, Ohio, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, Wisconsin, erica.h.ombres@noaa.gov, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, reagan.errera@noaa.gov

Coastal Pollution Data Explorer

The Coastal Pollution Data Explorer will be an interactive web-based interface where users can explore spatial and temporal trends of chemical, physical, biological, and toxicological data. Users can compare, analyze, ...
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Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Canada, U.S. States and Territories, christine.addison@noaa.gov, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, felipe.arzayus@noaa.gov, mary.rider@noaa.gov

Expansion of Anatoxin-a Monitoring Methods for Har...

This project will improve monitoring and response to harmful blooms of cyanobacteria by expanding the utility of an existing analytical method for detecting members of the anatoxin-a family, a toxin ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Canada, Foreign Countries, Great Lakes, Michigan, New York, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

Interannual Variability of PSP Toxicity in Eastern...

The Gulf of Maine is impacted annually by Alexandrium fundyense blooms which can result in paralytic shellfish poisoning. Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) leads to significant economic impacts. The paralytic shellfish ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Canada, Foreign Countries, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

Modeling and mapping marine bird distributions on ...

Seabirds and other marine birds are wide-ranging and highly mobile so mapping their at-sea distributions presents a significant challenge. The purpose of this project was to produce high-resolution predictive maps ...
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Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Offshore Wind, Protected Species, Atlantic Ocean, Canada, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Foreign Countries, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Waterbodies, arliss.winship@noaa.gov, john.christensen@noaa.gov

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New Study Provides Insights into Marine Bird Distr...

To inform the sustainable development of offshore wind energy on the United States' Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), a recent study sheds light on the spatial and temporal distributions of ...
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Marine Spatial Ecology, Offshore Wind, Atlantic Ocean, Canada, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Foreign Countries, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, arliss.winship@noaa.gov

Pacific Northwest Tribes Participate in NCCOS-host...

Tribal members collecting phytoplankton. Credit: NOAA. NCCOS scientists hosted a phytoplankton and toxin monitoring workshop for Tribal environmental specialists from the First Nations Health Authority, part of the WATCH Community ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Canada, Foreign Countries, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, steve.morton@noaa.gov

Partnering to Advance Use of Nature-Based Solution...

Photo taken photo during field site visits in the upper Bay of Fundy during a visit to a managed dyke realignment that resulted in rapid marsh colonization into a previously ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Canada, Foreign Countries, paula.whitfield@noaa.gov

Exploring Nature-Based Features in Cold Regions: P...

A new story map highlights the partnership between NCCOS and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering With Nature Ⓡ (EWNⓇ) Program to advance nature-based solutions in cold regions ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Restoration, Sea Level Rise, Canada, Foreign Countries, Maine, U.S. States and Territories, leanne.poussard@noaa.gov, paula.whitfield@noaa.gov

New Research Raises Questions About How, Where Cya...

Cyanobacteria bloom in Maumee Bay, near Toldeo, Ohio, July 2015. Credit: Toldeo Aerial Media. New NCCOS-funded research shows that microbes in the water column may not play a primary role ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Canada, China, Foreign Countries, Great Lakes, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Waterbodies, john.wickham@noaa.gov

NCCOS “HABs Grab” Takes One-Day Snapshot of Lake E...

HABs Grab 2019 research team. Credit J. Chaffin, Ohio State University. Initiated and funded in part by NCCOS, scientists in the Western Basin of Lake Erie conducted the largest coordinated ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, Canada, Foreign Countries, Great Lakes, Michigan, Ohio, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, felix.martinez@noaa.gov

Underwater Robotic Sensors Deployed in Gulf of Mai...

Map showing locations of ESPs (yellow dots) and cruise survey stations (blue dots) in the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of Maine. Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Last week, ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sensor Development, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Canada, Foreign Countries, Maine, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

Beating the Spread: NCCOS Science Helps Managers N...

A recent  publication by NCCOS-funded scientists shows how new invasive species in the Great Lakes are easily dispersed by Lake Michigan and Lake Erie currents. Upper panels show the dispersal ...
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Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Canada, Foreign Countries, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, Michigan, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, felix.martinez@noaa.gov

NCCOS, Partners Improve Aquaculture Siting and Pro...

NCCOS and partners areusing computer modeling to determine the carrying capacity for shellfish aquaculture - and the related potential fornutrient removal - in South Puget Sound. The team's methodologies and ...
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Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Canada, Foreign Countries, Puget Sound, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov

Ocean Acidification Concerns, Information to be Ai...

The Northeast Coastal Acidification Network (NECAN) is planning an 'Ocean and Coastal Acidification Stakeholder Workshop' for December 10, 2014 at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Maine. As a member ...
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Coastal Change, Canada, Connecticut, Foreign Countries, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, U.S. States and Territories, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

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NCCOS Assessment: Modeling At-Sea Density of Marine Birds to Support Atlantic Marine Renewable Energy Planning (NCEI Accession 0176682)

This dataset provides seasonal spatial rasters of median predicted long-term (1978-2016) relative density of 47 marine bird species throughout the US Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and adjacent waters at a 2-km spatial resolution. Three indications of the uncertainty associated ...
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