Where We Work

Our Research and Activity in Alaska

State-Related Research Projects

• Ocean Acidification: Understanding Changing Chemistry in Alaska Coastal Waters
• Pollution and Biological Health Assessment of Fjords on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
• Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) Event Response: Responding to Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Outbreaks in Alaska
• Deep coral ecology, health, and diversity
• National Phytoplankton Monitoring Network
• Assessing Contaminants and Diseases in Subsistence Fish and Shellfish Caught from Native Alaskan Harvest Areas
• Coastal Ecological Assessments and Indicator Development

Recent Related News and Headlines

• NCCOS Scientists & Partners Share Coastal Science Results for Sustaining Alaska’s Food, Jobs, and Recreation
• Homer-area Scientists and Residents Rescue Wayward Alaskan Buoy
• Hotel Kasitsna: NCCOS Lodges Coast Guardsmen Raising Storm-sunk Boats
• Research Paper Documents History, Impacts of West Coast Harmful Algae Species
• NOAA Helps Improve Alaskan Biotoxin Testing Program
• Workshop Expands Greater Proactive Response to HAB Events in Alaska
• Lab Event Inspires the Next Generation of Underwater Explorers and Scientists
• Workshop Builds Local Science Capacity in Alaska
• NOAA Weather Radio Warns Alaskan Shellfish Gatherers to Avoid Toxic Harvest
• Partnerships: Bringing Scientists and Resource Managers Together to Explore Opportunities for Using Fisheries Acoustics in the Southeast US
• Pacific Northwest HAB Project Helps Predict Japanese Tsunami Debris Paths
• Cold, but fun! NCCOS builds marine research capacity by training scientific divers
• NCCOS scientists partnering with Alaska Native communities to understand losses of shellfish
• Kachemak Bay Marine Science Conference: Healthy Bays = Vibrant Alaska Communities
• New Tool for Identifying Harmful Algae in Alaska