Where We Work

Our Research and Activity in South Carolina

State-Related Research Projects

• The Impact of Temperature and Salinity on Pesticide Toxicity
• Risk Assessment of Mosquito-Control Agents
• Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Coastal Waters
• Nanomaterials in the Marine Environment: The Use of Salt-Marsh Mesocosms to Study Transport and Partitioning
• Coastal Marine Mammal Stranding Assessments
• Robotic, Underwater Sensor for Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins
• Rapid Detection of Harmful Algae
• Azaspiracid: An Emerging Algal Toxin
• Epidemiological Modeling and Outbreak Investigations for Marine Wildlife
• Toxic Prymesium parvuum: Characterization of Toxins Affecting Aquaculture, Environmental and Human Health
• Sharing Simple and Fast Algal Toxin Detection tests to Developing Countries
• Mapping Deep Corals in the US South Atlantic to Conserve Vulnerable Fish Habitat and Ecosystems
• Hand Held Sensor for Domoic Acid Poisoning of Marine Mammals
• Stormwater Runoff in Coastal Watersheds: Predicting Impacts of Development and Climate Change
• Coastal Ecological Assessments and Indicator Development
• Evaluating Changes in Health and Well-being in Communities Affected by the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
• National Phytoplankton Monitoring Network
• Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Database: Construction, Documentation and Use
• National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP) Coastal Assessment
• The EcoGIS Project— Tools for Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management

Recent Related News and Headlines

• NCCOS Staff Member Advises Fishery Management Council on Coral Conservation Issues
• NCCOS Marine Forensic Scientists Share Science with South Carolina District-wide Magnet Students
• New Research Points to Better Method to Weigh Risk of Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria | National Ocean Service
• Habitat for Humanity and NCCOS: Helping Build a Community
• S.C. Dolphin Drama: Humans Try to Help Distressed Animal | The Post and Courier | Charleston SC
• New Manual for Lionfish Control Identifies Strategies for Local Intervention
• Graduate Student to Present Research at International Conference
• Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Grant Awarded to NOAA Partner
• Dead Dolphin in May River Prompts Concern, Investigation
• Bittersweet saga of the ‘real’ Folly Beach baby dolphin | The Post and Courier
• Study reveals link between dolphin skin disease and climatic factors
• Rise in Asian Tiger Shrimp sightings prompts scientific look at invasion concerns | NOAA Press Release
• Partnerships: Bringing Scientists and Resource Managers Together to Explore Opportunities for Using Fisheries Acoustics in the Southeast US
• External Panel Focuses on Laboratory’s Future
• Cold Water Anomaly May Explain 2011 Unusual Bottlenose Dolphin Mortalities