NCCOS-funded research into the ecosystem effects of climate change may improve management of the commercially important shellfish populations in a warming climate. Stone crabs (Menippe mercenaria), normally found only in ...

In Fiscal Year 2011, the National Ocean Service's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) awarded nearly $5.8M to 14 new research projects under 6 different research programs. Projects were ...

Standing on the shores of Netarts Bay in Oregon on a sunny fall morning, it's hard to imagine that the fate of the oysters being raised here at the Whiskey ...

The NOAA Ocean Acidification Program and the NOAANational Centers for Coastal Ocean Sciencehave released a new competitive grants announcement for availability of grant funds for Fiscal Year 2012. An announcement ...

An NCCOS-funded researcher updated his innovative coastal marsh model and provided an interactive web based application. The web accessible zero-dimensional Marsh Equilibrium Model (MEM III) provides users a hands-on tool ...

Dr. Larry Robinson, NOAA Deputy Administrator, gives keynote address at the U.S. GLOBEC final symposium. A recent symposium sponsored through the Ocean Sciences Board of the National Academy of Science ...

NCCOSfunded scientists from the University of North Carolina documented the effect of rocky sills (shore-parallel, rock structures) on near shore habitat. Short rock sills are a common stabilization method and ...

Humans have dramatically increased the nitrogen load to coastal systems leading to eutrophication. Putting a monetary value on an ecosystem's ability to remove nitrogen is effective for communicating the significance ...

Despite an unexpectedly large algae bloom that shut down clam beds in Down East Maine several weeks ago, the 2011 red tide season has been relatively mild and could end ...

A new agreement between NOAA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allows these agencies to work more closely together to help coastal communities become more resilient. The agencies will share ...