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Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) Northwes...

Georges Bank, located off Cape Cod has long supported important commercial fisheries. From 1996 to 2008, NCCOS partnered with the National Science Foundation supporting the Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics Program ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Atlantic Ocean, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

How do Ocean Currents Connect Coral Reefs among Is...

Coral ecosystems are sustained by young fish and corals born locally, and by those drifting from other reefs on ocean currents. Identifying and protecting sources of young corals and fish ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Coral, Marine Spatial Ecology, Guam, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, matt.kendall@noaa.gov, matthew.poti@noaa.gov

How Natural and Nature-based Features Could Enhanc...

We will simulate sea level rise and rainfall scenarios to determine how mangroves in southwest Florida will be affected in the future and what protection they will provide against flooding, ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Sea Level Rise, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

How to Increase Ecosystem Services of Coastal Beac...

The project team will use long-term monitoring data along the Oregon and Washington coast to evaluate the impact of sea level rise and storms on the geomorphology and ecology of ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Sea Level Rise, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Oregon, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

How will Climate Change Affect Harmful Algal Speci...

We are supporting research that will determine how future increases in temperature and ocean acidity will affect harmful algal bloom species (HABs) and their grazers. Light micrograph of Karlodinium veneficum ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

Hypoxia in Green Bay, Wisconsin: Biogeochemical Dy...

Hypoxia conditions have plagued the lower part of Lake Michigan’s Green Bay and the Fox River for decades. We know nutrients are contributing to the problem, and we are developing ...
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CHRP, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Hypoxia, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, Wisconsin, felix.martinez@noaa.gov

Improving Application of Marsh Predictions under S...

Coastal marshes support communities and economies by providing protection from storm surge and habitat for valuable species and recreation. To preserve these benefits, managers need short- and long-term estimates of ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Restoration, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, christine.addison@noaa.gov, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

Influence of Shoreline Changes on Chesapeake and D...

We are supporting a large-scale research project to predict how shoreline development interacts with other stresses to change coastal ecosystems and the species that live in them. Research findings apply ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Restoration, Sea Level Rise, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

Informing Adaptation Decisions for Alaska’s Salmon...

We are integrating multiple areas of research on the impacts of ocean acidification (OA) and the influence of “tipping points” (i.e., regime shifts) on Alaska’s fisheries, particularly chum salmon in ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, Alaska, U.S. States and Territories, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov, erica.ombres@noaa.gov

Integrated Marine Protected Area Climate Tools (IM...

We are studying the effects of weather and climate on South Florida’s coastal ecosystems and developing models to predict corresponding changes in environmental health. We will deliver short-term (monthly, seasonal) ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, doug.pirhalla@noaa.gov

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Engineering With Nature® Podcast Episode Highlight...

NCCOS and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering With Nature® (EWN) Initiative began collaborating on coastal and community restoration projects in 2016. The evolution of these collaborations takes ...
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March 16, 2022 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Sea Level Rise, Maryland, New Jersey, U.S. States and Territories, steven.thur@noaa.gov

New Publication Reports Prevalence of Shellfish To...

Spring in the Bering Strait; several miles offshore, south of the community of Wales, Alaska. Credit: Gay Sheffield, University of Alaska Fairbanks/Alaska Sea Grant. The NCCOS Ecology & Oceanography of ...
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March 11, 2022 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Funding, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kathi.lefebvre@noaa.gov, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

NCCOS Research Supports Olympic Coast National Mar...

Surfers walk Second Beach, Washington, at sunset. Credit: Matt McIntosh, NOAA The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) has released its latest condition report, which assesses the status and trends ...
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March 9, 2022 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, bryan.costa@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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February 28, 2022 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

Story Map Highlights Approaches to Resilient Coast...

Cardiff State Park Living Shoreline Project. NOAA scientists co-developed a story map about protecting California's transportation infrastructure from sea-level rise and flooding, highlighting insights from a unique partnership between the ...
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February 22, 2022 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Sea Level Rise, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, christine.addison@noaa.gov, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

Webinar Highlights Science on Intermittently Open ...

Aerial view of Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, an intermittently open estuary in Southern California. Credit: NOAA. The California Coastal Resilience Network hosted a webinar highlighting research on intermittently ...
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February 1, 2022 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Sea Level Rise, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

Reef-Building Coral Species Differ in Tolerance to...

NCCOS-supported researchers investigating the effects of hypoxia (low oxygen) on threatened coral species discovered that some species have surprisingly high tolerance to declining ocean oxygen levels. While investigating staghorn coral ...
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January 18, 2022 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Funding, Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

New Study Unveils the Unique Seasonality in the De...

Interannual variations of winter and summer temperature in the Jordan Basin (location as shown in upper panel) at 150-m water depth. The vertical bars represent one standard deviation over the ...
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December 2, 2021 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Gulf of Maine, Waterbodies, yizhen.li@noaa.gov

NOAA Socioeconomic Research Highlights Impacts of ...

Fisher casts net to collect bait fish in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Credit: NOAA. Small-scale fishers and fish dealers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands surveyed in ...
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October 27, 2021 Assessing Human Use, Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coral, Ecosystem Services Valuation, Marine Spatial Ecology, , Atlantic Ocean, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies, chloe.fleming@noaa.gov, mary.allen@noaa.gov, matthew.mcpherson@noaa.gov

Understanding Processes Driving Sand Dune Erosion ...

Coastal sand dunes are dynamic features that are continuously evolving due to winds and waves. The relative importance of these complex coastal processes that determine if sand is added to ...
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September 27, 2021 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

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Developing and managing transdisciplinary and transformative research on the coastal dynamics of sea level rise: Experiences and lessons learned

There is increasing emphasis from funding agencies on transdisciplinary approaches to integrate science and end-users. However, transdisciplinary research can be laborious and costly and knowledge of effective collaborative processes in these endeavors is incomplete. More guidance grounded in actual project ...
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Diel differences in abundance and diversity of fish species and blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) in the sandy beach shore zone of lower Delaware Bay

Diel sampling was conducted during JuneSeptember 2013, in the shore zone and adjacent nearshore zone of Delaware Bay, Delaware, to identify day and night changes in nekton density, species richness, and the species assemblage. Mean species richness and total nekton ...
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Direct and indirect impacts of shoreline development on shallow-water benthic communities in a depauperate estuarine system

Modification of natural coastlines is prevalent as human coastal populations swell and effects of global climate change become clearer. We investigated effects of shoreline hardening and environmental factors on benthic infauna and trophic structure in the Patuxent River, Maryland, a ...
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Diurnal Fluctuations in Acidification and Hypoxia Reduce Growth and Survival of Larval and Juvenile Bay Scallops (Argopecten irradians) and Hard Clams (Mercenaria mercenaria)

Diurnal variations in pH and dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations are common seasonal phenomena in many eutrophic estuaries, yet few studies have investigated the concurrent effects of low pH and low DO on marine organisms inhabiting these coastal systems. Here, we ...
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Diurnal fluctuations in CO2 and dissolved oxygen concentrations do not provide a refuge from hypoxia and acidification for early-life-stage bivalves

This study assessed the effects of constant and diurnally fluctuating acidification and hypoxia on the survival, growth, and development of larval stages of 3 bivalves indigenous to the east coast of North America: bay scallops Argopecten irradians, hard clams Mercenaria ...
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Dynamic responses and implications to coastal wetlands and the surrounding regions under sea level rise

Two distinct microtidal estuarine systems were assessed to advance the understanding of the coastal dynamics of sea level rise in salt marshes. A coupled hydrodynamic-marsh model (Hydro-MEM) was applied to both a marine-dominated (Grand Bay, Mississippi) and a mixed fluvial/marine ...
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Dynamic simulation and numerical analysis of hurricane storm surge under sea level rise with geomorphologic changes along the northern Gulf of Mexico

This work outlines a dynamic modeling framework to examine the effects of global climate change, and sea level rise (SLR) in particular, on tropical cyclone-driven storm surge inundation. The methodology, applied across the northern Gulf of Mexico, adapts a present ...
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Ecosystem Metabolism

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction; Basic Definitions and Concepts; Measuring Ecosystem Metabolism; Regulating Factors and Spatial/Temporal Patterns; Ecosystem Metabolism Case Studies; Cross?Ecosystem Comparisons; Metabolic Responses to Climate Change and Variability; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Citing Literature ...
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Effects of Local Shoreline and Subestuary Watershed Condition on Waterbird Community Integrity: Influences of Geospatial Scale and Season in the Chesapeake Bay

In many coastal regions throughout the world, there is increasing pressure to harden shorelines to protect human infrastructures against sea level rise, storm surge, and erosion. This study examines waterbird community integrity in relation to shoreline hardening and land use ...
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Effects of Local Watershed Land Use on Water Quality in Mid-Atlantic Coastal Bays and Subestuaries of the Chesapeake Bay

Nutrient inputs have degraded estuaries worldwide. We investigated the sources and effects of nutrient inputs by comparing water quality at shallow (< 2m deep) nearshore (within 200 m) locations in a total of 49 Chesapeake subestuaries and Mid-Atlantic coastal bays ...
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