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Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Database: Constructi...

We reviewed published information on the status of Atlantic coastal fish habitats and recorded it in a spatial bibliographic database for the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership. The results included ...

Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Atlantic Ocean, Waterbodies, david.moe.nelson@noaa.gov, john.christensen@noaa.gov

Baseline Assessment of Contaminants and Ecological...

We studied the water contaminant levels in the bay and the coral reef ecosystems just outside to develop a baseline environmental assessment of water quality and living marine resources of ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, dave.whitall@noaa.gov

Baseline Assessment of Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico in...

We completed a baseline assessment of the environmental conditions in Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico, to help coastal managers identify the most appropriate restoration projects, and their effectiveness, in support of ...

Coastal Change, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Restoration, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, dave.whitall@noaa.gov

Baseline Environmental Assessment off St. John, U....

Watershed restoration projects are being conducted on St. John, USVI, to improve the health of coral reef ecosystems, create jobs, improve island infrastructure, and obtain a better understanding of the ...

Assessing Human Use, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Ecosystem Services Valuation, Marine Spatial Ecology, , Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Caribbean Sea, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies, charles.menza@noaa.gov, dave.whitall@noaa.gov

Benthic Habitat Characterization and Climate Chang...

Cordell Bank, Greater Farallones and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuaries harbor diverse communities of deep-water fish, corals and sponges. Corals and sponges associated with groundfish habitat face many threats, including ...

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, peter.etnoyer@noaa.gov

Benthic Habitat Mapping for Buck Island Reef Natio...

Summary: We developed benthic habitat maps for the Buck Island Reef National Monument, north of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The bathymetry (depth) data we collected was used ...

Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, bryan.costa@noaa.gov, tim.battista@noaa.gov

Benthic Habitat Mapping in American Samoa, Guam, a...

NCCOS produced a georeferenced, digital atlas of benthic habitat maps for the shallow-water (< 30m) coral ecosystem habitats around the U.S. Pacific Territories of American Samoa, Guam, and Commonwealth of ...

Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, U.S. States and Territories, john.christensen@noaa.gov, tim.battista@noaa.gov

Benthic Habitat Mapping in Puerto Rico and the U.S...

We conducted benthic habitat mapping of shallow-water coral reef areas off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to inventory the coral reefs and related bottom types. Before this project, ...

Coral, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies, matt.kendall@noaa.gov

Benthic Habitat Mapping of Coral Reefs in Florida,...

We are producing benthic seafloor habitat maps to help coastal managers assess, protect, and preserve the condition of coral reef ecosystems. Why We Care Coral reef ecosystems are enormously valuable ...

Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, john.christensen@noaa.gov, tim.battista@noaa.gov

Benthic Habitat Mapping of Florida Coral Reef Ecos...

NOAA mapped the shallow-water (less than 25 meters deep) coral reef ecosystems of the Florida Keys to support research, conservation, and management activities of state and federal agencies, including the ...

Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Seagrasses, Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, tim.battista@noaa.gov

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NCCOS Supports Historic Offshore Wind Energy Aucti...

In a big step toward a cleaner and more sustainable future, the Department of the Interior successfully conducted the first-ever offshore wind energy auction for the Gulf of Mexico region ...

August 30, 2023 Marine Spatial Ecology, Offshore Wind, Gulf of Mexico, Waterbodies, james.morris@noaa.gov

National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Sampling in...

Figure shows all sites completed from August 7-11, 2023 across St Thomas and St John, USVI (n = 287). NOAA scientists have recently completed surveying the status of coral reef ...

August 24, 2023 Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Protected Species, Atlantic Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies, kimberly.edwards@noaa.gov

NCCOS Partners with BOEM to Identify Draft Wind En...

Oregon Draft Wind Energy Areas, August 2023. Credit: BOEM. Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced two Draft Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) off the coast of Oregon. These ...

August 15, 2023 Marine Spatial Ecology, Offshore Wind, Oregon, U.S. States and Territories, james.morris@noaa.gov

Final Oyster Sampling to Support Aquaculture Model...

Brandon Puckett (left) and Jason Spires (right) process the final sample of oysters to complete the oyster growth curve used to calibrate the FARM model, July 18, 2023. Credit: NOAA ...

August 7, 2023 Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Environmental Modeling, Marine Spatial Ecology, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, jason.spires@noaa.gov, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov

Final Wind Energy Areas Identified in the Central ...

A map of the final WEAs. Credit: BOEM Continuing in efforts to pave the way for offshore wind energy development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has identified three ...

July 31, 2023 Marine Spatial Ecology, Offshore Wind, Delaware, Maryland, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, james.morris@noaa.gov

National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Sampling in...

NOAA divers surfacing just offshore of Old San Juan. All diving operations were performed aboard the charter vessel Simply Caught 2, captained by Frank Askew. NOAA scientists are conducting surveys ...

July 25, 2023 Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Protected Species, Atlantic Ocean, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kimberly.edwards@noaa.gov

New Research Sheds Light on Altered Freshwater Flo...

Bethany Williams and Arliss Winship pull in a trawl to survey fish in Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. A new publication in Estuaries and Coasts demonstrates how human-altered freshwater ...

July 12, 2023 Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, bethany.williams@noaa.gov

Coral Restoration for Coastal Resilience: A Decisi...

Description of the key ecological, and hydrodynamic processes and criteria for coral restoration for coastal protection at multiple spatial scales (Viehman et al., 2023 Figure 3). Coastal hazards and the ...

July 5, 2023 Coastal Change, Coral, Marine Spatial Ecology, Natural and Nature-based Features, Restoration, Sea Level Rise, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies, shay.viehman@noaa.gov

Study Aims to Identify Which Artificial Oyster Ree...

Inserting an acoustic transmitter in a fish from the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR), 2023. Credit: NOAA. Experimental oyster reefs made from different substrates are the focus of a ...

June 26, 2023 Marine Spatial Ecology, Shellfish/Algae Planning and Siting, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, matt.kendall@noaa.gov

NCCOS to Support Spatial Analysis for NOAA Aquacul...

Alaska aquaculture in practice - seaweed farming in Doyle Bay, Alaska with Seagrove Kelp Co. Credit: NOAA Fisheries In an effort to boost Alaska's blue economy and cultivate a thriving ...

June 2, 2023 Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Marine Spatial Ecology, Alaska, U.S. States and Territories, meghan.balling@noaa.gov

Products

Maps, Tools & Applications

Majuro (Marshall Islands) BIOMapper

BIOMappers let you interactively view data, aerial imagery, dive photography, underwater video and related publications developed for the benthic habitat mapping of many U.S. coral reefs. In addition to viewing benthic habitat data, you can examine the attributes of the data and show different thematic representations. Photos and videos taken during dive missions are linked to the location of the dives.
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Marine Biogeographic Assessment of the Main Hawaiian Islands

This Data Explorer Map contains datasets including marine environment, benthic habitats, fishes, sea turtles, marine mammals and seabirds off the Main Hawaiian Islands. This work supports the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) review of lease requests for renewable energy projects in federal waters, to minimize potential impacts to the ecosystem. This assessment is part of a larger process by BOEM and State of Hawaii to evaluate renewable energy proposals offshore of MHI.
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National Benthic Inventory

The NOAA National Benthic Inventory (NBI), is a dynamic quantitative database and associated website describing the occurrence and abundance of benthic species collected in studies conducted by NOAA and partnering institutions in estuarine and coastal-ocean areas of the United States.
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NCRMP Benthic Analysis Software

An R package specifically designed to compute summary statistics from the site to the regional level using benthic coral reef data collected from the Atlantic regions of NOAA's National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) is available on GitHub. This tool is available for public use and also serves as a data repository.
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NOAA Deep Sea Coral Data Portal

Access deep sea coral and sponge data: Digital Map allows for search, discovery, and download of the National Deep-Sea Corals and Sponges Database. All points are categorized and colored by common vernacular categories. Users can search by taxon, region, time, and depth. Data downloads can be initiated using the search parameters on the map and the on-screen geographic extent.

Contributing Partners: NOAA’s Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP) and its partners.

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Northeast Reserve (PR) BIOMapper

Nutrient and Coliform Loading

The Nutrient and Coliform Loading website is a database of available fecal coliform bacteria, fecal streptococci bacteria, and nutrient loading data. The website can be used to quickly identify available measures of loading from different landuses (bacteria and nutrients) and animals (bacteria only).
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Palau BIOMapper

Palmyra BIOMapper

Puerto Rico BIOMapper

Data & Publications

An integrated environmental assessment of the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER)

The St. Thomas East End Reserves, or STEER, is a collection of Marine Reserves and Wildlife Sanctuaries (MRWS) located on the southeastern end of the island of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. With an area of approximately 9.6 km2 , ...

An introduction to NOAA's National Database for Deep-Sea Corals and Sponges

NOAA's Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP) is compiling a national database of the locations of deep-sea corals and sponges, beginning in U.S. waters. The DSCRTP will make this information accessible to resource managers, the scientific community, and ...

An Investigation of Survey Technologies and Modeling Techniques for Improving Deepwater Surveys of Nonindigenous Species in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

This report examines survey technologies, with a focus on towed camera systems (TCSs), and modeling techniques which can increase nonindigenous species (NIS) detection and sampling efficiency in deepwater habitats of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI); thus filling a critical data gap ...

An Oceanographic Characterization of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary and Pacific Northwest: Interpretive Summary of Ocean Climate and Regional Processes Through Satellite Remote Sensing

This summary represents the continuation of an ongoing collaboration with the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS), and the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), through ...

Application of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) to Deep-Sea Benthic Surveys in the Northeast Pacific: Lessons from Field Tests in 2015

The Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) is a comprehensive, standard terminology published in 2014. The standard is intended to unify habitat classification efforts, in order to allow for broader integration and comparison of data. The standard is well-developed, ...

Archeolourinia shermani, a new genus and species of Louriniidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from a Caribbean mesophotic zone

Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are found on the insular and continental slopes of Caribbean islands and comprise mainly scleractinian corals, sponges and macroalgae. These species provide habitat for a highly diverse and specialized crustacean fauna. A new genus and species ...

Assessment of dredged material created habitat in the South Atlantic Bight - Fernandina Beach Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS)

The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) collaborated with EPA Region 4 Water Protection Division of Coastal and Marine Resources and Wetland Enforcement Section to assess Ocean Dredge Material Dump Sites (ODMDS) as essential fish habitat off the coast ...

Assessment of Ecological Condition and Potential Stressor Impacts in Offshore Areas of Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

In June 2015, the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science conducted an assessment of the status of ecological condition of unconsolidated, soft-bottom habitat and overlying waters at 30 sites from 11 – 99 m depth in targeted shelf areas ...

Assessment of Existing Information on Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitats: Development of a web-based spatial bibliography, query tools, and data summaries

The primary objective of this project, "the Assessment of Existing Information on Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat", is to inform conservation planning for the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP). ACFHP is recognized as a Partnership by the National Fish Habitat ...

Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium

The ecological success of shallow-water reef-building corals (Hexacorallia: Scleractinia) is framed by their intimate endosymbiosis with photosynthetic dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium (zooxanthellae). In contrast, the closely related black corals (Hexacorallia: Anthipatharia) are described as azooxanthellate (lacking Symbiodinium), a trait ...

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