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A 2015 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, ...

NCCOS scientist deploying caged oysters at a Severn River site in Chesapeake Bay. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants since 1986 ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, National Mussel Watch, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Maryland, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, mary.rider@noaa.gov

A 2015–2016 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contamina...

One of the Gulf of Maine mussel beds sampled by the Mussel Watch team. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants since ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, National Mussel Watch, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Maine, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, Lauren.Swam@noaa.gov

A 2017 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, ...

Mussel Watch team preparing to load supplies on NOAA small boat for sampling. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants since 1986 ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, National Mussel Watch, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, Lauren.Swam@noaa.gov

A 2018 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, ...

Mussel Watch Program collaborators from the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) collecting Mytilus mussels. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, National Mussel Watch, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, Lauren.Swam@noaa.gov

A 2019 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, ...

Mussel Watch Program site WBNA (Willapa Bay Nahcotta) in southern Washington. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants since 1986 and in ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, National Mussel Watch, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, Lauren.Swam@noaa.gov

A 2020 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, ...

Mussel Watch team members break apart clumps of oysters from Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, to prepare samples for analysis. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, National Mussel Watch, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Florida, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, Lauren.Swam@noaa.gov

A 2021 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, ...

Mussel Watch collaborators collecting mussels from Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants since 1986 and in recent decades ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, National Mussel Watch, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, Lauren.Swam@noaa.gov

A 2022 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, ...

Mussel Watch team processing Dressenid mussel samples in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants since 1986 and in ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, National Mussel Watch, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, Wisconsin, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, Lauren.Swam@noaa.gov

A 2023 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, ...

Mussel Watch team collecting oyster samples from Tampa Bay, Florida. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants since 1986 and in recent ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, National Mussel Watch, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alabama, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, Lauren.Swam@noaa.gov

A 2024 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, ...

Mussel Watch team collecting oyster samples from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants since 1986 and in recent ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, National Mussel Watch, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, Lauren.Swam@noaa.gov

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First Gulf of Alaska Harmful Algal Bloom Cyst Samp...

The first day of the research cruise consisted of small boat operations to collect sediment samples near-shore in Chiniak Bay. Credit: NOAA. National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) scientists ...

May 9, 2024 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, U.S. States and Territories, josie.galloway@noaa.gov

NOAA Predicts Moderate to Larger than Moderate Har...

Predicted bloom severity for 2024 as compared to previous years. Blooms with a severity index above 5 generally pose greater risk to drinking water and recreation in Lake Erie, but ...

May 2, 2024 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, Ohio, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov

Newly Patent Technology Destroys Forever Chemicals

The nanobubble ozone technology, or NBOT, coupled with ultraviolet (UV) light is now a U.S. patent protected process useful in destroying the forever chemicals, per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS). PFAS ...

May 1, 2024 Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, peter.moeller@noaa.gov

New Study Toward a Novel Approach for Controlling ...

The team developed these medium-sized alginate beads, which are now used in the project. NCCOS scientists and partners are now exploring a controlled-release method for managing harmful algal blooms (HABs) ...

April 26, 2024 Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, Kaytee.Pokrzywinski@noaa.gov

Hypoxic Area off Pacific Northwest Coast has Grown...

Massive die-offs of Dungeness crab have been documented off the Pacific Northwest Coast. Once dead, the crabs often wash up on beaches, such as these crabs photographed on Kalaloch Beach ...

April 24, 2024 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Ocean Acidification, Regional Ecosystem Science, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Citizen Scientists Trained to Identify Harmful Alg...

Dock Watch volunteers learn microscopy techniques from PMN’s Jen Maucher Fuquay (seated), February 2024. Credit: NOAA. At the request of the Smith Mountain Lake Association in Moneta, Virginia, NCCOS’s Phytoplankton ...

April 22, 2024 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, jennifer.maucher@noaa.gov

Help Scientists Restore Gulf of Mexico Habitats wi...

Photo of deep-sea reef community in Gulf of Mexico, collected as part of the research team’s restoration activities, 2022. Credit: NOAA. Vital seafloor habitats in the mesophotic and deep benthic ...

April 16, 2024 Coastal Change, Coral, Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Restoration, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Gulf of Mexico, Waterbodies, jordan.pierce@noaa.gov

Deepwater Horizon 2023 Gulf of Mexico Deep Sea Exp...

In 2010, more than 770 square miles of mesophotic and deep-sea habitats were injured by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In 2023, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the ...

March 20, 2024 Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Oil Spill, Regional Ecosystem Science, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Gulf of Mexico, Waterbodies, john.christensen@noaa.gov, terry.mctigue@noaa.gov

Empowering Alaskan Communities to Monitor for Harm...

Shellfish are a culturally important marine resource throughout coastal Alaska, and many communities harvest them for subsistence. However, with the threat of harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxins that can accumulate ...

March 14, 2024 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, U.S. States and Territories, Tod.Leighfield@noaa.gov

NCCOS-Supported Research Transitioning to Operatio...

Dungeness crab is Oregon’s most valuable single-species fishery. Photo Credit: Oregon Sea Grant. U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) has awarded Oregon State University with an ocean technology transition grant ...

March 6, 2024 CHRP, Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sensor Development, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

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Maps, Tools & Applications

Cyanobacteria Algal Bloom from Satellite in Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, NC

NCCOS developed the Algal Bloom Monitoring System to routinely deliver near real-time products for use in locating, monitoring and quantifying algal blooms in coastal and lake regions of the US. This application delivers a suite of bloom detection products in the form of geographic based images. At this time products are available for selected regions. New products are being evaluated, and new regions are being considered; as they are proven useful, they will be made available through this system.

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Cyanobacteria Algal Bloom from Satellite in Green Bay and Lake Winnebago, WI

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Cyanobacteria Algal Bloom from Satellite in Lake Okeechobee, FL

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Cyanobacteria Algal Bloom from Satellite in Lake Pontchartrain, LA

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Cyanobacteria Algal Bloom from Satellite in Saginaw Bay, MI

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Cyanobacteria Algal Bloom from Satellite in Western Lake Erie basin

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Experimental Gulf of Maine Alexandrium catenella Nowcast/Forecast Simulation

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Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring System

Harmful algal blooms (HABs), sometimes known as "red tide", occur when certain kinds of algae grow very quickly, forming patches, or "blooms", in the water. These blooms can emit powerful toxins which endanger human and animal health. NCCOS conducts and funds research that helps communities protect the public and combat blooms in cost-effective ways, and we are breaking new ground in the science of stopping blooms before they occur.
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Pharmaceuticals in the Environment

The Pharmaceuticals in the Environment website is designed to provide available information for assessing risks to aquatic resources from drugs entering waterways from both point and non-point sources. The website includes information on frequently prescribed drugs as well as most antibiotics and lipid-lowering drugs.
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Phytoplankton Monitoring Network

NCCOS runs the Phytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN) to link volunteers who monitor for marine phytoplankton and HABs in cooperation with professional scientists. We build a more informed public while expanding the reach and resolution of HAB monitoring. Over 200 PMN volunteers sample 140+ sites in 17 states and the US Virgin Islands.
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Data & Publications

2000 years of sustainable use of watersheds and coral reefs in Pacific Islands: A review for Palau

In Palau and everywhere in the world, coastal coral reefs are threatened by sedimentation resulting from land clearing in the watersheds. Palau's largest island of Babeldaob is particularly susceptible to significant erosion due to its steep topography, high rainfall, and ...

A Baseline Chemical Contaminants Assessment of Sediment from the Nu’uuli Pala Lagoon, American Samoa

Thirteen marine sediment samples were collected as part of an effort to characterize and assess chemical contamination in the Nu’uuli Pala Lagoon on the island of Tutuila, American Samoa. Overall, concentrations of organic contaminants in sediment from the Nu’uuli Pala ...

A Bayesian Semiparametric Regression Model for Joint Analysis of Microbiome Data

The successional dynamics of microbial communities are influenced by the synergistic interactions of physical and biological factors. In our motivating data, ocean microbiome samples were collected from the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, Monterey Bay at multiple time points and then ...

A changing nutrient regime in the Gulf of Maine

Recent oceanographic observations and a retrospective analysis of nutrients and hydrography over the past five decades have revealed that the principal source of nutrients to the Gulf of Maine, the deep, nutrient-rich continental slope waters that enter at depth through ...

A coupled physical-biological model of the Northern Gulf of Mexico shelf: model description, validation and analysis of phytoplankton variability

The Texas-Louisiana shelf in the Northern Gulf of Mexico receives large inputs of nutrients and freshwater from the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River system. The nutrients stimulate high rates of primary production in the river plume, which contributes to the development of a ...

A decade and a half of Pseudo-nitzschia spp. and domoic acid along the coast of southern California

Blooms of the marine diatom genus Pseudo-nitzschia that produce the neurotoxin domoic acid have been documented with regularity along the coast of southern California since 2003, with the occurrence of the toxin in shellfish tissue predating information on domoic acid ...

A high-resolution pre-operational forecast model of circulation on the Texas-Louisiana continental shelf and slope

A new pre-operational model of circulation over the Texas-Louisiana continental shelf and slope, based on the Regional Ocean Modelling System (ROMS) is presented. The model is designed with a number of practical applications in mind: to predict oil spill trajectories, ...

A Manual of Previously Recorded Non-indigenous Invasive and Native Transplanted Animal Species of the Laurentian Great Lakes and Coastal United States

This manual presents geographic information by state of occurrence, and descriptions of the socio-economic impact created by the invasion of nonindigenous and native transplanted animal species in the Laurentian Great Lakes and the coastal waters of the United States. It ...

A modeling study of physical controls on hypoxia generation in the northern Gulf of Mexico

The Louisiana shelf (LA shelf) in the northern Gulf of Mexico experiences hypoxic conditions every summer due to the combination of eutrophication and strong water column stratification. Here we use a three-dimensional circulation model coupled with a simple oxygen model ...

A Novel Antibody-Based Biomarker for Chronic Algal Toxin Exposure and Sub-Acute Neurotoxicity

The neurotoxic amino acid, domoic acid (DA), is naturally produced by marine phytoplankton and presents a significant threat to the health of marine mammals, seabirds and humans via transfer of the toxin through the foodweb. In humans, acute exposure causes ...

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