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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 Steps in Creating a Harmful Algal Bloom Fore...

Steve Kibler (NCCOS) deploying an instrument to collect hydrographic data from Chiniak Bay, Kodiak. The Kodiak Archipelago in Alaska has historically had high levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), reporting ...

July 25, 2024 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, U.S. States and Territories, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, steve.kibler@noaa.gov

Harmful Algal Bloom Impacts on Sustainable Ocean F...

Philipp Hess, Maggie Broadwater, and Don Anderson at the UN ICP-24 meeting. Philipp and Maggie currently serve as the Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on ...

July 18, 2024 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

NCCOS Supports Rapid Detection and Risk Communicat...

Timeline and structure of rapid detection and risk communication information flow from shipboard HAB detection using an Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) to the regional coastal response (Fachon et al. 2024 Limnology ...

July 15, 2024 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Bering Sea, Waterbodies, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, sarah.pease@noaa.gov

New Hypoxia Forecast for Lake Erie: Enhancing Wate...

Cleveland skyline and Cleveland Water Intake Crib. Photo Credit: Ed Verhamme, Limnotech Lake Erie now benefits from an advanced hypoxia forecast model, designed to help water treatment plants manage water ...

July 9, 2024 Hypoxia, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, Ohio, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov, yizhen.li@noaa.gov

NOAA, MBARI Achieve Groundbreaking Milestone in Us...

MBARI and GLERL scientists recover the uncrewed SPR/ESP/LRAUV platform from Lake Erie following completion of deployment. Credit: Christina Preston © MBARI Would you have ever thought it possible to send ...

July 1, 2024 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Sensor Development, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, Waterbodies, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, tina.mikulski@noaa.gov

Moderate to Above-Moderate Algal Bloom Predicted f...

Bloom severity forecast compared to previous years. The wide red bar is the likely range of severity based on the different models used and reflect uncertainty in the July total ...

June 27, 2024 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, Michigan, Ohio, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, alexandria.hounshell@noaa.gov, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov

Inspiring Students to Embrace Their Culture Throug...

NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science is embarking on a new partnership that combines science and tradition to help preserve a rich culture in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. The NCCOS ...

June 24, 2024 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Nia.Rene@noaa.gov

NOAA Forecasts Above Average ‘Dead Zone’ for Gulf ...

The Mississippi River watershed, which encompasses over 40% of the continental U.S and crosses 22 state boundaries, is made up of farms (yellow), cities (red), and natural lands (green). Nitrogen ...

June 13, 2024 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Hypoxia, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Gulf of Mexico, Waterbodies, david.scheurer@noaa.gov, erik.davenport@noaa.gov, rebecca.atkins@noaa.gov

Oregon Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Outbreak Prom...

NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Event Response Program awarded $6,000 to the University of Washington’s Olympic Natural Resources Center, Northwest Indian College, and ...

June 12, 2024 Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Oregon, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, sarah.pease@noaa.gov

Scientists Test Improved Laser Scanning and Imagin...

NCCOS scientists Chris Taylor and Mike Bollinger deploy the AUV over the side of the research vessel using a crane. Credit: Erik Ebert/NOAA On April 20, 2010, an explosion occurred ...

June 5, 2024 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Coral, Coral, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Oil Spill, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alabama, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, chris.taylor@noaa.gov, erik.ebert@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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