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An Integrated Assessment of Oil and Gas Release in...

In 2004, the Taylor Energy Mississippi Canyon 20 (MC20) oil and gas drilling platform was toppled during Hurricane Ivan. Since the collapse of the drilling platform, the MC20 site has ...

Oil Spill, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Gulf of Mexico, Waterbodies, andrew.mason@noaa.gov

Application of Clay Flocculation for Removal of Ka...

Despite routine application in Asia, clay flocculation technology to control harmful algal blooms has not been adopted in the U.S., largely because of the lack of data on U.S. ecosystems ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, felix.martinez@noaa.gov

Application of Quantitative Molecular Methods to C...

This project supports development for two lab-based quantitative molecular methods for more rapid, accurate detection of Alexandrium catenella resting cysts in sediment from the Gulf of Maine, Puget Sound, and ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, Atlantic Ocean, California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, steve.kibler@noaa.gov

Applied Ecophysiology of Marine Aquaculture Specie...

Forecasting environmental interactions of marine aquaculture activities requires an in-depth understanding of the environment and the species farmed. We are investigating two promising candidates for marine aquaculture: red porgy and ...

Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, james.morris@noaa.gov

Aquaculture and Eutrophication in Long Island Soun...

Eutrophication is the overabundance of nutrients in a body of water that results in harmful algal blooms, fish kills, and in some cases ecosystem collapse. We are investigating the feasibility ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, New Hampshire, New York, U.S. States and Territories, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov

AquaSpace – An Ecosystem Approach to Making Space ...

Aquaculture is a large and growing segment of seafood production because capture fisheries production continues to decline. A major challenge to the expansion of marine aquaculture in most nations is ...

Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Waterbodies, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov

Are Growth and Toxicity of the Dinoflagellate Alex...

Blooms of Alexandrium fundyense result in economic losses to fisheries, aquaculture, and pose public health risks. Typically, A. fundyense growth and toxicity are seen as dependent on light, temperature, and ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Connecticut, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, john.wickham@noaa.gov

Assessing Futiga Dump Site Impacts on Fagatele Bay...

We will determine the potential impacts of the Futiga dump site and landfill on the coral reef ecosystem resources of the Fagatele Bay unit of the National Marine Sanctuary of ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, American Samoa, U.S. States and Territories, cheryl.woodley@noaa.gov, dave.whitall@noaa.gov

Assessing Land Based Sources of Pollution in Tinia...

Coral reefs are diverse, productive, and economically valuable ecosystem, but are threatened by a variety of stressors in including land based sources of pollution, such as nutrients, pesticide, heavy metals ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, dave.whitall@noaa.gov

Assessing Ocean Acidification as a Driver for Enha...

Ocean acidification, resulting from changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, will impact how a variety of chemicals, including metals, behave in the environment. This could lead to increased uptake of ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Gulf of Maine, New Hampshire, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

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Assessing Pollution in the Great Lakes Through Qua...

Scientists check on a cage of quagga mussels in the Milwaukee Estuary. Photo Credit: Ed Johnson (NOAA/NCCOS) When scientists from NOAA’s National Center for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) examined invasive ...

January 31, 2024 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, National Mussel Watch, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, Wisconsin, felipe.arzayus@noaa.gov

Clay Treatments to Control Red Tide Unlikely to Ha...

Blooms of the toxic marine algae Karenia brevis, commonly known as red tide, occur almost annually on Florida’s west coast, often killing other marine life and costing local economies millions ...

January 8, 2024 Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, felix.martinez@noaa.gov

Florida Red Tide Respiratory Forecasts Provided to...

Example of the Beaches App, which includes information about current red tide conditions at beaches with NCCOS HAB Forecasts. The Florida red tide respiratory irritation forecast is now being delivered ...

December 20, 2023 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response, Pathogens, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, alexandria.hounshell@noaa.gov

National Weather Service Incorporates Florida Red ...

Screen grab of Respiratory Forecast integrated into FWC Manatee Support dashboard. The National Weather Service (NWS)-Tampa Bay is incorporating NOAA's red tide respiratory irritation forecast into the Florida Fish and ...

December 19, 2023 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Pathogens, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, alexandria.hounshell@noaa.gov

Using Unoccupied Aerial Systems to Collect Dolphin...

Using the UAS "SnotBot" with petri dishes attached to capture the blow exhalations of dolphins. Credit: NOAA. Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops erebennus) are commonly seen in coastal and estuarine waters ...

December 12, 2023 Pathogens, Sensor Development, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, wayne.mcfee@noaa.gov

California Tribal Communities Ready to Monitor Cul...

Shellfish are often the lifeway for tribes along the U.S. West Coast who rely on indigenous fisheries for subsistence. However, the expanding range of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the ...

December 7, 2023 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, jennifer.maucher@noaa.gov, steve.morton@noaa.gov

NOAA Awards $4.2 Million for Multi-stressor Resear...

One of the seven iconic reef sites, Cheeca Rocks, is dominated by large populations of star corals and other boulder corals. Credit: FKNMS/NOAA NOAA has awarded $1,793,983 of an anticipated ...

November 15, 2023 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Regional Ecosystem Science, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Annual Gulf of Maine HAB Sampling Cruise Completed...

In Pisces’ wet lab, NCCOS scientists Bridget Weimer (left), Andrew Meredith (middle), and Josie Galloway (right) process a sediment sample for cyst quantification. Image Credit: Terry McTigue, NOAA. NCCOS scientists ...

November 8, 2023 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Pathogens, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Maine, U.S. States and Territories, terry.mctigue@noaa.gov

NCCOS and Partners Initiate Months-Long Surveillan...

Tina Mikulski calibrates domoic acid sensors on multiple 2G ESPs at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution-LOSOS laboratory prior to delivery to their Fall deployment. National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science ...

November 8, 2023 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Pathogens, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Maine, Rhode Island, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, tina.mikulski@noaa.gov

2023 Lake Erie Algal Bloom More Severe than Predic...

Bloom severity index (SI) for 2002-2023. The SI is based on the amount of biomass over the peak 30-days. The 2023 bloom had a severity of 5.3. A severity below ...

November 2, 2023 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

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Red tide from Satellite for Southwest Florida

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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Data & Publications

A quantitative real-time PCR assay for the identification and enumeration of Alexandrium cysts in marine sediments

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a global problem that affects both human and ecosystem health. One of the most serious and widespread HAB poisoning syndromes is paralytic shellfish poisoning, commonly caused by Alexandrium spp. dinoflagellates. Like many toxic dinoflagellates, Alexandrium ...

A Reduced Complexity, Hybrid Empirical-Mechanistic Model of Eutrophication and Hypoxia in Shallow Marine Ecosystems

Numerical simulation models have a long history as research tools for the study of coastal marine ecosystems, and are increasingly being used to inform management, particularly related to nutrient-fueled eutrophication. Demand for modeling assessments is rapidly increasing, and managers need ...

A Scenario and Forecast Model for Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Area and Volume

For almost three decades, the relative size of the hypoxic region on the Louisiana-Texas continental shelf has drawn scientific and policy attention. During that time, both simple and complex models have been used to explore hypoxia dynamics and to provide ...

A surveillance strategy for invasive species of concern in deepwater habitats of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

This document provides strategies to detect deepwater invasive species in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) in support of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM). The strategies use technical diving to conduct visual surveys and focus on two invasive species of ...

Advancing Coastal Science 2017-2021

Advancing Coastal Science lays out four priorities developed as a result of a lengthy stakeholder engagement process. These priorities will be our driving force over the next five years, and will guide NCCOS’s science and competitive research investments. NCCOS will ...

Advancing Tools for Modeling, Forecasting and Managing for Vibrio spp. in Washington State

The vast majority of Vibrio-related illnesses in Washington State are associated with a single species, Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp). The intent of this workshop was to bring together tribal and non-tribal industry representatives, Federal subject matter experts, State Shellfish Control Authorities, ...

An Analysis of Chemical Contaminants in Sediments and Fish from Cocos Lagoon, Guam

As part of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) jurisdictional priority gathering, local agencies in Guam identified Cocos Lagoon as an area potentially impacted by land-based sources of pollution. The US Coast Guard operated a Long Range Navigation (LORAN) ...

An assessment of chemical contaminants detected in passive water samplers deployed in the St. Thomas east end reserves (STEER)

This report is the second in a series from a project to assess land-based sources of pollution (LBSP) and effects in the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER) in St. Thomas, USVI, and is the result of a collaborative effort ...

An Assessment of Chemical Contaminants in the Waters Around Cocos Island, Guam Using Polyethylene Passive Water Samplers

This report summarizes the results from a research project involving NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) along with local partners and with funding from NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), to characterize dissolved concentrations of chemical contamiants in ...

An assessment of chemical contaminants, toxicity and benthic infauna in sediments from the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER)

This report contains a chemical and biological characterization of sediments from the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER) in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). The STEER Management Plan (published in 2011) identified chemical contaminants and habitat loss as high ...

General Pages

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

Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring SystemImages last updated: 04/23/2024 Click the next and previous arrows to view the most recent 11 usable images from the last 14 days. (You may need ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Wisconsin, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov

Cyanobacteria Algal Bloom from Satellite in Lake Okeechobee, FL

Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring SystemImages last updated: 04/23/2024 Click the next and previous arrows to view the most recent 11 usable images from the last 14 days. (You may need ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov

Cyanobacteria Algal Bloom from Satellite in Lake Pontchartrain, LA

Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring SystemImages last updated: 04/23/2024 Click the next and previous arrows to view the most recent 48 usable images from the last 60 days. (You may need ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Louisiana, U.S. States and Territories, richard, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov

Cyanobacteria Algal Bloom from Satellite in Saginaw Bay, MI

Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring SystemImages last updated: 04/23/2024 Click the next and previous arrows to view the most recent 10 usable images from the last 14 days. (You may need ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Michigan, U.S. States and Territories, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov

Cyanobacteria Algal Bloom from Satellite in Western Lake Erie basin

Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring SystemImages last updated: 04/22/2024 Click the next and previous arrows to view the most recent 10 usable images from the last 14 days. (You may need ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, Waterbodies, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov

Dead Zone

Since its inception in 1990, the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science has provided the research foundation upon which management of the "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is ...

HABHRCA, Hypoxia, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Gulf of Mexico, Waterbodies

ECOHAB

The NCCOS Competitive Research Program is pleased to announce a Fiscal Year 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) Program. Key ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation

Ecotoxicology

Since 1991, The Bioeffects Program has undertaken a series of regional environmental assessments designed to describe the magnitude and extent of toxic contaminant impacts in our nation's estuarine and coastal ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, ian.hartwell@noaa.gov

Environmental Compliance

All federal agencies are required to review everything they do (e.g., construction/facility modifications, operations, scientific research) for compliance with variousenvironmental statutes (e.g. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Marine Mammal ProtectionAct ...

HABHRCA, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation

Experimental Nowcast/Forecast Simulation

Harmful Algal Bloom ForecastsResults here represent model solutions initiated from a cyst abundance map from October, 2023, with germination, growth, and transport of Alexandrium catenella cells driven by the factors ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Maine, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov, yizhen.li@noaa.gov

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