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NOAA Scientist Inducted as American Association fo...
NOAA scientist Dr. Bill Sundawas elected as a AAAS Fellow in November2011, and is tobe inducted February 18, 2012. Dr. Sunda is being honored for his pioneering research ontrace metal ...
International Analytical Agency Greenlights Shellf...
NCCOS scientists developed a detection method for paralytic shellfish toxins in shellfish. This method is now approved by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC International) as an Official Method ...
Alaska 'Orange Goo' Rust Spores Confirmed
An 'orange goo' covered the shoreline of the Inupiat village of Kivalina, Alaska last summer. It alarmed residents, perplexed local state and federal agencies and caused an international sensation via ...
Edges of Gulf Dead Zone Increase Shrimp Harvest (a...
Researchers studying the Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' have confirmed what fishermen have probably known for a long time - that trawling for shrimp around its edges yield larger catches ...
Bloom Forming Toxic Cyanobacteria Activate Special...
In a recent publication in Microbial Ecology, research funded by NCCOS illuminates the role of organic phosphorus in causing blooms of the toxic Microcystis aeruginosa. Toxic cyanobacteria (once called blue-green ...
Algal Toxins Alter Wildlife Behavior, Researchers ...
Rare aggressive behaviors observed in California sea lion populations, including an attack on swimmers last August, may now be explained as a delayed but temporary symptom of domoic acid poisoning ...
New Red Tide Threatens California Abalone; Respons...
A January 11, 2012 workshop was convened to help state fish and game officials respond to last September's red tide off of Sonoma County, the likely culprit in a massive ...
HAB Forecasts Featured in United Nations Newslette...
The January 2012 issue of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)'sHarmful Algae News No. 45 featuredNCCOS harmful algal bloom forecasts--both under development and operational. The article, 'Harmful Algal Bloom Operational ...
Alaskan PSP Workshop Gets Stakeholders up to Speed
To improve communication and collaboration among scientists and public health practitioners focused on responding to outbreaks of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP),the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services convened a ...
Grazers Avoid Toxic Algae
Can grazers help reduce the frequency and abundance of harmful algal blooms? We are considerably closer to the answer to this "top down control" question because of some recent work ...
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