Effective monitoring and management of harmful algal blooms (HABs) relies on accurate and timely identification of the species involved. Phytoplankton responsible for HABs varies dramatically in size, shape, pigmentation, toxins, ...

NCCOS and their partners have developed a new method for detecting ciguatoxins in fish that does not rely on the typical use of radioisotopes, which are highly regulated and often ...

NCCOS scientists provided training and technical guidance to scientific staff of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska Environmental Regulatory Laboratory (STAERL) on the extraction and detection of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins (PST) ...

Steve Morton and Jennifer Fuquay staff the NOAA booth at the 2016 Charleston STEM festival. Credit: NOAA On February 6, 2016, NCCOS scientists from the Marine Biotoxin Program participated in ...

The 2014 NOS Employee Recognition and Awards Ceremony honored ten NCCOS staff membersfor outstanding accomplishments, contributions, and coordination efforts within NOS and NOAA. NCCOS staff memberscomprised about 14 percent of ...

Volunteer coordinators Jody Patterson (Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary) and Jennifer Fuquay (Phytoplankton Monitoring Network). Credit: Steve Morton, NOAA. The NCCOS Phytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN) program recently trained volunteers from ...

NOAA-funded scientists have found a new species of water mite off the shores of Puerto Rico. As they wrote about their findings, the intrepid marine biologists listened to singer Jennifer ...

Notes from the scientific expedition team currently aboard the NOAA ShipNancy Foster (March 15 -April 3): Finding Fish and My 'Sea Legs' by Jennifer Johnson, NOAA Hollings Scholar Guest Blogger ...

On June 25, NCCOS's Quay Dortch was a featured speaker at the first Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) summer webinar series on harmful algal blooms (HABs) and nutrient pollution, and their ...