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Marine Spatial Planning Data Development: Central ...

NCCOS is hosting a Marine Spatial Planning Workshop in North Carolina to bring together stakeholders from Virginia and the Carolinas and determine the spatial data necessary for informed marine planning, ...
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Marine Spatial Ecology, Offshore Wind, North Carolina, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, james.morris@noaa.gov

Marine Spatial Planning Data Development: U.S. Car...

NCCOS and NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service hosted workshops with stakeholders in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to identify spatial data for informed marine planning in the U.S ...
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Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Marine Spatial Ecology, Offshore Wind, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, james.morris@noaa.gov

Modeling and mapping marine bird distributions on ...

Seabirds and other marine birds are wide-ranging and highly mobile so mapping their at-sea distributions presents a significant challenge. The purpose of this project was to produce high-resolution predictive maps ...
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Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Offshore Wind, Protected Species, Atlantic Ocean, Canada, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Foreign Countries, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Waterbodies, arliss.winship@noaa.gov, john.christensen@noaa.gov

Modeling Hypoxia and Ecological Responses to Clima...

We are developing modeling tools that can be used to predict ecological responses to climate and nutrient input management in coastal systems. This project is part of NOAA’s Coastal Hypoxia ...
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CHRP, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Hypoxia, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Maryland, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, alan.lewitus@noaa.gov

NOAA Mussel Watch Program: An Assessment of Contam...

Since 1986, NOAA’s Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants and biological indicators of water quality. The program is being redesigned to adopt a rotating ...
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Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, National Mussel Watch, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Maryland, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, andrew.leight@noaa.gov, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, ed.wirth@noaa.gov

Oceanographic and Cellular Controls on Domoic Acid...

Domoic acid is a neurotoxin produced by some diatoms in the genus Pseudo-nitzschia. Domoic acid can accumulate in shellfish and fish, and cause illness or death in humans, marine mammals, ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, U.S. States and Territories, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

Promoting Innovative Transformational Coastal Adap...

Coastal marshes and wetlands can attenuate wave energy and reduce flood risk. This project will model and evaluate the costs and benefits of various nature based solutions and management options ...
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Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Sea Level Rise, Chesapeake Bay, Waterbodies, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

Reef Smart Collaboration: A Coral Reef Ecosystem E...

The Reef Smart Initiative is a series of strategic, community-based outreach events designed to increase awareness of NOAA’s coral reef ecosystem research and conservation success stories. The Reef Smart team ...
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Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, john.christensen@noaa.gov, theresa.goedeke@noaa.gov

Testing Feasibility of Directly Seeding Oyster Ree...

We are testing the feasibility of "direct setting," a new method for seeding oyster reefs. Traditional reef seeding in areas with low natural-recruitment uses hatchery-produced juvenile oysters attached to cultch ...
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Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Coastal Change, Marine Spatial Ecology, Restoration, Chesapeake Bay, Waterbodies, jason.spires@noaa.gov, Stephanie.Westby@noaa.gov

Transportation Systems and Flood Resilience under ...

We are investigating how coastal flooding is impacting surface transportation networks in Hampton Roads, VA. This work combines hydrodynamic, morphodynamic,  pavement, and economic models to predict the effectiveness of natural ...
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Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

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NCCOS Partners with OCM to Host Coastal Management...

Coastal Management / Digital Coast Fellowship experiences (clockwise from top left): 2018-2020 Digital Coast Fellows meet with the Digital Coast Partnership at the National Association of Counties office in Washington, ...
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General, Internships, Other Topics, Outreach, Policy, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, margaret.allen@noaa.gov

Effects of Sea Level Rise Program Awards $4.6 Mill...

Highway 12 along the Outer Banks of North Carolina after Hurricane Dorian. Credit: NCDOT. NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) is allocating more than $4.6 million in fiscal ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Funding, Natural and Nature-based Features, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, Alabama, Atlantic Ocean, California, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Washington, Waterbodies, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

2020 State of Kachemak Bay Report Now Available...

The 2020 yearly status report on the marine ecosystem in Kachemak Bay, Alaska, is now available to the public. Kachemak Bay had a frigid start to 2020, followed by warmer ...
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Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Alaska, U.S. States and Territories, Karyn.DeCino@noaa.gov, kris.holderied@noaa.gov

New Publication Provides Insight into Resident Per...

A new NOAA publication suggests that outreach efforts have been successful in communicating to the public the benefits provided by coral reef ecosystems. Study results indicate that in the U.S ...
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Assessing Human Use, Social Science, Atlantic Ocean, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, chloe.fleming@noaa.gov

NOAA Releases Infographic to Communicate Socioecon...

Caption: Screen grab of infographic for South Florida Trends, 2014-2019. Credit NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. Click here to view the full infographic. The Socioeconomic Component of the National Coral ...
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Assessing Human Use, Social Science, Atlantic Ocean, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, chloe.fleming@noaa.gov

Report on U.S. Marine HABs: History, Current Statu...

NCCOS recently supported a review of the status of marine HAB problems in the U.S., part of a global statistical analysis of harmful algal blooms (HAB) events. The study relies ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

Harmful Algal Bloom Symposium Highlights Early Car...

Credit: 10.5 U.S. Symposium on Harmful Algae Planning Committee. The 10.5 U.S. Symposium on Harmful Algae held at the end of May showcased the work of students, postdoctoral, and early ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Outreach, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, david.kidwell@noaa.gov, marykate.rogener@noaa.gov

Study Reviews Causes of Acidification in Large Est...

With ocean acidification threatening the health of aquatic organisms, a study funded by NCCOS, NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program, and the National Science Foundation reviewed a variety of processes that influence ...
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Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Alaska, Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, Pacific Ocean, Prince William Sound, Puget Sound, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Washington, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

Communicating and Understanding Ecosystem Services...

NCCOS-funded researchers from six institutions report on insights and lessons learned from stakeholder engagement. The engagement was conducted during a multi-year transdisciplinary project focused on quantifying and communicating the benefits ...
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Coastal Change, Ecosystem Services Valuation, Natural and Nature-based Features, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, Social Science, Sponsored Research, Alabama, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

Environmental Sample Processor Enhances Ocean Sens...

In a study published recently in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, NCCOS and Northwest Fisheries Science Center researchers, along with partners at the University of Washington (UW), and ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Sensor Development, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, tina.mikulski@noaa.gov

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