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Common Coastal Seaweeds Release Toxins Harmful to ...
A new study has found that compounds excreted by common coastal green seaweeds, or sea lettuce, detrimentally affect other organisms. The green seaweed Ulvaria obscura forms blooms in the intertidal ...
Next-generation HAB Detectors are Smaller, Cheaper...
Two instruments developed with NCCOS support are revolutionizing the detection of harmful algal blooms (HABs). The Environmental Sample Processor, or ESP, and the Imaging Flow Cytobot, or IFCB, are receiving ...
NOAA and Partners Monitor Large Red Tide in Gulf o...
A large harmful algal bloom (HAB) of the Florida red tide organism Karenia brevis remains offshore of Florida's southwest coastal counties, causing growing concern among Florida wildlife managers and public health ...
Puget Sound Stakeholders See Value in HAB Forecast...
At a June 26 meeting, NCCOS-funded ECOHAB project investigators concluded that climate change could increase the window of opportunity for blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate,Alexandrium catenella to occur. In light ...
New Modeling Tool Detects and Forecasts Red Tide i...
The week of July 21, a new modeling tool based on models funded by the NCCOS Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Bloom ( ECOHAB ) and Monitoring and Event ...
Enhanced Monitoring Saved Puget Sound Net Pen Salm...
In June, the straits, bays and islands of Puget Sound experienced some of the most extensive harmful algal blooms (HABs) in recent memory, including at least five potential toxin producers ...
New Online Community Created to Improve National H...
NCCOS and the U.S. National Office for HABs established a new listserv to address diarrhetic shellfish poisoning. This emerging harmful algal bloom (HAB) issue has caused shellfish harvesting closures in ...
Advocate for Harmful Algal Bloom Research Honored
Quay Dortch, Ph.D. - program coordinator for NCCOS's Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) Program and acting program manager for NCCOS's Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of Harmful Algal ...
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Advic...
Five NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries on the west coast are vulnerable to harmful algal blooms, including blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia, which at times produce domoic acid - a potent neurotoxin that ...
Lecture Informs Public of Long Island's Coastal Il...
Populations of bay scallops have declined in Long Island's coastal bays. Credit: NOAA. NCCOS-funded researcher Dr. Christopher Gobler and his students recently reported on the nearly complete collapse of hard ...
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