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High-tech Armada Links Toxic Algal Blooms and Nutr...

In April 2014, NCCOS-funded scientists deployed two Environmental Sample Processors, two research vessels, five autonomous underwater vehicles, and five drifters in the ocean around San Pedro Bay, off Southern California, ...

NOAA Harmful Algae Research Featured at Interstate...

NCCOS's Dr. Quay Dortch was a featured speaker at the 66th Interstate Seafood Seminar conference during a session devoted to harmful algal blooms (HABs) and their impacts on shellfish safety ...

Origins of Harmful Alga Scourge in Pacific Northwe...

Researchers have identified the oceanographic causes and routes for the harmful alga Pseudo-nitzschia in offshore waters of the Pacific Northwest. The team's validated model shows that toxic Pseudo-nitzschia cells arrive ...

Forensic Genomics Used to Identify Causes of Ocean...

Fish and invertebrate mass mortality events are increasing in coastal zones worldwide, but in many cases it can be difficult to pinpoint the cause of death. Toxic spills, hypoxia (low ...

Gulf of Maine Red Tide Forecast Suggests Modest Bl...

A team of NOAA and academic researchers led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has issued a seasonal red tide forecast for the Gulf of Maine as part of ...

Underwater Robots Detect Toxic Algae off Southern ...

Two autonomous underwater robots deployed in San Pedro Bay off southern California have detected the diatom Pseudo-nitzschiaand its potent neurotoxin domoic acid. This may signal the initiation of a harmful ...

Sentinel Site Alerts California Public to Toxic Sh...

Routine sampling of marine mussels from a University of California sentinel site at the Santa Cruz Wharf prompted the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to issue a health advisory ...

Galveston Bay Closed to Oyster Harvesting After Sc...

The Texas Department of State Health Services is temporarily closing all of the Galveston Bay system to the harvesting of oysters, clams, and mussels because of elevated levels of an ...

Identifying Origin and Mechanism of Texas Red Tide

A study funded by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science has tentatively identified the source and control mechanism of red tides (Karenia brevis) along the Texas coast. The research, ...

Programmed Cell Death and the Decline of Harmful A...

Programmed cell death, or self-induced cell mortality, is the subject of increasing attention and research efforts. All phytoplankton blooms decline for a variety of reasons - nutrient depletion, zooplankton grazing, ...

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