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Fast Tool to Detect Toxic Shellfish

The marine food source and livelihood of tribes and communities along the Pacific coast are threatened by Pseudo-nitzschia blooms that produce domoic acid, a potent neurotoxin. To provide remote communities ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, California, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, john.ramsdell@noaa.gov, wayne.r.litaker@noaa.gov

Implementing Karenia brevis Respiratory Risk For...

This project will establish a network that incorporates state monitoring partners and citizen scientists to show that the HABscope-based forecast system can provide robust, timely and useful bloom locations and ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

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Comparing Saginaw Bay and Western Lake Erie for Ha...

MODIS satellite image (undated) of Lake Huron/Saginaw Bay and the Western Lake Erie basin showing cyanobacterial blooms (greenish areas), Credit NASA. Scientists from NCCOS and the University of Maryland collaborated ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, Michigan, Ohio, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, timothy.wynne@noaa.gov

Reviews of Our Current Understanding of Harmful Di...

In a recently released book on dinoflagellates, three chapters update knowledge of and changing views for the red tide alga Karenia brevis and the estuarine Pfiesteria-like dinoflagellates Pfiesteria piscicida and ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Pathogens, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Maryland, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, john.wickham@noaa.gov, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, wayne.r.litaker@noaa.gov

NCCOS Publishes Findings on 2013 Karenia mikimotoi...

Karenia mikimotoi is a toxic dinoflagellate alga with a cosmopolitan distribution and is a commonly reported red tide species. Blooms of K. mikimotoi have caused large fish and benthic invertebrate ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, Mark.W.Vandersea@noaa.gov

Tenth Harmful Algal Bloom Symposium Highlights NCC...

Credit. 10th US Symposium on Harmful Algae. The 10th US Symposium on Harmful Algae, held November 3-8, 2019, focused on emerging harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the US, crossing the ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Outreach, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alabama, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.kidwell@noaa.gov

Ocean Warming Expands Range of Harmful Algal Bloom...

A recent study led by NCCOS and Stony Brook University concludes that rising ocean temperatures are expanding the geographical range of harmful algal blooms and intensifying the blooms themselves in ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, California, Foreign Countries, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, wayne.litaker@noaa.gov

HAB Study Confirms Alexandrium in Alaska, Develops...

In an effort to provide forecasting and detection products that empower communities to take action on HAB issues, a new publication in Phycologia documents the presence of Alexandrium fundyense and A. ostenfeldii in Alaska ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, Foreign Countries, Maryland, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Mark.W.Vandersea@noaa.gov

Ciguatoxin Detection Technology Transfer With Fren...

Researchers from the Institut Louis Malardè (ILM) in French Polynesia visited the NCCOS Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) to gain expertise on working with Harmful Algal Bloom ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, China, Foreign Countries, North Carolina, wayne.litaker@noaa.gov

Technology Transfer Between NOAA and France Improv...

A PhD candidate from the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), Francesco Pisapia, is visiting the NCCOS Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) for eleven ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Pacific Ocean, Waterbodies, wayne.litaker@noaa.gov

Association of Marine Lab Conference Features Cari...

To raise awareness about a resurgence of ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) in the Caribbean and the current state of ciguatera research, NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) led ...
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Coastal Change, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, wayne.litaker@noaa.gov

Improving Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Response i...

Harmful algal blooms, particularly those that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, pose a threat to human health, food security, and the economy of local communities in Alaska. There is a need ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, Foreign Countries, kris.holderied@noaa.gov, wayne.litaker@noaa.gov

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