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Water Quality Monitoring to Support Watershed Restoration in Culebra, Puerto Rico

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Caribbean Sea, dave.whitall@noaa.gov, Puerto Rico, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
We are working with partners to conduct nutrient and sedimentation monitoring on and around Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. Excess nutrients in coastal waters can result ...
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Weather and Water: Using weather data to create models and tools to predict coastal impacts

Atlantic Ocean, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, doug.pirhalla@noaa.gov, Great Lakes, Restoration, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Waterbodies
Understanding and predicting climate-related issues along coastlines is important for management and coastal resiliency. We provide scientific information and tools on connections between climate, weather ...
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West Florida Shelf Hypoxia and the Roles of Harmful Algal Blooms, Warming, and Extreme Events

CHRP, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, HABHRCA, Hypoxia, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
We are seeking to understand the physical and biogeochemical mechanisms driving emerging hypoxia and to determine whether climate change is facilitating hypoxia formation on the ...
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Western Pacific Coral Reef Institute (WPCRI)

Coral, david.hilmer@noaa.gov, Guam, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
The Western Pacific Coral Reef Institute (WPCRI) is a collaborative regional partnership whose mission is to protect and preserve Micronesia’s reefs through scientific research that ...
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Where is all the Brevetoxin in Florida Dolphins?

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Florida, john.ramsdell@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories
After over 500 bottlenose dolphins washed ashore during a decade of Florida red tides, puzzled scientists measured little to no brevetoxin in them. An unusual ...
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Where is the Fish Food? Chesapeake Bay Mesozooplankton Abundance and Composition

Chesapeake Bay, copepod, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, gretchen.messick@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Maryland, mesozooplankton, salinity, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, water quality, Waterbodies
The purpose of this project is to collect and document the abundance and composition of Chesapeake Bay mesozooplankton, an important food source for juvenile fish ...
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