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Assessment of Chemical Contaminants in Sediments and Biota from Cocos Lagoon, Guam

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, Guam, ian.hartwell@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, tony.pait@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories

Funded by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), the goal of this project is to quantify the extent of chemical contamination in sediments and fish ...

Assessment of Chemical Contaminants in Sediments from the Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve (SARI), St. Croix, USVI

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Caribbean Sea, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, tony.pait@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies

At the request of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Planning and Natural Resources and the U.S. National Park Service, NCCOS conducted an assessment ...

Assessment of Dredged Material Created Habitat in the South Atlantic Bight

Atlantic Ocean, chris.taylor@noaa.gov, Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Summary: We characterized the habitat formed by dredge material disposed in sites designated by the EPA offshore of Fernandina Beach, FL using SCUBA assessments, multibeam ...

Assessment of Hurricane Impacts to Coral Reefs in Florida and Puerto Rico

In 2017, major hurricanes impacted coral reefs in both Florida and Puerto Rico. We quantified these impacts using diver-based surveys, and our information was used ...

Assessment of Hydrocarbon Carryover Potential for Six Field Cleaning Protocols

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, ed.wirth@noaa.gov, emily.pisarski@noaa.gov, greg.baker@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation

The logistics of sample collection in the field can be very challenging. NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration requested assistance in determining the potential for ...

Assessment of the Beneficial Use of Dredged Sediment to Restore Mordecai Island, New Jersey

Atlantic Ocean, Barnegat Bay, Coastal Change, Coastal Change, coral, dredging, jenny.davis@noaa.gov, Natural and Nature-based Features, New Jersey, Restoration, restoration, U.S. States and Territories, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Waterbodies

Navigation channels across the country require regular maintenance dredging to avoid infilling with sediments and becoming impassible. In an experimental strategy that is often referred ...

Assessment of the Short- and Long-term Socioeconomic Impacts of Florida’s 2017-2019 Red Tide Event

Atlantic Ocean, Ecosystem Services Valuation, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Karenia brevis, marykate.rogener@noaa.gov, Other Topics, , socioeconomics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

This project, funded by NCCOS through the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System, will comprehensively quantify and qualify the short- and long-term socioeconomic impacts ...

Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Database: Construction, Documentation and Use

Atlantic Ocean, david.moe.nelson@noaa.gov, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Waterbodies

We reviewed published information on the status of Atlantic coastal fish habitats and recorded it in a spatial bibliographic database for the Atlantic Coastal Fish ...

Azaspiracid: An Emerging Algal Toxin

Canada, Foreign Countries, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Ireland, Michigan, South Carolina, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington

Azaspiracids are a group of toxins first reported in the 1990s in Western European waters and are now reported to occur along both the East ...

Bacterial and Pharmaceutical Pollution from Agricultural Lands in the Chesapeake Bay

andrew.leight@noaa.gov, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay, Pathogens, pharmaceuticals, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Waterbodies

We studied how the use of animal waste as fertilizer on agricultural lands might influence the health of surrounding water bodies in the Chesapeake Bay ...

Baseline Assessment of Contaminants and Ecological Resources in Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico

Atlantic Ocean, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Caribbean Sea, contaminants, coral reef, dave.whitall@noaa.gov, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, mangroves, Marine Spatial Ecology, pollution, Puerto Rico, seagrass, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We studied the water contaminant levels in the bay and the coral reef ecosystems just outside to develop a baseline environmental assessment of water quality ...

Baseline Assessment of Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico in Support of Watershed Restoration

Caribbean Sea, Coastal Change, dave.whitall@noaa.gov, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, Restoration, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We completed a baseline assessment of the environmental conditions in Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico, to help coastal managers identify the most appropriate restoration projects, and ...

Baseline Environmental Assessment off St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands to Evaluate Effectiveness of Watershed Restoration Efforts

Assessing Human Use, Caribbean Sea, charles.menza@noaa.gov, contaminant, coral, dave.whitall@noaa.gov, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Ecosystem Services Valuation, Marine Spatial Ecology, , Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies

Watershed restoration projects are being conducted on St. John, USVI, to improve the health of coral reef ecosystems, create jobs, improve island infrastructure, and obtain ...

Benthic Habitat Characterization and Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of West Coast Sanctuaries

California, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, peter.etnoyer@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Waterbodies

Cordell Bank, Greater Farallones and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuaries harbor diverse communities of deep-water fish, corals and sponges. Corals and sponges associated with groundfish ...

Benthic Habitat Mapping for Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix

bryan.costa@noaa.gov, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands

Summary: We developed benthic habitat maps for the Buck Island Reef National Monument, north of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The bathymetry (depth) ...

Benthic Habitat Mapping in American Samoa, Guam, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

American Samoa, benthic habitat, biogeographic assessment, Guam, Habitat Mapping, Hawaii, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, seafloor mapping, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories

NCCOS produced a georeferenced, digital atlas of benthic habitat maps for the shallow-water (< 30m) coral ecosystem habitats around the U.S. Pacific Territories of American ...

Benthic Habitat Mapping in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for a Baseline Inventory

benthic habitat, Caribbean Sea, Coral, coral reef, Habitat Mapping, mangroves, Marine Spatial Ecology, matt.kendall@noaa.gov, Puerto Rico, seafloor map, seagrass, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies

We conducted benthic habitat mapping of shallow-water coral reef areas off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to inventory the coral reefs and related ...

Benthic Habitat Mapping of Coral Reefs in Florida, Caribbean, and the Pacific

American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Habitat Mapping, Hawaii, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands

We are producing benthic seafloor habitat maps to help coastal managers assess, protect, and preserve the condition of coral reef ecosystems. Why We Care Coral ...

Benthic Habitat Mapping of Florida Coral Reef Ecosystems to Support Reef Conservation and Management

Atlantic Ocean, benthic habitat, Coral, coral reef conservation, coral reef ecosystems, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, seafloor mapping, Seagrasses, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

NOAA mapped the shallow-water (less than 25 meters deep) coral reef ecosystems of the Florida Keys to support research, conservation, and management activities of state ...

Benthic Habitat Mapping of Main Hawaiian Islands

Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Hawaii, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, Seagrasses, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

NCCOS developed benthic habitat maps for shallow (<30 m) areas around the Main Hawaiian Islands to help local managers and researchers develop reef fish management ...

Benthic Habitat Mapping of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands

Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, matt.kendall@noaa.gov, Pacific Ocean, Waterbodies

We developed a benthic habitat map of coral reef ecosystems around Majuro, an atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The maps were created ...

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