Projects Archive - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response: Helping New York Sustain Algal Toxin Monitoring of Shellfish to Ensure Seafood Safety

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, New York, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

Emergency funds from NCCOS allowed New York to monitor algal toxins during a bloom event that coincided with a state spending freeze. Shellfish consumers and ...

Harmful Algal Blooms Event Response: Responding to Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Outbreaks in Alaska

Alaska, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We helped Alaska state regulators, the shellfish industry, and community leaders initiate routine, rapid screening of noncommercial shellfish in southeast Alaska for paralytic shellfish poisoning ...

Harmful Algal Blooms, Acidification and Climate Change in the Salish Sea

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington

This project investigates the interactive effects of acidification, warming, and nutrients on three economically important harmful algal bloom (HAB) species in the Salish Sea. Spanning ...

Harmonizing Methods to Determine Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins for Improved Shellfish Safety

California, French Polynesia, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Maine, Maryland, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Washington

Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) toxins produced by the dinoflagellate Dinophysis can cause severe gastrointestinal illness in humans. Dinophysis harmful algal blooms cause the closure of ...

Histological Techniques for Marine Bivalve Mollusks and Crustaceans

Chesapeake Bay, crabs, crestaceans, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, histology, jay.lewis@noaa.gov, mollusks, oysters, perkinsus, shellfish, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Waterbodies

To best manage marine resources such as bivalve mollusks (i.e., clams, oysters) and crustaceans (i.e., crabs), scientists must have access to the tools needed to ...

How will Climate Change Affect Harmful Algal Species from Delaware’s Inland Bays?

Chesapeake Bay, climate change, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Coastal Change, Delaware, ECOHAB, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Heterosigma, Karlodinium, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We are supporting research that will determine how future increases in temperature and ocean acidity will affect harmful algal bloom species (HABs) and their grazers ...

Implementation of an Operational Model for Prediction of Alexandrium fundyense Blooms in the Gulf of Maine

Atlantic Ocean, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, PSP, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Earlier NOAA-funded research developed models to predict blooms of toxic Alexandrium fundyense. Toxins accumulate in shellfish, causing illness in human consumers, so states must monitor ...

Implementing Karenia brevis Respiratory Risk Forecast System in the Gulf of Mexico

Florida, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

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 ...

Implementing the Karenia “Tricorder” to Improve Red Tide Monitoring and Management in the Gulf of Mexico

brevetoxins, Florida, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, john.wickham@noaa.gov, Karenia brevis, Other Topics, shellfish poisoning, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

The toxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis blooms annually in the Gulf of Mexico and negatively impacts human and ecosystem health through production of brevetoxins. A rapid, ...

Improving the Gulf of Maine HAB Forecast with Environmental Sample Processors

Atlantic Ocean, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Maine, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, Massachusetts, MERHAB, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Toxic algal blooms pose a serious health risk and often disrupt valuable regional shellfisheries. Eating seafood tainted with algal toxins can sicken or even kill ...

Improving Tools for Monitoring Multiple HAB Toxins at the Land-Sea Interface in Coastal California

California, cyanobacteria, cyanotoxins, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, MERHAB, microcystins, Pacific Ocean, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

The impacts of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) toxins are an emerging public health and environmental issue in brackish and marine ecosystems, yet coastal harmful algal bloom ...

Integrating Cell and Toxin Cycles of the Dinoflagellate Karlodinium veneficum with Key Environmental Regulators to Predict Bloom Toxicity

Chesapeake Bay, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, john.wickham@noaa.gov, karlodinium veneficum, karlotoxins, Maryland, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Blooms of Karlodinium veneficum can produce fish-killing toxins called karlotoxins. Toxicity varies over time, with karlotoxins increasing prior to blooms and under growth-limiting conditions. We ...

Integration of Alternative Methods of Analysis with the Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning Monitoring and Management Framework

Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Waterbodies

We are seeking Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference approval for a quick test to replace the mouse bioassay in some regulatory instances as the method for ...

Interannual Variability of PSP Toxicity in Eastern Maine: Testing the Leaky Gyre Hypothesis and Improving Regional Forecasts and Management

Alexandrium, Atlantic Ocean, Canada, ECOHAB, Forecasting, Foreign Countries, Gulf of Maine, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Other Topics, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, Rhode Island, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

The Gulf of Maine is impacted annually by Alexandrium fundyense blooms which can result in paralytic shellfish poisoning. Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) leads to significant ...

Investigating Domoic Acid Biosynthesis and Toxic Bloom Formation Through Pseudo-nitzschia–Marine Bacteria Interactions

Connecticut, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, john.wickham@noaa.gov, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington

The marine diatom Pseudo-nitzschia (PN) produces domoic acid (DA), a neurotoxin that has caused widespread human poisoning along the northeast and northwest coasts of the ...

Karenia brevis Nutrient Dynamics in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Florida, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, harmful algal blooms, Karenia brevis, nitrogen, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, red tie, shellfish poisoning, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

In the relatively nutrient-poor offshore waters of the eastern Gulf of Mexico, destructive blooms of Karenia brevis cause environmental and economic destruction. We studied how ...

Life and Death of Karenia brevis Blooms in the Eastern Gulf of America

ECOHAB, Florida, Forecasting, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Gulf of Mexico, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Karenia brevis, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

An extensive bloom of the brevetoxin-producing Karenia brevis occurred from 2017 to 2019 in Florida. The economic, environmental, and human health impacts were quite severe ...

Life and Death of a Karenia Bloom in the Western Gulf of Mexico

Forecasting, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, IFCB, Karenia brevis, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Texas, TOAST, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are increasing in frequency and pose a threat to human and environmental health. Blooms of Karenia brevis occur nearly annually along ...

Linking Biogeochemistry to Harmful Algal Bloom Nutritional Physiology with Gene Expression Analysis: Brown Tide

Aureococcus, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, brown tide, ECOHAB, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, New York, Other Topics, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

The Long Island Brown Tide (LIBT) threatens shellfish and sea grasses in mid-Atlantic estuaries. LIBT-specific gene expression assays are being developed and tested for enzymes ...

Linking Models and Field Experiments to Forecast Algal Bloom Toxicity in Lake Erie

felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Great Lakes, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We are investigating the links between environmental variables and harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxins in Lake Erie to better understand the process of toxin development ...

Mechanism of Harmful Algal Bloom Initiation in the Western Gulf of Mexico

Forecasting, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Gulf of Mexico, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Karenia brevis, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis, threaten human and ecosystem health and local economies around the Gulf of Mexico. Although the blooms mostly prevail ...

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