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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Benthic Habitat Mapping of Palmyra Atoll

atoll, biogeographic assessment, Coral, coral reef, Habitat Mapping, Hawaii, john.christensen@noaa.gov, mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, seafloor, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
In the first such effort in this location, we mapped the waters surrounding Palmyra Atoll to help researchers develop reef fish management strategies, optimize biological ...
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Benthic Habitat Mapping of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

benthic habitat, biogeographic assessment, coral reef, Habitat Mapping, Hawaii, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, seafloor map, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
NCCOS produced georeferenced, digital benthic habitat maps for the shallow-water (< 30m) coral ecosystem habitats around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, to provide baseline information for ...
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Benthic Habitat Mapping of the Republic of Palau

benthic habitat, Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, Protected Species, tim.battista@noaa.gov, Waterbodies
We developed benthic habitat maps for shallow (<30 meters) areas around the main islands of the Republic of Palau to help local managers and researchers ...
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Benthic Habitat Mapping off Southwest Puerto Rico

Caribbean Sea, Habitat Mapping, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
We mapped the shallow-water benthic habitats of two areas off southwest Puerto Rico. This effort improves on previous NOAA benthic habitat maps by using more ...
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Benthic Habitat Mapping off St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Reef National Monument

bryan.costa@noaa.gov, Coral, coral, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, seafloor mapping, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands
We developed benthic habitat maps for shallow areas (< 30 m) around St. John and moderate-depth areas (30–60 m) south of St. John in the ...
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Benthic Mapping, Ground-Truthing, and Habitat Modeling to Support Great Lakes Restoration

charles.menza@noaa.gov, Great Lakes, Habitat Mapping, Illinois, Indiana, Marine Spatial Ecology, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, Wisconsin
We are part of a collaborative multi-agency effort that is developing high-resolution benthic habitat maps in key areas of the Great Lakes. Our maps inform ...
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Bioeffects Assessment in Bristol Bay, Alaska: Characterization of Soft Bottom Benthic Habitats and Fish Contaminant Body Burdens and Histopathology Characterization

Alaska, aquaculture, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, ian.hartwell@noaa.gov, pollutants, pollution, salmon, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories
Bristol Bay hosts the largest salmon fishery in the world, as well as a number of other important fisheries. We are studying sediment conditions that ...
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Bioeffects Program Reports: Gulf of Mexico and Puerto Rico

Alabama, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, contamination, Florida, ian.hartwell@noaa.gov, Louisiana, marine health, Mississippi, pcbs, pollution, Puerto Rico, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Texas, U.S. States and Territories
The Bioeffects program is a nationwide program of environmental assessment designed to describe the current status of environmental quality in our nation's estuarine and coastal ...
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Bioeffects Program Reports: Kachemak Bay, Alaska

Alaska, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, contaminants, ian.hartwell@noaa.gov, Kachemak Bay, marine health, pollutution, restoration, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
The Bioeffects program is a nationwide program of environmental assessment and related research designed to describe the current status of environmental quality in our nation's ...
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Bioeffects Program Reports: Mid/North Atlantic Region

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Connecticut, contaminants, Delaware, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, District of Columbia, Maine, marine health, mary.rider@noaa.gov, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, pcbs, pollution, Rhode Island, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories
The Bioeffects program is a nationwide program of environmental assessment designed to describe the current status of environmental quality in our nation's estuarine and coastal ...
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Bioeffects Program Reports: Pacific Coast and Hawaii

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, California, contaminants, Hawaii, ian.hartwell@noaa.gov, marine health, Oregon, pcbs, pollution, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington
Bioeffects Assessment Program identifies and assesses biological effects associated with contaminant exposure. Over forty intensive regional studies have been conducted since 1986 using the Sediment ...
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Bioeffects Program Reports: South Atlantic Region

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, contaminants, Florida, Georgia, ian.hartwell@noaa.gov, marine health, North Carolina, pcbs, pollution, South Carolina, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories
The Bioeffects program is a nationwide program of environmental assessment designed to describe the current status of environmental quality in our nation's estuarine and coastal ...
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Biogeographic Assessment of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary to Support Evaluation of Boundary Alternatives

California, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, randy.clark@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) off the coast of Southern California was designated in 1980. In 2005, NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries ...
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Biogeographic Assessment of the Samoan Archipelago

American Samoa, biogeographic assessment, Coral, coral reef, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, marine planning, marine protected area, Marine Spatial Ecology, matt.kendall@noaa.gov, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
We examined the marine biogeography of the Samoan archipelago in the south central Pacific Ocean, with a focus on regional ocean climate, island connectivity via ...
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Biogeographic Assessment to Characterize the Florida Keys Coral Reef Tract Ecosystem

Atlantic Ocean, chris.jeffrey@noaa.gov, david.moe.nelson@noaa.gov, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, Marine Spatial Ecology, theresa.goedeke@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
We are assessing the seafloor composition and the distribution of coral reef fish in the Florida Coral Reef Tract. By pairing the marine resources data ...
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Biological Vulnerability to Hypoxia from Climate Warming and Eutrophication in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

CHRP, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, david.scheurer@noaa.gov, Gulf of Mexico, HABHRCA, Hypoxia, Louisiana, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
This project will provide critical information and predictive tools to coastal managers for understanding how species will respond to changing hypoxia conditions from ongoing and ...
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