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Microcystins in Bivalves: Optimizing of Monitoring For and Minimizing Risk From an Emerging Human Health Threat

Atlantic Ocean, bivalves, California, Chesapeake Bay, cyanobacteria, Forecasting, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Long Island Sound, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, microcystins, New York, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Waterbodies
This project addresses an emerging concern across the US - the transfer of freshwater algal toxins into the marine environment where they can infiltrate the ...
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Mitigating Microcystis in the Chesapeake Bay

cyanobacteria, cyanotoxins, david.kidwell@noaa.gov, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Maryland, microcystins, microcystis, myxophyceae, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories
Chitosan, a natural compound, is added to concentrations of local sediments and commercial clays to control harmful algal blooms. We are studying the impacts of ...
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Modeling Factors that Contribute to Harmful Algal Blooms

Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Hypoxia, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Waterbodies, wayne.litaker@noaa.gov
Harmful algal blooms that disrupt and degrade coastal aquatic ecosystems are occurring with greater frequency. We developed a model that shows these events are not ...
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Modeling Favorable Habitat for Alexandrium catenella in Puget Sound

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington
In Puget Sound, the toxic alga Alexandrium catenella threatens people who eat shellfish contaminated with the algal toxin. Previous studies identify “seedbeds” of Alexandrium resting ...
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Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms in the Lower Great Lakes

blue-green algae blooms, Great Lakes, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, MERHAB, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Waterbodies
Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms in the Lower Great Lakes (MERHAB-LGL) was the first regional, multi-institution project to examine toxic cyanobacteria in ...
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Monitoring and Management of Lipophilic Shellfish Toxins in Washington

azaspiracid poisoning, diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, dinophysis, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, lipophilic toxins, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, MERHAB, shellfish, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington
Lipid and fat soluble (lipophilic) algal toxins linked to diarrhetic shellfish poisoning and azaspiracid shellfish poisoning are emerging threats to recreational, subsistence, and commercial shellfisheries ...
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Multidisciplinary Approach to a Cross-Regional Problem: Dinophysis and DSP Toxicity

Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, dinophysis, DSP, Forecasting, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Long Island Sound, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Other Topics, Puget Sound, Rhode Island, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Washington, Waterbodies
Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) has emerged as a significant and expanding seafood safety threat in coastal regions across the United States. The harmful algal species ...
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National Analytical Response to Harmful Algal Bloom–Related Marine Animal Mortality Events

Atlantic Ocean, California, Florida, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Pacific Ocean, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
We use extreme events to research new or changing impacts of harmful algal blooms in coastal waters. The NOAA Analytical Response Team leverages cutting-edge analytical ...
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National Phytoplankton Monitoring Network

Alaska, Atlantic Ocean, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, harmful algal blooms, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, pmn, Rhode Island, South Carolina, steve.morton@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Washington, Waterbodies
Harmful algal blooms impact the coastal economy on average $82 million a year. Because every coastal state suffers HABs the problem is too much for ...
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New Pacific Ciguatoxins Identification and Analysis

ciguatoxins, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, john.ramsdell@noaa.gov, Pacific Ocean, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Waterbodies, zhihong.wang@noaa.gov
Ciguatoxins originate from marine algae, such as Gambierdiscus spp., enter the food web through fish, and pass to humans. To improve detection methods and better ...
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Oceanographic and Cellular Controls on Domoic Acid Production in the Central and Southern California Current System

California, domoic acid, ECOHAB, Forecasting, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Other Topics, pseudo-nitzschia, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories
Domoic acid is a neurotoxin produced by some diatoms in the genus Pseudo-nitzschia. Domoic acid can accumulate in shellfish and fish, and cause illness or ...
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Persistence and Trophic Transfer of Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins in Gulf and Atlantic Estuaries

Chesapeake Bay, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Louisiana, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Waterbodies
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) occur in coastal regions across the U.S., causing economic, ecological, and human health impacts. However, not much is known about the ...
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Portable Toxin Detection Technology to Support Great Lakes Decision Support Tools

cyanobacteria, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Forecasting, Great Lakes, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Lake Erie, MERHAB, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Other Topics, Pennsylvania, Sensor Development, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Technology Transfer, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
This project improves the rapid detection of cyanotoxins in the field to provide managers with timely information on risk and minimize exposure to stakeholders. The ...
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Protecting New Yorkers from Toxic Shellfish Poisoning with HAB Early Warning and Rapid Response

alexandrium fundyense, Atlantic Ocean, diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, hab, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, MERHAB, New York, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
Since 2006, large, annual, toxic algal blooms have alarmed the New York shellfish industry. We are developing an early warning system of toxic algae in ...
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RAPDALERT – Rapid Analysis of Pseudo-nitzschia and Domoic Acid, Locating Events in Near–Real Time

amnesic shellfish poisoning, California, domoic acid, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, harmful algal blooms, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, MERHAB, pseudo-nitzschia, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories
Through this pilot project in the coastal waters of Southern California, we demonstrated the effectiveness of adding emerging technologies to harmful algal bloom monitoring programs ...
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Rapid Detection of Harmful Algae

Foreign Countries, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Sensor Development, South Korea, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories
To provide coastal managers with the early warning needed to implement timely and effective mitigation strategies to reduce a harmful algal bloom’s negative impacts, we ...
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Rapid, Portable, Multiplexed Detection of Harmful Algal Toxins in the Great Lakes

anatoxin-a, cyanobacteria, cylindrospermopsins, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Great Lakes, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Lake Erie, microcystins, Ohio, Other Topics, saxitoxins, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
We are expanding algal toxin testing to include tests for saxitoxins and anatoxin-a. The new tool will give water managers and community-based monitoring networks the ...
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Resolving the Effects of Resource Availability, Predation, and Competition on Brown Tide Dynamics via Metatranscriptomics

Atlantic Ocean, ECOHAB, Forecasting, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Long Island Sound, New York, Other Topics, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, Sponsored Research, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
Aureococcus anophagefferens causes brown tides that have severely impacted fisheries, seagrass beds, and aquaculture in mid-Atlantic US coastal waters for three decades. The recent sequencing ...
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Robotic, Underwater Sensor for Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins

California, domoic acid, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, sensor, Sensor Development, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, tina.mikulski@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories
We developed a device to provide resource managers and public-health officials with valuable, real-time data on harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxicity. This robotic, underwater sensor ...
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Science to Support Management of the Dungeness Crab Fishery in the Northern California Current

Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, California, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Oregon, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, Regional Ecosystem Science, Social Science, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies
The productive coastal ocean off northern California, Oregon, and Washington is facing impacts from multiple environmental stressors, including hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, increasing water temperatures, ...
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Seasonal Forecasting of Karenia brevis Red Tide Blooms in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Florida, Forecasting, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), HABHRCA, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Karenia brevis, Other Topics, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, Research, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Technology Transfer, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
This project is developing modeling tools to improve short term and seasonal predictions of toxic red tide Karenia brevis blooms in the Gulf of Mexico ...
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