Projects Archive - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

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 ...

Sharing Simple and Fast Algal Toxin Detection Tests with Developing Countries

Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Pacific Ocean, South Carolina, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, tina.mikulski@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Toxins produced by harmful algae accumulate in shellfish, causing human illness and marine animal mortalities. We have developed a rapid, cost-effective test that measures algal ...

Shellfish Killers: An Optimized Early Warning Program to Mitigate HAB Impacts on Shellfish in the Pacific Northwest

Akashiwo sanguinea, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, MERHAB, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, Protoceratium reticulatum, Puget Sound, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies

We are collecting data to understand the impacts of shellfish-killing algae and their toxins on aquaculture farms and wild populations and to develop a warning ...

Strengthening Early Warning and Forecasts of Domoic Acid Events in the Pacific Northwest: Using the Environmental Sample Processor to Close the Data Gap

domoic acid, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Forecasting, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, pseudo-nitzschia, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies

In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia that produce domoic acid (DA) are a significant human health threat and extremely costly to coastal communities ...

The Columbia River Plume and Harmful Algal Blooms in the Pacific Northwest: Bioreactor, Barrier, or Conduit?

alexandrium catennella, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Columbia River, domoic acid, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Juan de Fuca Eddy, Oregon, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, pseudo-nitzschia, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, shellfish poisoning, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies

We identified the oceanographic causes and transport routes for the harmful alga Pseudo-nitzschia in the offshore waters of the Pacific Northwest and improved predictability of ...

The Dinoflagellate-Specific Algicide IRI-160AA: Isolation, Characterization, and Potential Impacts on Ecologically Relevant Species

algicide, biological control, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, Other Topics, PCMHAB, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Technology Transfer, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Building on previous research that showed the bacteria Shewanella sp. IRI-160 produces an algicide targeting dinoflagellates with no effect on other phytoplankton, the project team ...

The Environmental Sample Processor – Making it More Affordable and Easier to Use

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

We are re-engineering the design of the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP), one of the first available in-water sensors to measure harmful algae, their toxins, and ...

The Role of Nitric Oxide in Promoting Heterosigma Blooms

Atlantic Ocean, Delaware, Delaware Inland Baysr, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Heterosigma, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, nitric acid, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Heterosigma akashiwo has emerged as a threat to finfish and shellfish stocks resulting in significant impacts to the coastal economy. We are working to identify ...

Toward a Predictive Understanding of Cochlodinium and Alexandrium Blooms in the Lower Chesapeake Bay

Alexandrium, Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Cochlodinium, Forecasting, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Waterbodies

Large blooms of Cochlodinium polykrikoides have occurred throughout the lower Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in recent decades and appear to be followed by increasingly ...

Towards a Predictive Understanding of Our Ecosystems: Microcystis Blooms and Toxin Production

ECOHAB, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Forecasting, Great Lakes, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Massachusetts, microcystins, microcystis, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Tennessee, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Cyanobacteria blooms and toxin production are an urgent contemporary problem in the US and worldwide. Water quality models are important tools for managing these problems, ...

Toxic Prymesium parvuum: Characterization of Toxins Affecting Aquaculture, Environmental and Human Health

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, peter.moeller@noaa.gov, South Carolina, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

We have successfully identified several toxins and chemical properties of the harmful alga Prymesium parvuum with the ultimate goal of developing detection and monitoring tools ...

Training Course on the Identification of Harmful Algae in United States Marine Waters

We are developing a national capacity to train the next generation of state and federal agency scientists in taxonomic identification of harmful marine algae, helping ...

Traveling Harmful Algal Bloom Laboratory Education Program

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

Why We Care New Jersey has seen significant increases in cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) and related impacts. CyanoHABs sometimes produce toxins that can be ...

Trophic Transfer and Effects of HAB Toxins in Alaskan Marine Food Webs

Alaska, Alexandrium, Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, domoic acid, ECOHAB, Forecasting, Gulf of Alaska, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, pseudo-nitzschia, saxitoxin, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

This project aims to determine harmful algal bloom species composition and cell densities in Alaskan waters, and to model toxin transfer pathways to zooplankton, shellfish, ...

Uncovering the Mechanisms behind Wintertime Occurrences of Paralytic Shellfish Toxicity in Geoduck Clam Fisheries in Southeast Alaska

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

Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) from the alga Alexandrium hinder the wintertime geoduck clam fishery in Southeast Alaska. With no winter blooms of Alexandrium on record, ...

United States Harmful Algal Bloom Control Technologies Incubator

felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

The development of scale appropriate technologies that can be used to control the growth and spread of harmful algal blooms (HAB) has lagged the advances ...

Upwelling and Coastal Land Use Patterns on the Development of HAB Hotspots Along the California Coast

California, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

We are comparing coastal “hot spots” of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in central and southern California to determine why hot spots exist and how human ...

Using Microcystin-degrading Bacteria and their Enzymes for Water Treatment

cyanobacteria, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Great Lakes, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Lake Erie, microcystins, Ohio, Other Topics, PCMHAB, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We will assess the potential that algal toxin–degrading bacteria have to degrade toxins from water treatment facilities. Why We Care Harmful algal blooms (HABs) occur ...

Validating the Technique for Identifying Paralytic Shellfish Toxins

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Tod.Leighfield@noaa.gov

Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is a world-wide, sometimes fatal seafood poisoning caused by potent algal neurotoxins that accumulate in shellfish. Most nations have certified shellfish ...

Validation of a Triplex Test for Saxitoxin, Domoic Acid, and Okadaic Acid Measured in Shellfish Tissue from New England and the Pacific Northwest

Atlantic Ocean, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, harmful algal blooms, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oregon, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, shellfish poisoning, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies

We will evaluate an assay that simultaneously detects paralytic shellfish poisoning, amnesic shellfish poisoning, and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning toxins in mussels. Why We Care Shellfish ...

Validation of Rapid Lab-based Brevetoxin Aptamer Assay Prototypes in Support of Florida’s Shellfish Industry

Florida, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation

Florida’s red tide, a harmful algal bloom caused by the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis, produces brevetoxins that can accumulate in shellfish and lead to neurotoxic shellfish ...

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