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Improving Methods and Identifying Best Practices for Defining and Delineating Low-relief Hardbottom Essential Fish Habitat in Wind Energy Areas: A Case Study in Carolina Long Bay

chris.taylor@noaa.gov, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, North Carolina, Offshore Wind, U.S. States and Territories

We are studying the underwater hardbottom habitats in Carolina Long Bay, a wind energy area off the coasts of North and South Carolina currently under ...

Improving Predictions of Contaminants of Emerging Concern Found in Watersheds Using Proximate Demographic and Land Use Patterns

We are building models to assess relationships between chemical contamination in the environment and human activity. By evaluating variables such as land use, population density, ...

Improving Species Distribution and Seafloor Maps to Support Washington State Marine Planning

charles.menza@noaa.gov, Habitat Mapping, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, pinniped, seabird, tim.battista@noaa.gov, Waterbodies

Our work provided the state of Washington and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary with new information to prioritize seafloor mapping, and to better understand ...

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 ...

InEvalTool: An Integrative Evaluation Toolkit for Hawaiian Nature-based Solutions

Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience, Coastal Change, Hawaii, Natural and Nature-based Features, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, rebecca.atkins@noaa.gov, Sea Level Rise, , Sponsored Research

We are co-developing an accessible, replicable way to evaluate the performance of nature-based solutions that accounts for the data and modeling constraints islands face, as ...

Influence of Shoreline Changes on Chesapeake and Delmarva Bay Ecosystems

Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Delaware, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Other Topics, Regional Ecosystem Science, Restoration, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, U.S. States and Territories, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Waterbodies

We are supporting a large-scale research project to predict how shoreline development interacts with other stresses to change coastal ecosystems and the species that live ...

Informing Adaptation Decisions for Alaska’s Salmon Fisheries

Alaska, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov, Ocean Acidification, U.S. States and Territories

We are integrating multiple areas of research on the impacts of ocean acidification (OA) and the influence of “tipping points” (i.e., regime shifts) on Alaska’s ...

Informing Coastal Adaptation and Management through the Coastal Dynamics of Sea Level Rise (iCAM-CDSLR)

Coastal Change, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Natural and Nature-based Features, Sea Level Rise, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Waterbodies

We will partner with communities to enhance proposals to organizations that can fund innovative nature-based flood mitigation projects along the Gulf Coast. We will provide ...

Integrated Assessment of Ecosystem Condition and Stressor Impacts in Submerged Habitats of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve

Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, guana tolomato matanzas National estuarine research reserve, Marine Spatial Ecology, Protected Species, U.S. States and Territories

The Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve is rich with scenic beauty and economic value, supporting the vast majority of the commercially and recreationally ...

Integrated Ecosystem Modeling of the Causes of Hypoxia

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, david.scheurer@noaa.gov, dead zone, fisheries, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Hypoxia, Louisiana, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

The largest low oxygen (hypoxic) zone affecting the United States is in the northern Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), adjacent to the Mississippi ...

Integrated Marine Protected Area Climate Tools (IMPACT) for Management Adaptation and Planning—Demonstration in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, doug.pirhalla@noaa.gov, Florida, Florida Keys, U.S. States and Territories, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

We are studying the effects of weather and climate on South Florida’s coastal ecosystems and developing models to predict corresponding changes in environmental health. We ...

Integrated Modeling of the Effects of Sea Level Rise across Estuaries, Marshes and Barrier Islands in Mississippi Sound

Alabama, Coastal Change, Coastal Change, Mississippi, modeling, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, sea level rise, Sponsored Research, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories

We are advancing coastal dune and marsh modeling of the barrier islands, estuary and interior marshes in the Mississippi Sound to evaluate trade-offs between coastal management ...

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 ...

Integration of Social Science with Probabilistic Sea Level Rise Projections in Puget Sound

Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience, chloe.fleming@noaa.gov, Coastal Change, Puget Sound, seann.regan@noaa.gov, , U.S. States and Territories, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Washington, Waterbodies

Washington Sea Grant assessed sea level rise exposure for coastal areas of Puget Sound by developing a parcel-level sea level rise vulnerability assessment. NCCOS supported ...

Interactions between Ocean Acidification and Eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay and Implications for Oysters

Chesapeake Bay, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov, Ocean Acidification, Waterbodies

We are supporting research that will determine the current state of acidification in Chesapeake Bay waters and identify areas in the bay that are most ...

Interactive Effects of Microplastics and Other Chemicals of Emerging Concern in Coastal Ecosystems

Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, paul.pennington@noaa.gov, South Carolina, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Water Quality

The purpose of this project is to examine how microplastic pollution interacts with chemical contamination in coastal ecosystems. We plan to perform a series of ...

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 ...

Invasion of Asian Tiger Shrimp along the U.S. Southeastern Coast and Gulf of America

Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Invasive Species, james.morris@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, tiger shrimp, Waterbodies

We are investigating the cause and potential impacts of the recent tenfold increase in invasive Asian tiger shrimp sightings along the southeastern U.S. coast and ...

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 ...

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