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Quantifying the Benefits of Natural and Nature-based Features in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Under Different Sea Level Rise Scenarios to Inform Conservation and Management Decisions

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Maryland, Natural and Nature-based Features, Sea Level Rise, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories

We will analyze how marshes, submerged aquatic vegetation, and other natural features reduce wave energy and flood risks along Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coastal ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Recovery Horizon Projections for Ship Groundings on Coral Reefs

Coral, coral reef, coral reef restoration, Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, shay.viehman@noaa.gov, ship grounding, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

Ship groundings cause extensive physical destruction to coral reefs, and subsequent recovery can be complicated and prolonged. In this project, we specifically address how coral ...

Reef Smart Collaboration: A Coral Reef Ecosystem Education Initiative

Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Hawaii, Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, theresa.goedeke@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands

The Reef Smart Initiative is a series of strategic, community-based outreach events designed to increase awareness of NOAA’s coral reef ecosystem research and conservation success ...

Refining Ecosystem Model Inputs for Sea Level Rise Vulnerability in the San Francisco Bay Estuary

California, Coastal Change, Coastal Change, david.kidwell@noaa.gov, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, San Francisco Bay, Sea Level Rise, sea level rise, Sponsored Research, U.S. States and Territories, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Waterbodies, wetlands

We are enhancing a locally relevant marsh model with new field data on the impacts of sea level rise to allow coastal managers to evaluate ...

Research to Support Management of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

chris.taylor@noaa.gov, christine.addison@noaa.gov, Coral, coral reef, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), laura.kracker@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, randy.clark@noaa.gov, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We conducted an assessment of biological resources in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, to serve as the basis for future sanctuary management decisions ...

Resident Perceptions of Offshore Wind Energy Development on the Oregon Coast

Marine Spatial Ecology, Offshore Wind, Oregon, sarah.gonyo@noaa.gov, , theresa.goedeke@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) oversees development of U.S. offshore renewable energy projects on submerged lands called the Outer Continental Shelf. BOEM identified ...

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 ...

Restoring Injured Seagrass Beds with New Methods for Re-Grading and Fertilization

Florida, Marine Spatial Ecology, Restoration, Seagrasses, U.S. States and Territories

Vessel groundings in shallow waters can damage fragile seagrass habitats, sometimes permanently. We conducted scientific studies to assess new intervention methods of sediment re-grading and ...

Restoring our Nation’s Wetlands using MAPTITE: A Marsh Analysis and Planning Tool Incorporating Tides and Elevation

Connecticut, Delaware, gis, Habitat Mapping, march, Marine Spatial Ecology, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, restoration, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, wetlands

We developed an ArcGIS-extension MAPTITE tool designed to help marsh planners maximize the success rate of vegetation restoration efforts. The tool identifies suitable locations for ...

Retrospective Marsh Model Comparison Study

Alabama, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Massachusetts, Natural and Nature-based Features, Other Topics, rebecca.atkins@noaa.gov, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, U.S. States and Territories

Coastal land managers need vetted scientific information and user-driven tools to understand salt marsh vulnerability, and to make informed decisions on management and policy actions ...

Risk Assessment of Mosquito-control Agents

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, marie.delorenzo@noaa.gov, South Carolina, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

We identified the toxic effects that mosquito-control agents may have on estuarine species and the coastal environment. The information we gathered was placed in a ...

Robotic, Underwater Sensor for Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins

California, domoic acid, 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 ...

Safe Water Together – Science Serving Community

brittany.king@noaa.gov, Coastal Change, Georgia, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, U.S. States and Territories

Safe Water Together is a community-engaged research program designed to ensure sustainable access to safe water in coastal Georgia. This project will lay the groundwork ...

Salt Marsh Ecology in an Era of Sea Level Rise

carolyn.currin@noaa.gov, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, North Carolina, salt march, sea level rise, shoreline change, U.S. States and Territories

Under the right circumstances, salt marshes have the ability to increase their elevation, and therefore may be able to “keep up” with sea level rise ...

Salt Marsh Evolution along the South Atlantic Bight

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Florida, Georgia, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, South Carolina, Sponsored Research, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories

We are advancing marsh modeling in the South Atlantic Bight (SAB) to provide high-resolution predictions of future marsh evolution and the wave attenuation of these ...

Sampling Design Tool for ArcGIS

arcgis, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, charles.menza@noaa.gov, gis, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Habitat Mapping, ken.buja@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Waterbodies

The Sampling Design Tool for ArcGIS randomly selects people, animals, objects, or places in a GIS environment to infer status or change. The tool was ...

Scenarios and Tradeoffs: Providing Useful Models to Coastal Managers

Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Change, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Waterbodies

Many agencies at the federal, state, and regional level need to use ecosystem models to help them predict the results of different management actions on ...

Science in Support of Adaptation Planning for Climate Variability and Coastal Hazard Vulnerability in the Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay, chloe.fleming@noaa.gov, climate impacts, Delaware, flood, Maryland, resilience, seann.regan@noaa.gov, , theresa.goedeke@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, vulnerability assessment, Waterbodies

The Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States, provides people with valuable ecosystem services. Impacts from climate change, including sea level rise and ...

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