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Applied Ecophysiology of Marine Aquaculture Species to Understand Environmental Interactions

Alabama, aquaculture, Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Florida, Georgia, grouper, hatchery, james.morris@noaa.gov, Louisiana, Marine Spatial Ecology, Mississippi, red porgy, reef fish, snapper, spawning, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, vermillion snapper

Forecasting environmental interactions of marine aquaculture activities requires an in-depth understanding of the environment and the species farmed. We are investigating two promising candidates for ...

Aquaculture and Eutrophication in Long Island Sound and Great Bay – Piscataqua Estuary

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Marine Spatial Ecology, New Hampshire, New York, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories

Eutrophication is the overabundance of nutrients in a body of water that results in harmful algal blooms, fish kills, and in some cases ecosystem collapse ...

Aquaculture Mapping Atlas and FARM Model

Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Connecticut, Marine Spatial Ecology, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories

We are integrating two tools commonly used to plan for and site aquaculture: the Farm Aquaculture Resource Management (FARM) Model and the Connecticut Aquaculture Mapping ...

Aquaculture Opportunity Areas for Federal Waters of the United States Exclusive Economic Zone

Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, james.morris@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science

The increasing demand for American-grown seafood and improved technology to farm in the open ocean provides incentive for aquaculture expansion. A recent step toward domestic ...

Aquaculture Spatial Planning in Florida: A Pilot Study to Assess Potential Offshore Aquaculture Zones along Florida’s Gulf Coast

Assessing Human Use, Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, james.morris@noaa.gov, ken.riley@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, , U.S. States and Territories

The increasing demand for American-grown seafood and improved technology to farm in the open ocean provides an opportunity for domestic aquaculture expansion, increased protein production, ...

AquaSpace – An Ecosystem Approach to Making Space for Sustainable Aquaculture

aquaculture, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov, Waterbodies

Aquaculture is a large and growing segment of seafood production because capture fisheries production continues to decline. A major challenge to the expansion of marine ...

Are Growth and Toxicity of the Dinoflagellate Alexandrium Controlled by Grazer-induced Defense?

Atlantic Ocean, Connecticut, ECOHAB, grazing, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, john.wickham@noaa.gov, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, zooplankton

Blooms of Alexandrium fundyense result in economic losses to fisheries, aquaculture, and pose public health risks. Typically, A. fundyense growth and toxicity are seen as ...

Are Marine Protected Areas Working in the U.S. Virgin Islands?

Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, chris.jeffrey@noaa.gov, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, john.christensen@noaa.gov, marine protected areas, Marine Spatial Ecology, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, USVI, Waterbodies

We used a decade of underwater monitoring data to evaluate the effectiveness of no-take and partial-take Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) located in the U.S. Virgin ...

Assessing Biogeography, Conditions, and Marine Protected Area Efficacy in the Dry Tortugas

chris.jeffrey@noaa.gov, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

In 2001, state and federal agencies established the Tortugas Ecological Reserve to protect extensive unspoiled shallow-water coral reefs that support a wide variety of marine ...

Assessing Blue Carbon Storage at Restoration Sites of Various Ages and Morphologies

Carbon Sequestration, Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Change, jenny.davis@noaa.gov, Maryland, Molly.Bost@noaa.gov, Natural and Nature-based Features, North Carolina, Restoration, Sea Level Rise, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Coastal wetland sediments are efficient carbon sinks that continuously store carbon as they vertically accrete. Carbon that is buried in wetland sediments can remain trapped ...

Assessing Community Risk in Relation to Flood Hazard in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience, chloe.fleming@noaa.gov, Coastal Change, , U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

Communities in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) experience flooding, storms, and other climate-driven hazards. Impacts from these events are felt differently across the territory and ...

Assessing Community Risk in Relation to Flood Hazards in the Baltimore, Maryland, Metro Area

Amy.Freitag@noaa.gov, Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience, Coastal Change, Maryland, seann.regan@noaa.gov, , U.S. States and Territories, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

Coastal communities in the United States are forced to grapple with flooding, storms, and other hazards, and these challenges are anticipated to intensify as a ...

Assessing Community Risk in Relation to Inland and Coastal Flood Hazard in Maine’s Washington County and Greater East Grand Region

Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience, chloe.fleming@noaa.gov, Coastal Change, Maine, , U.S. States and Territories, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

Communities in Maine’s Washington County and Greater East Grand Region experience flooding and other climate-driven hazards. Impacts from these events are felt differently across the ...

Assessing Coral Bleaching in Four U.S. Caribbean Managed Areas

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Coral, coral bleaching, coral monitoring, coral reef, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands

In 2005, high sea temperatures caused coral bleaching in the Caribbean. The goals of this this project were to characterize the spatial extent of coral ...

Assessing Futiga Dump Site Impacts on Fagatele Bay in National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa

American Samoa, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, cheryl.woodley@noaa.gov, contaminants, coral reef, coral reef conservation, dave.whitall@noaa.gov, National Marine Sanctuary, pollution, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Water Quality

We will determine the potential impacts of the Futiga dump site and landfill on the coral reef ecosystem resources of the Fagatele Bay unit of ...

Assessing Land Based Sources of Pollution in Tinian, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, corals, dave.whitall@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation

Coral reefs are diverse, productive, and economically valuable ecosystem, but are threatened by a variety of stressors in including land based sources of pollution, such ...

Assessing Multi-species Habitat Use and Connectivity of Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf of Maine

Atlantic Ocean, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Maine, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, marine spatial planning, Massachusetts, MPAs, Other Topics, Regional Ecosystem Science, Sponsored Research, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We are evaluating how highly migratory and protected species, including cetaceans, fishes, pinnipeds, seabirds, and turtles, are using a network of state and federal marine ...

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