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Conservation Opportunity: Demobilized Bombing Range, Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico
The demobilized naval bombing range at the eastern end of the Island of Vieques had potential as a marine protected area (MPA) to conserve marine ...
Considerations and Tradeoffs of UAS-based Coastal Wetland Monitoring in the Southeastern United States
Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) provide a low-cost approach to collecting high-resolution aerial imagery, making them an attractive option for detecting habitat change over time. We ...
Contaminant and Disease Assessment in Native Alaskan Fisheries Harvest
In rural Alaska, native communities rely heavily on subsistence fishing for food. To assess food safety, we tested salmon and shellfish harvested by tribe members ...
Contaminants in Marine Resources of Vieques
Land based sources of pollution have the potential to negatively impact a variety of coastal resources, including fisheries stocks. This study is investigating the public ...
Coral Disease and Health Consortium (CDHC) – Solutions Today for Reefs Tomorrow
The Coral Disease and Health Consortium (CDHC) is a network of scientists and managers supporting conservation, restoration, and management goals to protect and restore coral ...
Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies: Integrating Science and Management in the Caribbean
In response to the continued decline of coral reef ecosystem health, we developed a research program to define and understand the causes and effects of ...
Coral Restoration: Developing Scientific Guidance to Support Coral Restoration Design, Implementation, and Monitoring
As coral restoration efforts continue to increase in size and number, there is an overwhelming need for information for scientific input into restoration spatial planning ...
Coral Watershed Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Assets
Watershed runoff can adversely affect the health of coral reefs. Our work will provide coral reef managers with a method to monitor land-based runoff and, ...
Creating a Baseline of Seafloor Fish, Features, and Marine Debris at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary
We conducted a baseline characterization of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary, a protected natural reef on the continental shelf off the Georgia coast. We examined ...
Cross-Regional Comparison of Dinophysis Bloom Dynamics, Drivers, and Toxicity
Harmful algal blooms of Dinophysis have recently emerged as a human health threat in the U.S., resulting in closures of shellfish harvesting to prevent Diarrhetic ...
Cyanobacterial Blooms and Toxins in a High-Latitude Estuary: An Emerging Threat with Potential Impacts on Subsistence Resources
Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs) in Arctic estuaries are an emerging threat causing concerns for communities that rely on subsistence resources. Yet, managers have little ...
Deep Coral Predictive Habitat Modeling in the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico: Focusing on Uncharted Deep-Sea Corals
We are using statistical models that combine databases of known deep-sea coral beds with information about key habitats to predict and map suitable habitat for ...
Deep-sea Coral Ecology, Health, and Diversity
We conduct field surveys of the deep seafloor in the U.S. and neighboring waters to assess the distribution, health, and biodiversity of deep-sea coral ecosystems ...
Defining Domoic Acid Epileptic Disease
Domoic acid epileptic disease, a central nervous system disorder caused by the algal toxin domoic acid (DA), first showed up in humans in a 1987 ...
Defining Future Seafloor Mapping Priorities to Inform Shallow Coral Reef Management
NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) uses benthic mapping data on coral reef ecosystems to support a variety of science-based management decisions. To efficiently allocate ...
Defining Nationally Consistent Coastal Flood Severity Thresholds
We are using machine learning to determine more accurate flood severity thresholds along U.S. coastlines, particularly in places where tide gauge data is sparse, which ...
Defining Protocols for Replanting as an Oil Spill Response Tactic in Coastal Marshes
We are trying to determine the best approach to replant a saltmarsh with native grasses after it has been heavily coated with fuel oil. Highly ...
Demonstrating a Cost-Effective Coastal Protection Technology in South Florida
As coastal cities face heavier storm waves and flooding, traditional seawalls are expensive to maintain and may not protect coastlines against extreme events such as ...
Deposition and Resuspension of Alexandrium fundyense Resting Cysts in the Gulf of Maine: Phase II
Toxins from annual blooms of Alexandrium fundyense accumulate in shellfish; shellfish harvesting closures protect human health, but are economically disruptive. Seed-like cysts produced by A ...
Determining Habitat Requirements and Connectivity for Reef Fishes in the Gulf of America
We are investigating habitat requirements and connectivity for key reef-associated fishes in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and surrounding areas. Marine protected areas ...
Determining the Cause of Endocrine Disruption in the Tributaries of the Shenandoah River
Along with colleagues from the U.S. Geological Survey and Virginia Polytechnic Institute, we placed passive water samplers in the Shenandoah River in Virginia to determine ...
