Theinnovative "Maryland Grows Oysters" program, designed to use oyster restoration for improvement of water quality in Chesapeake Bay, was featured in aNational Geographic video released on October 9. The project ...

The harvest of seafood from the Chesapeake Bay, which contributes billions of dollars to local and state economies, is just one of the key aquatic ecosystem services threatened by land-based ...

A paper supported by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science project 'Multiple Stresses in Mid-Atlantic Shoreline Habitats' won the 2014 American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Boggess Award for the ...

Researchers are exploring the role oyster aquaculture may beplaying in improvingwater quality in the Chesapeake Bay. On July 16, 17, and 23, 2014, the researchers made visits to three Chesapeake ...

NCCOS-sponsored research by the Smithsonian Institution Environmental Research Center (SERC) reveals low dissolved oxygen (hypoxia) hampers oysters' ability to fight Dermo, a disease that has ravaged oysters throughout the Chesapeake ...

NOAA staff lead a children's activity as part of their river awareness workshop at the 2014 River and Roots Festival in Berryville, Va. Last month's River and Roots Festivalin Berryville, ...

Scientists are expecting an average, but still large, hypoxic or "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico this year, and a slightly above-average hypoxic zone in the Chesapeake Bay. NOAA-supported ...

A recent NCCOS-sponsored study conducted by the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science has found a hypoxia-induced shift in marine worm communities in Chesapeake Bay to ones made up ...

A recent NCCOS-sponsored study by the Smithsonian Institution showed that long-term exposure to daily fluctuations of hypoxia (low dissolved oxygen) increased Dermo disease (Perkinsus marinus) infection in previously uninfected eastern ...

Predicting future patterns of coastal inundation from sea level rise requires knowledge of changes in sea level and changes in elevation of land surface. Surface elevation tables - mechanical devices ...