Scientists aren't clear on the specifics of how harmful algal toxins get intotop predators, but a recent study showed that whenFlorida red tides bloom, a wide rangeof bottom-dwelling creatures become ...

Marine scientists on Friday plan to begin transplanting about 100 basketball-size corals from an onshore nursery to a damaged reef off the shores of Fort Lauderdale. The transplant, among the ...

Can nursery raised corals restore reefs as well as those grown offshore? NOAA is sponsoring the National Coral Reef Institute to compare the growth rates of each technique. A dramatic ...

The January 2012 issue of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)'sHarmful Algae News No. 45 featuredNCCOS harmful algal bloom forecasts--both under development and operational. The article, 'Harmful Algal Bloom Operational ...

A scientist from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Matt Kendall, was recognized by NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS)for his efforts in support of the Fagatele Bay ...

NCCOS-funded research into the ecosystem effects of climate change may improve management of the commercially important shellfish populations in a warming climate. Stone crabs (Menippe mercenaria), normally found only in ...

It was October 31, 1987 - HalloweenDay in the U.S. It seemed to be an otherwise ordinary day, but people on the beaches near Beaufort, North Carolina,were experiencing out of ...

In Fiscal Year 2011, the National Ocean Service's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) awarded nearly $5.8M to 14 new research projects under 6 different research programs. Projects were ...

Forecasting doesn't eliminate the need for shellfish resource managers to test and monitor toxicity, but it can help them do so more effectively, says WHOI senior scientist Dennis McGillicuddy, a ...

Echoing the alarm sounded in the early 2000s about increasing numbers of lionfish off the East Coast, NOAA scientists are warning that another species - the Asian tiger shrimp - ...