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Setting Shared Goals for South Florida’s Marine an...

We facilitated a process to identify the characteristics and key regulating processes of a sustainable South Florida coastal marine ecosystem. Using the best available science from academia, agencies, and non-governmental ...

Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience, Marine Spatial Ecology, Other Topics, Regional Ecosystem Science, , Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Spatial Predictive Modeling of Threatened ESA Cora...

We are using predictive mapping to predict Threatened coral species distributions in the U.S. Atlantic and Caribbean and provide interactive maps of predicted distributions. Outputs are data-driven spatial predictions of ...

Coastal Change, Coral, Marine Spatial Ecology, Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, shay.viehman@noaa.gov

Stormwater Runoff in Coastal Watersheds: Predictin...

We developed a stormwater runoff modeling system to predict the impacts of development and climate change on stormwater runoff in small coastal watersheds. The model quantifies runoff using climate change ...

Assessing Human Use, Coastal Change, , Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, anne.blair@noaa.gov

Technical Support for Inception of Florida DEP Cor...

Eutrophication is the over-abundance of nutrients in a body of water that results in harmful algal blooms, fish kills, and in some cases ecosystem collapse. In coral reef ecosystems, excess ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, dave.whitall@noaa.gov

The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United S...

Reports in The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States series represent NOAA’s ongoing effort to assess the condition of the nation’s shallow-water ...

Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, American Samoa, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Florida, Guam, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, Puerto Rico, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies, mark.monaco@noaa.gov

Threatened Resources: Bank Systems of the Florida ...

We undertook an ecological assessment of bank systems in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) to determine what will be lost if these systems continue to be degraded by ...

Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, shay.viehman@noaa.gov

Tool to Forecast the Effect of Waves on Waterbodie...

We created a tool to help coastal community managers, resource managers, and biologists estimate the wave impact potential to a given area. Wave forms included in the tool range from ...

Coastal Change, Marine Spatial Ecology, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, amit.malhotra@noaa.gov

Total Suspended Solids, Turbidity and Contaminants...

The purpose of this project is to provide additional environmental stressor data related to multiple port dredging projects in south Florida, especially as they relate to nearby important and threatened ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, cheryl.woodley@noaa.gov, dave.whitall@noaa.gov

Tracking Fish Populations and Movements to Support...

We are studying the effect of watershed restoration on fish communities and their movements in mangrove estuaries in southwest Florida. Our goals are to compare fish movements and populations across ...

Coastal Change, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science, Restoration, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, matt.kendall@noaa.gov

Training Course on the Identification of Harmful A...

We are developing a national capacity to train the next generation of state and federal agency scientists in taxonomic identification of harmful marine algae, helping to rebuild and maintain expertise ...

News

Florida Governor Appoints NCCOS Scientist to Red T...

Dr. Quay Dortch. Credit: NOAA. Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed NCCOS's Dr. Quay Dortch to the recently re-organized Florida Red Tide Task Force. The governor made the announcement at an ...

August 5, 2019 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Outreach, People and Infrastructure, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.kidwell@noaa.gov

NCCOS and GCOOS Soliciting Proposals for Assessing...

The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Regional Association (GCOOS-RA) are pleased to announce a funding opportunity for projects assessing ...

August 3, 2019 Assessing Human Use, Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience, Ecosystem Services Valuation, Funding, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Outreach, , Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

With Second Workshop, NCCOS Continues Focus on Hyp...

Credit S. Brandt, OSU. Building on results of an initial 2017 workshop, a second advisory panel workshop concerning the effects of low dissolved oxygen in water (hypoxia) was held June ...

July 8, 2019 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Hypoxia, Other Topics, Outreach, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.hilmer@noaa.gov

2017-2018 Florida Red Tide Determined by Ocean Cir...

A composite of all observations of Karenia brevis made by the Florida Wildlife Research Institute from 1953 through 2007. The white ellipse denotes the hypothesized, mid-shelf initiation region. The arrows ...

April 18, 2019 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

Florida Red Tide Summit Features NCCOS Research

On March 28, 2019, about 350 people attended the Pinellas County and City of Indian Rocks Beach Red Tide Summit in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. Panel and audience at the ...

April 15, 2019 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Outreach, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Technology Transfer, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov

New Report Characterizes Offshore, Soft-bottom Hab...

NCCOS scientists completed a study of the soft-bottom habitats in offshore areas of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). While FKNMS is known for its coral reefs and extensive ...

November 29, 2018 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, len.balthis@noaa.gov

NCCOS Research Featured at Florida Red Tide Forum

Red Tide Transport to the Coastline. Given observations indicative of K. brevis red tide, where would these cells go if transported by the circulation? Dr Weisberg and his team applied ...

November 29, 2018 HABHRCA, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Outreach, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

Funding Awarded to Study Airborne Health Risks fro...

Florida Gulf Coast University graduate student Adam Catasus installs an algae air-sampling pump outside a Cape Coral home. Credit: Dr. Mike Parsons, FGCU. NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science ...

November 14, 2018 HABHRCA, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

NCCOS Forecasts, Funding, Research Help South Flor...

Dead fish on beach near Sarasota, Florida, killed by brevetoxins from 2018 red tide. Credit: Bob Currier, Texas A&M University. NCCOS is doing several things to help south Florida address ...

October 29, 2018 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, peter.moeller@noaa.gov, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov

Experimental Florida Red Tide Forecast Helps Publi...

Dead fish on beach near Sarasota, Florida, killed by brevetoxins from 2018 red tide. Credit: Bob Currier, Texas A&M University. Pinellas County residents and visitors who are susceptible to the ...

October 22, 2018 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov

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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral communities in the Florida Reef Tract from 2014-05-01 to 2014-10-01 (NCEI Accession 0156879)

This coral demographics protocol was devised to provide additional, species-specific insight (and ‘signal magnitude’) for corals than is provided by percent cover. Specifics of the protocol are based closely on other long-established monitoring programs in the Atlantic region, including Atlantic ...

National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral communities in the Florida Reef Tract from 2018-06-05 to 2018-12-17 (NCEI Accession 0208322)

The Benthic Assessment (BA) is the first of two benthic surveys conducted in Florida as part of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). Benthic Assessment provides benthic cover estimates for ecologically important cover types/groups (e.g., macroalgae, turf algae, crustose ...

National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef benthic communities in the Florida Reef Tract

Benthic survey data provided in this collection of data sets are from three (3) distinct regions along the Florida reef tract; 1) Dry Tortugas, 2) Florida Keys from Key West north to Miami, and 3) Miami north to Martin County ...

National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef fish communities in the Florida Reef Tract

Coral reef fish survey data provided in this collection are from three (3) distinct regions along the Florida reef tract; 1) Dry Tortugas, 2) Florida Keys from Key West north to Miami and 3) Miami north to Martin County. These ...

National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of fish communities in the Florida Reef Tract from 2014-05-01 to 2014-10-01 (NCEI Accession 0156445)

Divers conducted reef visual census (RVC) fish surveys and habitat assessments at 433 sites in the Florida Keys, 436 sites in the Dry Tortugas and 320 sites in the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI) region. NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science ...

National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of fish communities in the Florida Reef Tract from 2016-05-01 to 2016-12-15 (NCEI Accession 0169400)

The stationary point count method (7.5m radius cylinder) is used to conduct fish surveys in Florida as part of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). This method collects and reports information on species composition, density, size structure, abundance and ...

National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of fish communities in the Florida Reef Tract from 2018-06-05 to 2018-12-17 (NCEI Accession 0208321)

National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Socioeconomic surveys of human use, knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions in South Florida

The socioeconomic survey data in this collection come from surveys of adult residents in South Florida conducted as part of NOAA's ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). Surveys are conducted for a random stratified sample of households on a ...

National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Socioeconomic surveys of human use, knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions in South Florida from 2014-01-20 to 2014-07-03 (NCEI Accession 0161541)

The data in this file comes from a survey of adult residents in South Florida. The survey results were obtained from a random stratified sample of households in Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties in South Florida in ...

NCCOS Assessment: Coral Disturbance Response Monitoring (DRM) along the Florida Reef Tract following Hurricane Irma from 2017-10-09 to 2017-10-18 (NCEI Accession 0179071)

This data set contains both coral demographic data and roving diver surveys conducted on October 9 - 18, 2017 to assess the impacts of Hurricane Irma on sections of the Florida Reef Tract. A total of 57 sites were completed, ...

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