Extensive changes in gene expression were revealed in an NCCOS study of aging in Florida red tides. These changes reflect alterations in metabolism that may provide the tools necessary for ...

Underwater acoustics for mapping the water column Underwater acoustics (ie. fisheries sonars) uses sound to detect and map the presence of fish and other organisms in the water column. An ...

Deep sea Lophelia coral polyps as seen in a closeup screengrab from the ROV Little Hercules. A deep-sea coral expert from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science was one ...

Dozens of experts from Scotland, Denmark, Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. convened in Silver Spring on March 20-21 to share insights into marine cage culture's effects on the environment and ...

A stand of Lophelia pertusa coral, accompanied by some brittle stars and squat lobsters approximately 450 m (1,476 ft) in the Gulf of Mexico's DeSoto Canyon. This has been quite ...

OnMarch 27-28, 2012, NOAA led the third annual Gulf of Mexico ResearchCoordination Meeting in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where all five NOAAline offices and numerous state, federal, and academic partners ...

Dolphins in Barataria Bay off Louisiana, which was hit hard by the BP oil spill in 2010, are seriously ill, and their ailments are probably related to toxic substances in ...

Barataria Bay, located in the northern Gulf of Mexico, received heavy and prolonged exposure to oil during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Based on comprehensive physicals of 32 live dolphins ...

In a first-ever collaboration, findings from NCCOS's long-term research into the causes and consequences of the Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" were included in the National Weather Service annual spring ...

I am a research ecologist at NOAA's Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research in Beaufort, North Carolina, but to my family, I'm simply a 'marine biologist.' I use underwater ...