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Improving Predictions of Contaminants of Emerging ...

We are building models to assess relationships between chemical contamination in the environment and human activity. By evaluating variables such as land use, population density, community infrastructure and business locations, ...
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Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Amy.Freitag@noaa.gov, andrew.leight@noaa.gov

Improving the Gulf of Maine HAB Forecast with Envi...

Toxic algal blooms pose a serious health risk and often disrupt valuable regional shellfisheries. Eating seafood tainted with algal toxins can sicken or even kill people. We are pioneering use ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

Interannual Variability of PSP Toxicity in Eastern...

The Gulf of Maine is impacted annually by Alexandrium fundyense blooms which can result in paralytic shellfish poisoning. Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) leads to significant economic impacts. The paralytic shellfish ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Canada, Foreign Countries, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

Investigating Domoic Acid Biosynthesis and Toxic B...

The marine diatom Pseudo-nitzschia (PN) produces domoic acid (DA), a neurotoxin that has caused widespread human poisoning along the northeast and northwest coasts of the contiguous U.S. Researchers have investigated ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, john.wickham@noaa.gov

Modeling and mapping marine bird distributions on ...

Seabirds and other marine birds are wide-ranging and highly mobile so mapping their at-sea distributions presents a significant challenge. The purpose of this project was to produce high-resolution predictive maps ...
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Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Offshore Wind, Protected Species, Atlantic Ocean, Canada, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Foreign Countries, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Waterbodies, arliss.winship@noaa.gov, john.christensen@noaa.gov

Modeling, Visualizing, and Communicating Nor'easte...

We are working to inform and improve coastal resource management and resilience to extreme weather events (e.g., Nor’easters and hurricanes) whose impacts are magnified with sea level rise. The project ...
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Coastal Change, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, Atlantic Ocean, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

Multidisciplinary Approach to a Cross-Regional Pro...

Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) has emerged as a significant and expanding seafood safety threat in coastal regions across the United States. The harmful algal species Dinophysis produces toxins known to ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Puget Sound, Rhode Island, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Washington, Waterbodies, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP) Coastal ...

In support of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, we completed the estuarine and coastal components of the National Fish Habitat Assessment. We compiled and analyzed existing data on the ...
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Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Alabama, Atlantic Ocean, California, Chesapeake Bay, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Washington, Waterbodies, david.moe.nelson@noaa.gov

National Phytoplankton Monitoring Network

Harmful algal blooms impact the coastal economy on average $82 million a year. Because every coastal state suffers HABs the problem is too much for any one agency. The National ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, Atlantic Ocean, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Washington, Waterbodies, steve.morton@noaa.gov

NOAA Mussel Watch Program: An Assessment of Contam...

Since 1986, NOAA’s Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants and biological indicators of water quality. The program is being redesigned to adopt a rotating ...
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Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Gulf of Maine, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, mary.rider@noaa.gov

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Small Bloom Predicted for Gulf of Maine Red Tide i...

Researchers with NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are predicting a small, red tide for the Gulf of Maine this summer, continuing the ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, U.S. States and Territories, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov

NCCOS Participates in Gulf of Maine HAB Stakeholde...

On March 26, 2019, the annual Gulf of Maine (GOM) Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Meeting took place in Portland, Maine. ESP-chris deployed off Portsmouth, NH. ESPs are being used for ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Outreach, Sensor Development, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, Atlantic Ocean, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

Researchers Project Fate of Scallop Fishery Under ...

NCCOS-funded researchers have published a paper that describes possible futures of the New England scallop fishery under a suite of climate, economic, biological, and management scenarios. The study highlights the ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Atlantic Ocean, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

NOAA Trains Next Generation of Harmful Algal Bloom...

Dr. Michael Parsons (FGCU) leads a discussion on the toxic dinoflagellate Protoceratium at the third Training Course on the Identification of Harmful Algae in United States Marine Waters. Credit: Bigelow ...
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HABHRCA, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, People and Infrastructure, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Technology Transfer, Maine, U.S. States and Territories, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

NCCOS Funds $6.8M for New and Continuing Harmful A...

NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) is pleased to announce support for 28 new and continuing harmful algal bloom (HAB) research awards in 2018. These awards, totaling $6.8M, ...
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Funding, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Sensor Development, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, California, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Florida, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, david.scheurer@noaa.gov, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

Robots Help Locate Origins of Shellfish Toxicity i...

Scientists deployed four underwater robotic Environmental Sample Processors (ESPs) in the Bay of Fundy and the eastern Gulf of Maine at the end of last month. The ESPs count the Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

Gulf of Maine Red Tide Monitoring Provides Real-ti...

Figure 1: Depiction of Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) and buoy configured for deployment in the Gulf of Maine. Credit: WHOI From late April to early July 2016, the National Centers ...
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Other Topics, Maine, Massachusetts, Monterey Bay, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

Record-setting Razor Clam Harvest Aided by Pacific...

Recreational razor clam harvesters in Long Beach, Washington, set a record for one-day digger trips (17,800 diggers) on April 30, 2017. The record number of trips was triggered by the ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Chesapeake Bay, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Maine, Oregon, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

Small Bloom Predicted for Gulf of Maine Red Tide i...

NCCOS and WHOI scientists prepare a sediment corer to collect Alexandrium cysts last fall for the 2017 forecast. Credit: NOAA. This summer's red tide in the Gulf of Maine is ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Maine, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

Collaboration with New Scholar and NOAA Ocean Acid...

Oyster aquaculture structures at Mook Sea Farm, Wapole, Maine. Credit: Mook Sea Farm This past month, NCCOS welcomed a new Hollings Scholar, Madison Uetrecht, who will study the effects of ...
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Coastal Change, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, U.S. States and Territories, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

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Harmful Algal Bloom Forecasting Branch Ocean Color Satellite Imagery Processing Guidelines

The Harmful Algal Bloom - Forecasting Branch (HAB-FB) is a research group within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) tasked with forecasting and monitoring HABs. One of the more effective ways to ...
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Improving methods and indicators for evaluating coastal water eutrophication: A pilot study in the Gulf of Maine

Study Goals and Objectives: 1) Improve existing nutrient-related eutrophication assessment methods, updating (from early 1990s to early 2000s) the eutrophication assessment for systems included in the study with the improved method. 2) Develop a human-use/socioeconomic indicator to complement the assessment ...
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Investigation of 2006 Alexandrium fundyense bloom in the Gulf of Maine: In-situ observations and numerical modeling

In-situ observations and a coupled bio-physical model were used to study the germination, initiation, and development of the Gulf of Maine (GOM) Alexandrium fundyense bloom in 2006. Hydrographic measurements and comparisons with GOM climatology indicate that 2006 was a year ...
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Long-term monitoring of ecological conditions in Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary: Comparison of soft-bottom benthic assemblages and contaminant levels in sediments and biota in spring 2000 and 2005

As part of an ongoing program of benthic sampling and related assessments of sediment quality at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS) off the coast of Georgia, a survey of soft-bottom benthic habitats was conducted in spring 2005 to characterize ...
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Long-term, high frequency in situ measurements of intertidal mussel bed temperatures using biomimetic sensors

At a proximal level, the physiological impacts of global climate change on ectothermic organisms are manifest as changes in body temperatures. Especially for plants and animals exposed to direct solar radiation, body temperatures can be substantially different from air temperatures ...
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Model initialization in a tidally energetic regime: A dynamically adjusted objective analysis

A simple improvement to objective analysis of hydrographic data is proposed to eliminate spatial aliasing effects in tidally energetic regions. The proposed method consists of the evaluation of anomalies from observations with respect to circulation model fields. The procedure is ...
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Model output for deep-sea coral habitat suitability in the U.S. North and Mid-Atlantic from 2013 (NCEI Accession 0145923)

This dataset was created for potential use as an environmental predictor in spatial predictive models of deep-sea coral habitat suitability. Deep-sea corals are of particular conservation concern due to their slow growth rates and vulnerability to disturbance. This is a ...
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Model Simulations of the Bay of Fundy Gyre: 2. Hindcasts for 2005-2007 Reveal Interannual Variability in Retentiveness

A persistent gyre at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy results from a combination of tidal rectification and buoyancy forcing. Here we assess recent interannual variability in the strength of the gyre using data assimilative model simulations. Realistic hindcast ...
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Modeled prevalance of seabirds and relative abundance of cetaceans in NW Atlantic (limit-40 W) from 1980-04-01 to 1988-10-01 (NCEI Accession 0130025)

This data set is a compilation of modeled seabird prevalence predictions for a selection of species including Razorbill (Alca torda), Greater Shearwater (Puffinus gravis), Wilson?s Storm-petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus), and all auks (Alcidae), and relative abundance of ...
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Modeling at-sea occurrence and abundance of marine birds to support Atlantic marine renewable energy planning: Phase I report

This report describes the first phase of a project aimed at producing maps of the spatial distributions of marine bird species in U.S. Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) waters that can be used to inform marine spatial planning in the ...
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