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NCCOS Project Wins Publication Award
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 ...
NCCOS and Partners Assess Using Shellfish Aquacult...
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 ...
Declining Oxygen Levels Threaten Oysters in Chesap...
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, Partners Issue Dead Zone Predictions for Gul...
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 ...
Chesapeake Bay Dead Zones Show Marine Worm Species...
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 ...
Environmental Conditions Can Influence Development...
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 ...
Surface Elevation Trends Help Us Prepare for Clima...
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 ...
Working to Reduce Toxic Blue-Green Algal Blooms in...
NCCOS-sponsored researchers recently explored several promising techniques to mitigate toxic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) blooms in the Chesapeake Bay region.The team focused on sediment-flocculation, in which local sediments and commercial clays ...
Supporting Virginia Sea Grant Aquaculture Work
At the Virginia Sea Grant's Annual Symposium held in Richmond, Va. on Jan. 23, researchers from NCCOS, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and private industry developed strategies to find ...
NOAA Administrator Honors NCCOS Employees
At the 2013 NOAA Administrator and Technology Transfer Awards ceremony, Acting NOAA Administrator Dr. Kathryn Sullivan recognized four NCCOS employees for accomplishments that brought unusual credit to NOAA and the ...
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