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Supporting Redesign of Battleship NORTH CAROLINA P...

In response to repeated nuisance flooding events that have impacted operations and visitor access at the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA Park, NCCOS scientists are supporting park mangers in their efforts to ...
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Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Restoration, Sea Level Rise, Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, jenny.davis@noaa.gov

The Coastal Recovery from Storms Tool (CReST): Mod...

We are developing a community modeling tool, based on field data, to inform impact and vulnerability assessments of dune and beach recovery following storms under a suite of sea level ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Sea Level Rise, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, david.kidwell@noaa.gov

The Economic Value of Natural Infrastructure for S...

This two-year project is determining the economic value of the reduction in storm impacts to coastal communities due to the presence of natural infrastructure in the region associated with the ...
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Coastal Change, Ecosystem Services Valuation, Natural and Nature-based Features, Social Science, Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, matt.gorstein@noaa.gov, theresa.goedeke@noaa.gov

The Role of Temperature and Depth in Fish Communit...

We examined the relationship between water temperature, depth, and invasive lionfish and native fish communities, off the coast of North Carolina. By understanding how present conditions influence lionfish and native ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, christine.addison@noaa.gov, paula.whitfield@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 ...
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Coastal Change, Marine Spatial Ecology, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, amit.malhotra@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 ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Outreach, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

Understanding and Predicting Changes in Coastal Ma...

We are developing marsh conservation and restoration guidance for the central coastal region of North Carolina from eight years of yet unpublished, continuous water-level data combined with field measurements of ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Sea Level Rise, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, david.kidwell@noaa.gov

Water and Sediment Quality Assessment at Cape Look...

In 2018, Hurricane Florence caused historic flooding in North and South Carolina, potentially affecting coastal environmental quality in the region due to salinity changes and redistributed contaminants and bacterial pathogens ...
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Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, marie.delorenzo@noaa.gov, pete.key@noaa.gov

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The Effect of Sand Fencing on the Structure of Nat...

Sand fencing on Bogue Banks, NC. Photo: NOAA Figure 1. A conceptual model of the processes that influence dune formation of a fenced seaward dune in front of an existing ...
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Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Other Topics, Restoration, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

NOAA Study Finds Artificial Reefs Enhance Fish Com...

Structures, such as vessels, concrete pipes, and bridge pieces, are intentionally placed on the seafloor as artificial reefs. These artificial reefs can be effective tools for enhancing fish communities, but ...
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Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science, Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, avery.paxton@noaa.gov, chris.taylor@noaa.gov

Salt Marsh Carbon Capture & Response to Sea Level ...

Nathan McTigue, former NRC post-doc with NCCOS, carrying a sediment core removed from a salt marsh on USMC Base Camp Lejeune. The results of this research project, including analysis of ...
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Carbon Sequestration, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Sea Level Rise, Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, carolyn.currin@noaa.gov

Survey Team Evaluates Resilience of North Carolina...

The research team conducted field work at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in December 2019. Credit: Mariko Polk, University of North Carolina Wilmington. NCCOS approved an Event Response award of $15,778 ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

Researchers Study Ecological Role of North Carolin...

Shipwrecks and rocky reefs off the coast of North Carolina are home to commercially and recreationally important fish. Scientists with NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science are researching how ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, avery.paxton@noaa.gov, chris.taylor@noaa.gov

Underwater Robots Help Scientists Understand How F...

During the ROV dive on the shipwreck W.E. Hutton, the remotely-operated vehicle encountered large predators, such as the sand tiger shark pictured here, as well as other smaller reef fish ...
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Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science, Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, avery.paxton@noaa.gov, chris.taylor@noaa.gov

Highlights of the Southeast Deep Coral Initiative ...

Andrew Shuler (NCCOS) collects samples from the Mohawk ROV bio box during NF1901 as ROV operator, Eric Glidden, looks on. Credit: NOAA NCCOS. The Southeast Deep Coral Initiative (SEDCI) completed ...
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Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, Waterbodies, peter.etnoyer@noaa.gov

NOAA Funds Post–Hurricane Dorian Data Collection t...

Figure 1. A) Track of Hurricane Dorian, which made landfall just north of Cape Lookout National Seashore on September 6, 2019. B) USGS projections of the probability of overwash due ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

NCCOS Awards $1.5 Million to Support Coastal Commu...

NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) is awarding over $1.5M in FY19 for research into the ability of natural coastal habitats and partially engineered or restored habitats to ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Sea Level Rise, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Alaska, Atlantic Ocean, California, Chesapeake Bay, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Washington, Waterbodies, david.kidwell@noaa.gov, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

NCCOS Team Surveys North Carolina Shipwrecks and R...

NCCOS scientists and partners surveyed rocky reefs and shipwrecks off the coast of North Carolina during September 2019 aboard the NOAA ship Nancy Foster. From left to right: Chris Taylor, ...
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Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, chris.taylor@noaa.gov

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Support for Integrated Ecosystem Assessments of NOAA's National Estuarine Research Reserves System (NERRS), Volume I: The Impacts of Coastal Development on the Ecology and Human Wellbeing of Tidal Creek Ecosystems of the US Southeast

A study was conducted, in association with the Sapelo Island and North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs), to evaluate the impacts of coastal development on sentinel habitats (e.g., tidal creek ecosystems), including potential impacts to human health and well-being ...
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Support for Integrated Ecosystem Assessments of NOAA's National Estuarine Research Reserves System (NERRS), Volume II: Assessment of Ecological Condition and Stressor Impacts in Subtidal Waters of the North Carolina NERRS

A study was conducted to assess the status of ecological condition and potential human-health risks in subtidal estuarine waters throughout the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) (Currituck Sound, Rachel Carson, Masonboro Island, and Zeke's Island). Field work ...
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WEMo (Wave Exposure Model): Formulation, Procedures and Validation

This report describes the working of National Centers for Coastal Ocean Service (NCCOS) Wave Exposure Model (WEMo) capable of predicting the exposure of a site in estuarine and closed water to local wind generated waves. WEMo works in two different ...
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