In California, domoic acid-producing harmful algal blooms (HABs) of the diatom Pseudo-nitzschiaincreasingly threaten bivalve and crab harvesters, aquaculture, and coastal ecosystems. Using a blend of models and satellite ocean color ...

The 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting this past winter featured the research of NCCOS scientists and sponsored principal investigators. Topics included ocean acidification, hypoxia, blue carbon, and harmful algal blooms. NCCOS ...

On March 2, 2016, approximately 20 people involved in the shellfish industry on Long Island, NY met with Dr. Chris Gobler at his Stony Brook University laboratory to learn about ...

Citizen scientist at the Toledo, Ohio Imagination Station examines phytoplankton samples using the smartphone microscope. Credit: Jen Fuquay, NOAA. Citizen scientists are using 'smartphone microscopes' to identify harmful algal blooms ...

NCCOS researcher Tod Leighfield trained three scientists withOman's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries instandard sample preparation and toxin detection methods as part of an International Atomic Energy Agency -funded project ...

NCCOS scientist Tina Mikulski recently led a workshop in Muscat, Oman, on the detection of paralytic shellfish toxins, which can accumulate in shellfish, causing human illness and death. Shellfish must ...

As part of aformal agreementwith the International Atomic Energy Agency, researchers from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science are providing guidance for developing strategies and recommendations for future technology ...

NCCOS scientists visited Oman to demonstrate HAB identification techniques using a radioisotope method they developed. As part of a formal agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency,two researchers from the ...

The NOAA Ship Nancy Foster was visited by some high-profile guests including Congresswoman Donna Christensen and several local senators during a seminar hosted by NCCOS. See April 8 mission log ...