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Characterizing Submerged Lands around Navy Base Gu...

In 2012, the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas developed a resource plan for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The purpose of this plan is to ...

Coral, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, CNMI, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, bryan.costa@noaa.gov, tim.battista@noaa.gov

Codevelopment of Modeling Tools to Manage Sediment...

We will advance scientific, engineering, and policy perspectives on how sediment can be managed in coastal lowlands to reduce flood risk, bank instability, and erosion risk. We will evaluate sediment ...

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.kidwell@noaa.gov

Comparing Reef Fish Habitat Use Patterns In and Ou...

Coral reefs are key habitats for many near-shore Hawaiian fishes. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are created to provide islands of protection for species, habitats, and ecosystems with high species diversity ...

Coral, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Protected Species, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, mark.monaco@noaa.gov

Defining Future Seafloor Mapping Priorities to Inf...

Coral reef in American Samoa. Credit: NOAA. NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) uses benthic mapping data on coral reef ecosystems to support a variety of science-based management decisions. To ...

Coral, Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science, American Samoa, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies, christine.addison@noaa.gov, sarah.hile@noaa.gov, tim.battista@noaa.gov

Defining Nationally Consistent Coastal Flood Sever...

We are using machine learning to determine more accurate flood severity thresholds along U.S. coastlines, particularly in places where tide gauge data is sparse, which will inform coastal flooding adaptation ...

Coastal Change, Sea Level Rise, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, rebecca.atkins@noaa.gov

Developing a Resource Assessment Tool for Marine P...

We worked with NOAA’s National Marine Protected Area Center (MPA Center) to develop new approaches to characterize natural resources (e.g., deep sea corals, fish diversity, submarine canyons) in marine-protected areas ...

Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, California, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, charles.menza@noaa.gov, john.christensen@noaa.gov, ken.buja@noaa.gov

Development of Environmental Monitoring Guidelines...

We are assisting coastal managers and aquaculture farm operators with the development of environmental monitoring protocols for marine aquaculture. These protocols are helping coastal managers develop practices that support sustainable ...

Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Waterbodies, james.morris@noaa.gov

Development of Satellite-derived Bathymetry and Be...

We developed satellite-derived bathymetry and benthic habitat and hydrodynamic roughness maps for Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. These products are supporting a modelling effort led by ...

Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Foreign Countries, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean, Waterbodies, amit.malhotra@noaa.gov, don.field@noaa.gov, greg.piniak@noaa.gov

Ecosystem Based Management: An Analysis of Nationa...

Ecosystem based management (EBM) is a holistic, adaptive approach to developing policies that ensure ecosystem sustainability, food and water security, and improve human health outcomes for future generations. Informed by ...

Assessing Human Use, Marine Spatial Ecology, Other Topics, Regional Ecosystem Science, , Sponsored Research, Atlantic Ocean, Bering Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Maryland, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, felix.martinez@noaa.gov

Emerging Algal Toxins in the California Current Sy...

Surveys in California have highlighted the occurrence of HAB toxins in estuarine waters and shellfish, but there is concern that current monitoring approaches under-report the threats. There is a need ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

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Pacific Northwest Tribes Participate in NCCOS-host...

Tribal members collecting phytoplankton. Credit: NOAA. NCCOS scientists hosted a phytoplankton and toxin monitoring workshop for Tribal environmental specialists from the First Nations Health Authority, part of the WATCH Community ...

November 28, 2022 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Canada, Foreign Countries, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, steve.morton@noaa.gov

NOAA Awards $4.2 Million for Multi-Stressor Resear...

NOAA has awarded $967,505 of an anticipated four-year, $4.2 million project to support research on multi-stressor impacts on marine ecosystems under climate change. The newly funded project, led by Oregon ...

November 2, 2022 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Regional Ecosystem Science, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Integrative Harmful Algae Monitoring Strategy Deve...

San Elijo Lagoon, in San Diego County. Credit: Carey Nagoda. Many coastal states throughout the U.S. have observed negative impacts in marine and estuarine environments due to cyanobacteria toxins (cyanotoxins) ...

October 12, 2022 Funding, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

NCCOS Funds Response to Marine Mammal Mortality Ev...

NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science provided a harmful algal bloom (HAB) Event Response award of $4,520 to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS), ...

October 4, 2022 Funding, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, marykate.rogener@noaa.gov

Study Shows Newport Bay Marshes Can Keep Pace with...

Predicting future marsh conditions requires models that capture how both punctuated events and gradual physical and biological processes shape marshes. In Newport Bay, CA marshes can keep pace with sea ...

September 25, 2022 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Sea Level Rise, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, Elizabeth.Mcnamee@noaa.gov, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

Researchers Identify Sources of Nitrogen in Macroa...

Scientific diver Randall Kosaki (NOAA, PMNM) collects green blades of algae at Manawai (Pearl and Hermes Atoll) at a depth of 295 feet. Credit: Stephen Matadobra, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument ...

June 7, 2022 Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Other Topics, Protected Species, Regional Ecosystem Science, Sponsored Research, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Scientists Train Underwater Gliders to Find, Track...

The dynamic nature of the ocean, including its many chemical and biological processes, makes it challenging to monitor microscopic, marine algae in real time, but NCCOS-funded scientists have shown it ...

June 6, 2022 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

NOAA Harmful Algae Research Supports Resumption of...

Baskets of oysters from a Washington oyster farm at harvest time. Credit: NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center. In February 2022, the United States and the European Union concluded ongoing negotiations ...

April 18, 2022 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

NCCOS Research Supports Olympic Coast National Mar...

Surfers walk Second Beach, Washington, at sunset. Credit: Matt McIntosh, NOAA The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) has released its latest condition report, which assesses the status and trends ...

March 9, 2022 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, bryan.costa@noaa.gov

Story Map Highlights Approaches to Resilient Coast...

Cardiff State Park Living Shoreline Project. NOAA scientists co-developed a story map about protecting California's transportation infrastructure from sea-level rise and flooding, highlighting insights from a unique partnership between the ...

February 22, 2022 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Sea Level Rise, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, christine.addison@noaa.gov, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov

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Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium

The ecological success of shallow-water reef-building corals (Hexacorallia: Scleractinia) is framed by their intimate endosymbiosis with photosynthetic dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium (zooxanthellae). In contrast, the closely related black corals (Hexacorallia: Anthipatharia) are described as azooxanthellate (lacking Symbiodinium), a trait ...

Baseline assessment of Faga'alu Watershed: a ridge to reef assessment in support of sediment reduction activities and future evaluation of their success

The primary purpose of this document is to provide local and federal partners with baseline information and survey methods to allow for continued monitoring efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of management actions taken at the Samoa Maritime quarry in Faga'alu, ...

Benthic Characterization of Deep-Water Habitat in the Newly Expanded Areas of Cordell Bank and Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries

A large area of the seafloor off northern California lies within the US National Marine Sanctuary System, but very little of the habitat has been explored and even less is characterized using visual survey techniques, especially deep-water habitats. Benthic surveys ...

Benthic habitat maps of Saipan Lagoon

Saipan Lagoon plays a crucial role in the economy, tourism, and culture of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Understanding the spatial distribution and extent of Lagoon habitats is needed for planning sustainable economic development, evaluating zoning scenarios, ...

Benthic habitat maps of Saipan Lagoon, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (NCEI Accession 0162517)

Highly detailed maps of benthic habitats within the lagoon along the western shore of Saipan were created by NOAA NCCOS. This data collection includes the information used to create these detailed maps, including: 1) a high resolution satellite image, 2) ...

Benthic surveys for ground truthing of coastal benthic mapping in the Main Eight Hawaiian Islands 2001-2002 (NODC Accession 0001329)

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) initiated a coral reef research program in 1999 to map, assess, inventory, and monitor U.S. coral reef ecosystems. These activities were implemented in response to requirements outlined in the ...

Biological, chemical, and physical data from the Phytoplankton Monitoring Network from 13 Sep 2001 to 7 Mar 2013 (NODC Accession 0117942)

The Phytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN) is a part of the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS). The PMN was created as an outreach program to connect volunteers and professional scientists in the monitoring of marine phytoplankton and harmful algal ...

Change in Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems Regional Study Workshop, August 73-14, 1996, Troutdale, Oregon

This document presents the results of a workshop conducted during August, 1996, to better define a research agenda to study the combined effects of natural variability and anthropogenic change in Pacific Northwest coastal ecosystems. It contains five complementary syntheses written ...

Characterization of deep coral and sponge communities in the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: Rittenburg Bank, Cochrane Bank and the Farallon Escarpment

The purpose of the surveys was to groundtruth mapping data collected in 2011, and to characterize the seafloor biota, particularly corals and sponges, in order to support Essential Fish Habitat designations under Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) and other conservation and management ...

Chemical contaminants in corals (Pocillopora damicornis) in Tinian, CNMI

This document presents environmental data collected in August 2013 consisting of coral tissue (Pocillopora damicornis) contaminants and surface water nutrients offshore from Tinian in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The study area is in and around the Tinian ...

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