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International Resource Management Conference Featu...

The International Symposium for Society and Natural Resources held June 13-18, 2015 in Charleston, SC, featured several NCCOS social science research efforts ranging from socioeconomic monitoring in the US coral ...
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Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories

Association of Marine Lab Conference Features Cari...

To raise awareness about a resurgence of ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) in the Caribbean and the current state of ciguatera research, NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) led ...
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Coastal Change, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, wayne.litaker@noaa.gov

NCCOS Increases the Sonar Survey Accuracy of the N...

To ensure consistency in the quality of scientific echosounder and sonar data being collected by NOAA research ships, NCCOS has partnered with the Office of Exploration and Research to calibrate ...
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Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, chris.taylor@noaa.gov, laura.kracker@noaa.gov

NOAA Partnership Improves Accessibility to NCCOS E...

Seafloor maps that include fishery echosounder data from the NCCOS-led coral reef ecosystem characterization surveys of the US Caribbean (2010-2014) are now available to the public through the National Geophysical ...
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Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, chris.taylor@noaa.gov, laura.kracker@noaa.gov

NCCOS Hosts Visiting Scientists

Collaborationto Identify Ecologically Important Areas in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary NCCOS Biogeography Branch staff are working with visiting scholar Daniel Mateos-Molina, on methods to identify ecologically important areas ...
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Marine Spatial Ecology, Florida, Foreign Countries, Ireland, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, dan.dorfman@noaa.gov, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

Measuring Parasites and Disease in U.S. Oysters an...

Mussel Watch samples mussels and oysters from over 300 sites around the coastal U.S. and the Great Lakes. The site pictured here is at the base of the Statue of ...
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Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov

Mesophotic Habitats Are a Refuge for Large, Overfi...

NCCOS-supported research found that commercially important fish, such as snappers and groupers, off southwest Puerto Rico are more abundant at mesophotic depths (60 -80 meters) than shallow depths (30 meters ...
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Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Scientists Develop Accurate Seafloor Habitat Map f...

NCCOS scientists recently collected marine habitat data in Puerto Rico's Northeast Grand Reserve to validate a draft seafloor map of this land and marine protected area in northeast Puerto Rico ...
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Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, tim.battista@noaa.gov

Scientists Assess Contaminants in Vieques, Puerto ...

Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus) and Queen conch (Strombus gigas) in the coastal waters of Vieques, Puerto Rico were tested for a suite of contaminants. A team of scientists from ...
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Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, dave.whitall@noaa.gov

Scientists Name New Water Mite After Jennifer Lope...

NOAA-funded scientists have found a new species of water mite off the shores of Puerto Rico. As they wrote about their findings, the intrepid marine biologists listened to singer Jennifer ...
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Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

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Water depth and acoustic backscatter data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in the US Caribbean/ Puerto Rico and St. Thomas from 2016-04-07 to 2016-04-26 (NCEI Accession 0157612)

NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA Ship Nancy Foster, federal, academic, and private sector partners conducted the 2016 Seafloor Mapping of the US Caribbean project. Several areas of interest were explored and surveyd during the field mission in ...
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Water depth and reflectance collected from LADS Mk II Airborne System in Caribbean Sea and Puerto Rico from 2006-04-07 to 2006-05-15 (NCEI Accession 0153360)

These images represent LiDAR (Light Detection & Ranging) data collected by NOAA from the shoreline of southwestern Puerto Rico to about 50 meters in depth. Reflectivity was calculated for each sounding as the ratio of returned energy to transmitted energy, ...
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