Low river flow and nutrient loading reason for smaller predicted size Scientists are expecting that this year's Chesapeake Bay hypoxic low-oxygen zone, also called the "dead zone," will be approximately ...

Outlook incorporates multiple hypoxia models for first time Scientists are expecting that this year's Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone, also called the 'dead zone,' will be approximately 5,483 square miles ...

A scientist from NCCOS'sCenter for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment described a modeling study in Chesapeake Bay region's Patuxent River Estuary at the NOAA NOS Science Seminar Series on June 3, ...

NCCOS-sponsored researchers have developed a user-friendly computer program to help manage the U.S. commercial Atlantic sea scallop fishery,which is threatened by progressively higher temperatures and ocean acidification. Sea scallops can ...

A study funded in part by NCCOS has found that diel-cycling hypoxia - daily cycling of high to very low oxygen levels - in shallow coastal waters increases parasite infections ...

Off-bottom oyster aquaculture (Crassostrea virginica) is currently being investigated for possible effects on nutrient processes of surrounding sediments by a Virginia Sea Grant Research Fellow, Abby Lunstrum, under the guidance ...

In support of restoration and resilience of marshes impacted by Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. Department of Interior chose an NCCOS-supported forecast model to predict marsh ecology and hydrology related to ...

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 ...

NOAA staff lead a children's activity as part of their river awareness workshop at the 2014 River and Roots Festival in Berryville, Va. Last month's River and Roots Festivalin Berryville, ...

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 ...