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Upwelling Controls HAB Movement toward Pacific NW ...
This graphic shows how displaced surface waters are replaced by cold, nutrient-rich water that “wells up” from below. Conditions are optimal for upwelling along the coast when winds blow along ...
Primary Cause of Dead Zones is Biological on Pacif...
Coastal waters of the northern portion of the California Current System experience a seasonal decline in oxygen concentrations and increasing hypoxia (dead zones) over the summer upwelling season resulting in ...
NOAA and Partners Demonstrate Value of HAB Early W...
Early Warning of Oregon HAB Events Aboard the Oregon State University R/V Elakha during a MOCHA research sampling cruise off the Oregon coast. Credit: OSU. In July 2010, NOAA and ...
NCCOS Partners with White House to Improve Detecti...
Earlier this month, NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and other partners joined the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in Washington, DC for a workshop to ...
Scientists, Partners and the Public Prioritize Mar...
In preparation for future management and research investments, scientists from NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries are collecting information from regional stakeholders ...
Common Coastal Seaweeds Release Toxins Harmful to ...
A new study has found that compounds excreted by common coastal green seaweeds, or sea lettuce, detrimentally affect other organisms. The green seaweed Ulvaria obscura forms blooms in the intertidal ...
Puget Sound Stakeholders See Value in HAB Forecast...
At a June 26 meeting, NCCOS-funded ECOHAB project investigators concluded that climate change could increase the window of opportunity for blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate,Alexandrium catenella to occur. In light ...
Enhanced Monitoring Saved Puget Sound Net Pen Salm...
In June, the straits, bays and islands of Puget Sound experienced some of the most extensive harmful algal blooms (HABs) in recent memory, including at least five potential toxin producers ...
New Online Community Created to Improve National H...
NCCOS and the U.S. National Office for HABs established a new listserv to address diarrhetic shellfish poisoning. This emerging harmful algal bloom (HAB) issue has caused shellfish harvesting closures in ...
Advocate for Harmful Algal Bloom Research Honored
Quay Dortch, Ph.D. - program coordinator for NCCOS's Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) Program and acting program manager for NCCOS's Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of Harmful Algal ...
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