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Ocean Acidification in the California Current: Pre...

We are supporting the development of a management model to predict impacts of ocean acidification on food webs and the fishing economy in the California Current. The model will project ...
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Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, California, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

Planning for Sustainable Shellfish Aquaculture in ...

Eutrophication is the overabundance of nutrients in a body of water that results in harmful algal blooms, fish kills, and in some cases ecosystem collapse. We are investigating the feasibility ...
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Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov

Prioritizing Areas for Future Seafloor Mapping, Re...

We developed a spatial framework and online application to identify priorities for seafloor mapping and visual surveys along the U.S. west CONUS coast (WCC), off California, Oregon and Washington. This ...
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Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science, California, Oregon, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, bryan.costa@noaa.gov, ken.buja@noaa.gov

Science to Support a Climate-Ready Dungeness Crab ...

The productive coastal ocean off northern California, Oregon, and Washington is facing impacts from multiple environmental stressors, including hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, increasing water temperatures, and ocean acidification. This work ...
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Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Marine Spatial Ecology, Other Topics, Regional Ecosystem Science, Social Science, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Shellfish Killers: An Optimized Early Warning Prog...

We are collecting data to understand the impacts of shellfish-killing algae and their toxins on aquaculture farms and wild populations and to develop a warning system for growers and managers ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

Strengthening Early Warning and Forecasts of Domoi...

In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia that produce domoic acid (DA) are a significant human health threat and extremely costly to coastal communities. This project improves early warnings ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, felix.martinez@noaa.gov

The Columbia River Plume and Harmful Algal Blooms ...

We identified the oceanographic causes and transport routes for the harmful alga Pseudo-nitzschia in the offshore waters of the Pacific Northwest and improved predictability of the arrival of harmful algal ...
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Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

Tracking the Extent and Effect of Hypoxia on Comme...

Low oxygen or hypoxic zones have increased in the Pacific Northwest. We are working with Dungeness crab fishermen in Oregon to deploy dissolved oxygen sensors on commercial crab pots to ...
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CHRP, Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sensor Development, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Oregon, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Training Course on the Identification of Harmful A...

We are developing a national capacity to train the next generation of state and federal agency scientists in taxonomic identification of harmful marine algae, helping to rebuild and maintain expertise ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Outreach, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

Using ESLR-funded Data Sets and Tools to Evaluate ...

We are assessing the environmental and economic tradeoffs of different nature-based solutions and traditional infrastructure for backshore dune environments in the Pacific Northwest. This will help communities identify land management ...
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Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Sea Level Rise, Oregon, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, sarah.pease@noaa.gov

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Record-setting Razor Clam Harvest Aided by Pacific...

Recreational razor clam harvesters in Long Beach, Washington, set a record for one-day digger trips (17,800 diggers) on April 30, 2017. The record number of trips was triggered by the ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Chesapeake Bay, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Maine, Oregon, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

Toxin Sensor off Washington Coast Provides Early W...

Last week, NOAA and their partners deployed an NCCOS-developed sensor for the algal neurotoxin domoic acid on an Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) off the Washington coast. The processor, known as ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, tina.mikulski@noaa.gov

NCCOS Joins USGS in Congressional Briefing on Harm...

On April 4, a Congressional Briefing held in Washington, DC, focused on harmful algal blooms (HABs) and their increasing impacts on coastal, Great Lakes, and inland communities and economies. NCCOS's ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Foreign Countries, Great Lakes, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

A Primer to Living Shorelines Published

A synthesis of recent thinking and results from practitioners and researchers of Living Shorelines just hit the stands. " Living Shorelines: The Science and Management of Nature-Based Coastal Protection," details ...
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Coastal Change, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, California, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, carolyn.currin@noaa.gov

Winners and Losers in the California Current under...

A NOAA-supported study projects that Dungeness crab and some commercial finfish species living on the sea floor may decline in future years due to increased ocean acidification in the California ...
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Coastal Change, California, Oregon, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

Risk of Toxic Shellfish on West Coast Increases wi...

High levels of domoic acid, a shellfish toxin, are correlated with warmer ocean temperatures offshore of Oregon and Washington. An NCCOS-supported research team led by scientists from Oregon State University, ...
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Coastal Change, California, Oregon, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

First Compendium on Deep-water Algae of Puerto Ric...

A new taxonomic publication describes the relatively unknown algal flora of mesophotic coral ecosystems in Puerto Rico. Theseecosystems are characterized by the presence of light-dependent corals and associated communities found ...
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Coral, Marine Spatial Ecology, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Tour America's Coastal Aquaculture on MarineCadast...

NOAA's Office for Coastal Management and National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science have produced the first edition of the national coastal ocean aquaculture geospatial data layer. This project compiles current ...
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Marine Spatial Ecology, Chesapeake Bay, Foreign Countries, Great Lakes, Long Island Sound, Maine, Puget Sound, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, james.morris@noaa.gov

New Eco-Forecast Systems to Aid Pacific Northwest ...

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) along the coasts of Washington and Oregon cause millions of dollars in economic losses due to HAB-toxin contaminated shellfish. On October 3, the office of Washington ...
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Other Topics, Oregon, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

NOAA Funds Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast System Dev...

Razor clams are an economically important shellfish harvest off the coasts of Oregon and Washington. Closures due to Pseudo-nitzschia exposure in 2015 led to $22.7 million in losses. Credit: Washington ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Chesapeake Bay, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Maine, Oregon, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

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Salish Sea Activity Book

An activity book designed to introduce elementary school children to the animal, plant life and ecology of the Salish Sea ...
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Seasonal and interannual oxygen variability on the Washington and Oregon continental shelves

The coastal waters of the northern portion of the California Current System experience a seasonal decline in oxygen concentrations and hypoxia over the summer upwelling season that results in negative impacts on habitat for many organisms. Using a regional model ...
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Seasonal Cross-Shelf Flow Structure, Upwelling Relaxation, and the Alongshelf Pressure Gradient in the Northern California Current System

Moored observations are used to investigate the seasonal change in vertical structure of the cross-shelf circulation at a midshelf location in the northern California Current System. A streamwise–normal coordinate system is employed to eliminate meander- and eddy-induced biases in the ...
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