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Validation of a Triplex Test for Saxitoxin, Domoic...

We will evaluate an assay that simultaneously detects paralytic shellfish poisoning, amnesic shellfish poisoning, and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning toxins in mussels.  Why We Care Shellfish aquaculture is a large and ...
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Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

Value of the Pacific Northwest Harmful Algal Bloom...

We will estimate the economic benefits of the Pacific Northwest Harmful Algal Bloom Bulletin, using a methodology that quantifies the value of information. Why We Care The razor clam and ...
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Ecosystem Services Valuation, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Social Science, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, felix.martinez@noaa.gov

Value of the SoundToxins Partnership: An Early War...

We will estimate the net economic benefits of the harmful algal bloom early warnings provided by SoundToxins and evaluate net economic benefits to recreational shellfish harvesters. Why We Care A ...
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Ecosystem Services Valuation, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Social Science, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, marykate.rogener@noaa.gov

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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

Southeast Alaska Tribes Trained in Minimizing Risk...

NCCOS scientists instructed environmental personnel from the southeast Alaska tribes in toxic phytoplankton sampling and identification techniques during the Fourth Workshop of the Southeast Alaska Tribal Toxins (SEATT) Partnership in ...
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Coastal Change, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Alaska, Foreign Countries, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, steve.morton@noaa.gov

Sensitivity of California Current Species to Ocean...

The waters along the west coast of North America are some of the most biologically productive in the world. Cool water from high latitudes flows southward from the edge of ...
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Coastal Change, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, California, Columbia, Foreign Countries, Oregon, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

NCCOS Supported HAB Sensors Highlighted at NOAA Em...

NCCOS efforts to provide early warnings as well as effective monitoring and forecasting of harmful algal blooms through the use of the ImagingFlow Cytobot (microscope-in-a-can) and the Environmental Sample Processor ...
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Coastal Change, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, California, Maine, Maryland, Monterey Bay, Puget Sound, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

NOAA Student Scholars Present Summer Research With...

Ten student undergraduate scholars, most with the NOAA Educational Partnership Program and Hollings Scholarship Program, are interning this summer with the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) in Silver Spring, ...
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Coastal Change, Alabama, California, Chesapeake Bay, Columbia, Florida, Great Lakes, Guam, Gulf of Mexico, Maryland, Monterey Bay, New York, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Washington, Waterbodies

Lagoon-Gulf Action Day Addresses HAB issues on the...

On July 14 in Washington, D.C., House Representatives from Florida Patrick Murphy (18th District) and Curt Clawson (19th District) hosted a Lagoon-Gulf Action Day to bring attention to the immediate ...
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Other Topics, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov

NOAA Interns Support NCCOS Research in Choptank Ha...

Five NOAA interns joined NCCOS scientists and partners in a demanding week-long field survey to groundtruth high resolution WorldView satellite imagery of wetlands in the Choptank Habitat Focus Area on ...
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Coastal Change, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Chesapeake Bay, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, U.S. States and Territories, Washington

Vegetation Surveys Validate Satellite Imagery in C...

Field surveys of wetland habitats were conducted in the Choptank watershed on June 20-24, 2016 by NCCOS scientists, partners, students, and interns to groundtruth high-resolution WorldView satellite imagery of the ...
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Coastal Change, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Chesapeake Bay, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies

Predicting Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia with We...

The California Current System (CCS) is among the most biologically productive regions of the world's oceans, but upwelling of coastal waters creates vulnerability to ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH), which ...
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Coastal Change, California, Oregon, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

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