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Protecting Local Species with Better Detection Met...

We reviewed strategies for detecting invasive species, such as snowflake coral and hookweed, in deep- water habitats of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and developed protocols for an invasive species field ...

Coral, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, charles.menza@noaa.gov, john.christensen@noaa.gov

Protecting New Yorkers from Toxic Shellfish Poison...

Since 2006, large, annual, toxic algal blooms have alarmed the New York shellfish industry. We are developing an early warning system of toxic algae in New York coastal waters and ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, New York, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

Rapid, Portable, Multiplexed Detection of Harmful ...

We are expanding algal toxin testing to include tests for saxitoxins and anatoxin-a. The new tool will give water managers and community-based monitoring networks the ability to rapidly quantify these ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, Ohio, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, felix.martinez@noaa.gov

Refining Ecosystem Model Inputs for Sea Level Rise...

We are enhancing a locally relevant marsh model with new field data on the impacts of sea level rise to allow coastal managers to evaluate the vulnerability and inform restoration ...

Coastal Change, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.kidwell@noaa.gov

Research to Support Management of the Flower Garde...

We conducted an assessment of biological resources in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, to serve as the basis for future sanctuary management decisions. This baseline assessment will also ...

Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Gulf of Mexico, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, chris.taylor@noaa.gov, christine.addison@noaa.gov, laura.kracker@noaa.gov, randy.clark@noaa.gov

Resolving the Effects of Resource Availability, Pr...

Aureococcus anophagefferens causes brown tides that have severely impacted fisheries, seagrass beds, and aquaculture in mid-Atlantic US coastal waters for three decades. The recent sequencing of the Aureococcus genome, combined ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Atlantic Ocean, Long Island Sound, New York, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

RESTORE Council Monitoring and Assessment Program:...

The RESTORE Council Monitoring and Assessment Program (CMAP), administered by NOAA and USGS, is building foundational components for a Gulf of Mexico–wide monitoring network, to support the Gulf Coast Ecosystem ...

Sampling Design Tool for ArcGIS

The Sampling Design Tool for ArcGIS randomly selects people, animals, objects, or places in a GIS environment to infer status or change. The tool was developed to create and implement ...

Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Waterbodies, charles.menza@noaa.gov, ken.buja@noaa.gov

Scenarios and Tradeoffs: Providing Useful Models t...

Many agencies at the federal, state, and regional level need to use ecosystem models to help them predict the results of different management actions on coastal ecosystems. These models weigh ...

Coastal Change, Marine Spatial Ecology, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Waterbodies, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov

Science in Support of Adaptation Planning for Clim...

The Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States, provides people with valuable ecosystem services. Impacts from climate change, including sea level rise and changes in precipitation, can threaten ...

, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Maryland, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, chloe.fleming@noaa.gov, seann.regan@noaa.gov, theresa.goedeke@noaa.gov

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Predicting the Impacts of Climate Change on Seagra...

In a treatise, professor and seagrass ecologist/physiologist Dr. Richard Zimmerman reflects on the history of seagrass ecosystems research and contemplates the future of seagrasses under human disturbance and a changing ...

November 20, 2020 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Annual Maryland Shellfish Aquaculture Conference H...

Oyster farmers in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, 2016. Credit: NOAA. NCCOS's Dr. Suzanne Bricker helped organize, and participated in, the 2020 Maryland Shellfish Aquaculture Conference, held online last week as a ...

November 18, 2020 Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Marine Spatial Ecology, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, U.S. States and Territories, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov

NCCOS, Partners Release New Gulf Coast Monitoring ...

NCCOS, USGS, and NOAA Fisheries developed a new web-accessible database of water quality and habitat monitoring and mapping programs in the Gulf of Mexico. The database, called the Gulf Coast ...

November 18, 2020 Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Alabama, Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, randy.clark@noaa.gov

NOAA Intervention Strategy Seeks to Stem Loss of U...

NOAA Action Plan on Coral Intervention. Credit: NOAA. Rapidly deteriorating environmental conditions are threatening coral reefs worldwide, leading to a re-evaluation of long-standing conservation strategies. In response to recommendations from ...

November 18, 2020 Coastal Change, Coral, Marine Spatial Ecology, Ocean Acidification, Protected Species, American Samoa, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Georgia, Guam, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, Utah, Waterbodies, shay.viehman@noaa.gov

Hurricane Harvey Water Quality Effects Documented ...

NOAA NWS radar mosaic of Hurricane Harvey on 25 August 2017, DBZ = radar reflectivity factor of precipitation). Credit: NOAA NWS. An NCCOS-supported study analyzed the short- and long-term water ...

November 17, 2020 Coastal Change, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.kidwell@noaa.gov

Drone Workshop Grows Partnerships in U.S. Southeas...

Last month's Drones in the Coastal Zone virtual workshop kick-started efforts to establish a regional network and community of expertise in the Southeast United States and the U.S. Caribbean. The ...

November 14, 2020 Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Caribbean Sea, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, chris.taylor@noaa.gov

Working Group Releases Progress Report on Harmful ...

The Interagency Working Group on Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act (IWG-HABHRCA) has released a report to Congress that provides a comprehensive summary of all current federal ...

November 13, 2020 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, Waterbodies, david.kidwell@noaa.gov

Scientists Complete Annual Gulf of Maine Sampling ...

Preparing for another station of CTD profiling and sediment coring on NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow. Credit: Steve Kibler, NOAA NCCOS. NCCOS scientists and their partners recently completed the annual ...

November 10, 2020 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Maine, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, terry.mctigue@noaa.gov

NCCOS Funding Supports Tribal Shellfish Toxin Test...

NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) provided a HAB Event Response award of $48,000 to the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska, Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove, Aleut Community of ...

November 2, 2020 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Alaska, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, marykate.rogener@noaa.gov

First Record of Microplastics in North American Bo...

College of Charleston graduate student Francesca Battaglia (now with Coastal Carolina University) demonstrates the process of sieving gut contents for microplastic detection during the filming of Blue Planet II. Credit ...

October 30, 2020 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, wayne.mcfee@noaa.gov

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Impact of Armored Shorelines on Shore-Zone Fish Density in a Mid-Atlantic, USA, Estuary: Modulation by Hypoxia and Temperature

Anthropogenic modifications of estuarine environments, including shoreline hardening and corresponding alteration of water quality, are accelerating worldwide as human population increases in coastal regions. Estuarine fish species inhabiting temperate ecosystems are adapted to extreme variations in environmental conditions including water ...

Improving methods and indicators for evaluating coastal water eutrophication: A pilot study in the Gulf of Maine

Study Goals and Objectives: 1) Improve existing nutrient-related eutrophication assessment methods, updating (from early 1990s to early 2000s) the eutrophication assessment for systems included in the study with the improved method. 2) Develop a human-use/socioeconomic indicator to complement the assessment ...

In Situ Effects of Shoreline Type and Watershed Land Use on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Habitat Quality in the Chesapeake and Mid-Atlantic Coastal Bays

Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is an ecologically and economically valuable component of coastal estuaries that acts as an early indicator of both degrading and improving water quality. This study aimed to determine if shoreline hardening, which is associated with increased ...

In situ, high-resolution time series of dissolved phosphate in Green Bay, Lake Michigan

In nearly every instance in which the environment has been sampled on a higher resolution in time or space, fundamental processes have come to light that were previously undetected or unobserved. In this study, an autonomous dissolved phosphate sensor was ...

Integrated Assessment of Ecosystem Condition and Stressor Impacts in Submerged Habitats of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM) National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)

The Guana Tolomato Matanzas reserve is one of 28 National Estuarine Research Reserves (GTMNERR) encompassing approximately 73,300 acres of salt marsh and mangrove tidal wetlands, oyster bars, estuarine lagoons, upland areas, and offshore ocean waters along the northeastern coast of ...

Integrated Assessment on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico, Topic 1 Report: Characterization of Hypoxia

As part of a process of considering options for responding to hypoxia, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formed the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force during the fall of 1997, and asked the White House Office of ...

Integrated Assessment on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico, Topic 2 Report: Ecological and Economic Consequences of Hypoxia

Integrated Assessment on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico, Topic 3 Report: Flux and Sources of Nutrients in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin

Integrated Assessment on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico, Topic 4 Report: Effects of Reducing Nutrient Loads to Surface Waters within the Mississippi River Basin and the Gulf of Mexico

Integrated Assessment on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico, Topic 5 Report: Reducing Nutrient Loads, Especially Nitrate-Nitrogen, to Surface Water, Ground Water, and the Gulf of Mexico

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