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An Economic Analysis of Shipping Costs Related to Potential Measures to Manage the Co-Occurrence of Maritime Vessel Traffic and Whales in the Channel Islands Region

Assessing Human Use, California, CINMS, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, sarah.gonyo@noaa.gov, , theresa.goedeke@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, vessel-strike, Waterbodies, whale

Through an analysis of shipping costs, we provided scientific guidance to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) and other agencies, regarding the economic effects ...

An Integrated Assessment of Oil and Gas Release into the Marine Environment at the Former Taylor Energy MC20 Site

andrew.mason@noaa.gov, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Waterbodies

In 2004, the Taylor Energy Mississippi Canyon 20 (MC20) oil and gas drilling platform was toppled during Hurricane Ivan. Since the collapse of the drilling ...

Analysis of Marine Ecological Information Gaps in National Parks

American Samoa, coral reef, dan.dorfman@noaa.gov, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, ecological gap, gis, Guam, Hawaii, john.christensen@noaa.gov, marine gab analysis, Marine Spatial Ecology, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands

We compiled and analyzed biological and ecological data to identify information voids in support of the National Park Service’s (NPS) management of marine resources within ...

Analysis of the Distribution and Abundance of Groundfishes to Support the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment

California, charles.menza@noaa.gov, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, spatial model, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies

We developed maps of occurrence and relative abundance for selected groundfish off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington, within the California Current Large Marine ...

Application of Clay Flocculation for Removal of Karenia brevis Cells and Toxins in Southwest Florida Coastal Waters

clay, control, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Karenia brevis, Other Topics, red tide, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Despite routine application in Asia, clay flocculation technology to control harmful algal blooms has not been adopted in the U.S., largely because of the lack ...

Application of Quantitative Molecular Methods to Characterize Abundance and Distribution of Alexandrium Cysts for NOAA’s HAB Forecasting

This project supports development for two lab-based quantitative molecular methods for more rapid, accurate detection of Alexandrium catenella resting cysts in sediment from the Gulf ...

Applied Ecophysiology of Marine Aquaculture Species to Understand Environmental Interactions

Alabama, aquaculture, Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Florida, Georgia, grouper, hatchery, james.morris@noaa.gov, Louisiana, Marine Spatial Ecology, Mississippi, red porgy, reef fish, snapper, spawning, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, vermillion snapper

Forecasting environmental interactions of marine aquaculture activities requires an in-depth understanding of the environment and the species farmed. We are investigating two promising candidates for ...

Aquaculture and Eutrophication in Long Island Sound and Great Bay – Piscataqua Estuary

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Marine Spatial Ecology, New Hampshire, New York, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories

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 ...

Aquaculture Mapping Atlas and FARM Model

Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Connecticut, Marine Spatial Ecology, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories

We are integrating two tools commonly used to plan for and site aquaculture: the Farm Aquaculture Resource Management (FARM) Model and the Connecticut Aquaculture Mapping ...

Aquaculture Opportunity Areas for Federal Waters of the United States Exclusive Economic Zone

Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, james.morris@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science

The increasing demand for American-grown seafood and improved technology to farm in the open ocean provides incentive for aquaculture expansion. A recent step toward domestic ...

Aquaculture Spatial Planning in Florida: A Pilot Study to Assess Potential Offshore Aquaculture Zones along Florida’s Gulf Coast

Assessing Human Use, Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, james.morris@noaa.gov, ken.riley@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, , U.S. States and Territories

The increasing demand for American-grown seafood and improved technology to farm in the open ocean provides an opportunity for domestic aquaculture expansion, increased protein production, ...

AquaSpace – An Ecosystem Approach to Making Space for Sustainable Aquaculture

aquaculture, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Gulf of Mexico, Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov, Waterbodies

Aquaculture is a large and growing segment of seafood production because capture fisheries production continues to decline. A major challenge to the expansion of marine ...

Are Growth and Toxicity of the Dinoflagellate Alexandrium Controlled by Grazer-induced Defense?

Atlantic Ocean, Connecticut, ECOHAB, grazing, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, john.wickham@noaa.gov, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, zooplankton

Blooms of Alexandrium fundyense result in economic losses to fisheries, aquaculture, and pose public health risks. Typically, A. fundyense growth and toxicity are seen as ...

Are Marine Protected Areas Working in the U.S. Virgin Islands?

Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, chris.jeffrey@noaa.gov, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, john.christensen@noaa.gov, marine protected areas, Marine Spatial Ecology, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, USVI, Waterbodies

We used a decade of underwater monitoring data to evaluate the effectiveness of no-take and partial-take Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) located in the U.S. Virgin ...

Assessing Biogeography, Conditions, and Marine Protected Area Efficacy in the Dry Tortugas

chris.jeffrey@noaa.gov, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

In 2001, state and federal agencies established the Tortugas Ecological Reserve to protect extensive unspoiled shallow-water coral reefs that support a wide variety of marine ...

Assessing Blue Carbon Storage at Sites Restored through Beneficial Use of Dredged Sediment

Carbon Sequestration, Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Change, jenny.davis@noaa.gov, Maryland, Molly.Bost@noaa.gov, Natural and Nature-based Features, Restoration, Sea Level Rise, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

To mitigate the impacts of climate change, there is a global initiative to quantify and award carbon credits for restoration and conservation of blue carbon ...

Assessing Community Vulnerability to Flood Hazard in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience, chloe.fleming@noaa.gov, Coastal Change, , U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, uzma.aslam@noaa.gov, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

Coral Bay, St. John, USVI, after Hurricane Irma, September 25, 2017. Credit: U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles Brock/FOUO (via FEMA Historic Disasters). Communities in ...

Assessing Community Vulnerability to Flood Hazards in the Baltimore, Maryland, Metro Area

Amy.Freitag@noaa.gov, Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience, Coastal Change, Maryland, seann.regan@noaa.gov, , U.S. States and Territories, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

High tide flooding in the inner harbor area of Baltimore, Maryland, December, 12, 2023. Credit: https://mycoast.org/ Coastal communities in the United States are forced to ...

Assessing Coral Bleaching in Four U.S. Caribbean Managed Areas

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Coral, coral bleaching, coral monitoring, coral reef, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands

In 2005, high sea temperatures caused coral bleaching in the Caribbean. The goals of this this project were to characterize the spatial extent of coral ...

Assessing Futiga Dump Site Impacts on Fagatele Bay in National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa

American Samoa, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, cheryl.woodley@noaa.gov, contaminants, coral reef, coral reef conservation, dave.whitall@noaa.gov, National Marine Sanctuary, pollution, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Water Quality

We will determine the potential impacts of the Futiga dump site and landfill on the coral reef ecosystem resources of the Fagatele Bay unit of ...

Assessing Land Based Sources of Pollution in Tinian, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, corals, dave.whitall@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation

Coral reefs are diverse, productive, and economically valuable ecosystem, but are threatened by a variety of stressors in including land based sources of pollution, such ...

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