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The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States

American Samoa, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, Guam, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Marine Spatial Ecology, mark.monaco@noaa.gov, Pacific Ocean, Puerto Rico, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies

Reports in The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States series represent NOAA’s ongoing effort to assess the ...

Threatened Resources: Bank Systems of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, Marine Spatial Ecology, shay.viehman@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories

We undertook an ecological assessment of bank systems in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) to determine what will be lost if these systems ...

Tool to Forecast the Effect of Waves on Waterbodies and Shorelines

amit.malhotra@noaa.gov, Coastal Change, Florida, Marine Spatial Ecology, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

We created a tool to help coastal community managers, resource managers, and biologists estimate the wave impact potential to a given area. Wave forms included ...

Total Suspended Solids, Turbidity and Contaminants Related to Dredging Activities and Water Quality Criterion Development for the State of Florida

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, cheryl.woodley@noaa.gov, coral reef conservation, coral reef ecosystems, dave.whitall@noaa.gov, Florida, sedimentation, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, water quality, Water Quality

The purpose of this project is to provide additional environmental stressor data related to multiple port dredging projects in south Florida, especially as they relate ...

Toward a National Coastal Ecosystem Prediction System

christine.addison@noaa.gov, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, rebecca.atkins@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

This project aims to deliver nationally consistent marsh habitat predictions with sea level rise. Leveraging a multi-agency partnership including modelers and end users, these co-developed ...

Toward a Predictive Understanding of Cochlodinium and Alexandrium Blooms in the Lower Chesapeake Bay

Alexandrium, Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Cochlodinium, Forecasting, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Waterbodies

Large blooms of Cochlodinium polykrikoides have occurred throughout the lower Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in recent decades and appear to be followed by increasingly ...

Towards a Predictive Understanding of Our Ecosystems: Microcystis Blooms and Toxin Production

ECOHAB, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Forecasting, Great Lakes, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Massachusetts, microcystins, microcystis, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Tennessee, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Cyanobacteria blooms and toxin production are an urgent contemporary problem in the US and worldwide. Water quality models are important tools for managing these problems, ...

Toxic Prymesium parvuum: Characterization of Toxins Affecting Aquaculture, Environmental and Human Health

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, peter.moeller@noaa.gov, South Carolina, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

We have successfully identified several toxins and chemical properties of the harmful alga Prymesium parvuum with the ultimate goal of developing detection and monitoring tools ...

Toxicity and Potential Food-Web Impacts of Alexandrium monilatum and its Toxins

Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Waterbodies

Once limited to the U.S. south Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, Alexandrium monilatum has extended its range to the lower Chesapeake Bay, where it ...

Tracking Fish Populations and Movements to Support Watershed Restoration in Southwest Florida

Coastal Change, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, Marine Spatial Ecology, matt.kendall@noaa.gov, Regional Ecosystem Science, Restoration, U.S. States and Territories

We are studying the effect of watershed restoration on fish communities and their movements in mangrove estuaries in southwest Florida. Our goals are to compare ...

Tracking Fish Use of Engineered Habitats

bethany.williams@noaa.gov, Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Change, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Marine Spatial Ecology, Maryland, matt.kendall@noaa.gov, Natural and Nature-based Features, Regional Ecosystem Science, Restoration, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

In partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering With Nature® Initiative, we are using acoustic telemetry to track fish movements in engineered and ...

Tracking the Extent and Effect of Hypoxia on Commercial Fisheries off the Pacific Northwest

CHRP, dungeness crab, fisheries, hypoxia, Hypoxia, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov, Oregon, Other Topics, Sensor Development, shellfish, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington

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 ...

Training Course on the Identification of Harmful Algae in United States Marine Waters

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 ...

Transitioning to Operations NOAA Supported Statistical Hypoxia Models and Forecasts in the Gulf of Mexico and Chesapeake Bay

The Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act (HABHRCA) mandates the development of scientific tools for natural resource managers to address hypoxia in ...

Transportation Systems and Flood Resilience under Dynamic Sea Level Rise: Integrated Modeling to Assess Natural and Nature-Based Solutions for Roadway Flooding in Hampton Roads, Virginia

Coastal Change, Natural and Nature-based Features, Other Topics, Sea Level Rise, Sponsored Research, trevor.meckley@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia

We are investigating how coastal flooding is impacting surface transportation networks in Hampton Roads, VA. This work combines hydrodynamic, morphodynamic, pavement, and economic models to ...

Traveling Harmful Algal Bloom Laboratory Education Program

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, New Jersey, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

Why We Care New Jersey has seen significant increases in cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) and related impacts. CyanoHABs sometimes produce toxins that can be ...

Trophic Transfer and Effects of HAB Toxins in Alaskan Marine Food Webs

Alaska, Alexandrium, Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, domoic acid, ECOHAB, Forecasting, Gulf of Alaska, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, pseudo-nitzschia, saxitoxin, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

This project aims to determine harmful algal bloom species composition and cell densities in Alaskan waters, and to model toxin transfer pathways to zooplankton, shellfish, ...

U.S. Virgin Islands Coral Reef Resilience Prioritization

chris.jeffrey@noaa.gov, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Coastal Change, coral, Coral, coral reef, john.tomczuk@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Marine Spatial Ecology, ruben.van.hooidonk@noaa.gov, sarah.groves@noaa.gov, shay.viehman@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands

We are identifying coral reefs and underwater habitats in the U.S. Virgin Islands that have high resilience properties and potential to withstand current and forecasted ...

Ultraviolet (UV) light-enhanced toxicity of oil to early life stages of marine organisms

Atlantic Ocean, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Coastal Change, Gulf of Mexico, marie.delorenzo@noaa.gov, mike.fulton@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Waterbodies

One of the lingering questions after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill concerns the toxicity of thin oil sheens to aquatic species, and whether toxicity may ...

Uncovering the Mechanisms behind Wintertime Occurrences of Paralytic Shellfish Toxicity in Geoduck Clam Fisheries in Southeast Alaska

Alaska, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) from the alga Alexandrium hinder the wintertime geoduck clam fishery in Southeast Alaska. With no winter blooms of Alexandrium on record, ...

Understanding and Predicting Changes in Coastal Marsh Ecosystem Services: Realizing the Combined Effects of Sea Level Rise, Tides, and Storm Surge on Marshes and their Capacity to Protect Shorelines

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, david.kidwell@noaa.gov, marsh, Natural and Nature-based Features, North Carolina, Sea Level Rise, sea level rise, storm surge, U.S. States and Territories, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

We are developing marsh conservation and restoration guidance for the central coastal region of North Carolina from eight years of yet unpublished, continuous water-level data ...

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