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Benthic Habitat Mapping of Palmyra Atoll

atoll, biogeographic assessment, Coral, coral reef, Habitat Mapping, Hawaii, john.christensen@noaa.gov, mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, seafloor, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

In the first such effort in this location, we mapped the waters surrounding Palmyra Atoll to help researchers develop reef fish management strategies, optimize biological ...

Benthic Habitat Mapping of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

benthic habitat, biogeographic assessment, coral reef, Habitat Mapping, Hawaii, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, seafloor map, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

NCCOS produced georeferenced, digital benthic habitat maps for the shallow-water (< 30m) coral ecosystem habitats around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, to provide baseline information for ...

Benthic Habitat Mapping of the Republic of Palau

benthic habitat, Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, Protected Species, tim.battista@noaa.gov, Waterbodies

We developed benthic habitat maps for shallow (<30 meters) areas around the main islands of the Republic of Palau to help local managers and researchers ...

Benthic Habitat Mapping off Southwest Puerto Rico

Caribbean Sea, Habitat Mapping, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We mapped the shallow-water benthic habitats of two areas off southwest Puerto Rico. This effort improves on previous NOAA benthic habitat maps by using more ...

Benthic Habitat Mapping off St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Reef National Monument

bryan.costa@noaa.gov, coral, Coral, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, seafloor mapping, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands

We developed benthic habitat maps for shallow areas (< 30 m) around St. John and moderate-depth areas (30–60 m) south of St. John in the ...

Bioeffects Assessment in Bristol Bay, Alaska: Characterization of Soft Bottom Benthic Habitats and Fish Contaminant Body Burdens and Histopathology Characterization

Alaska, aquaculture, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, ian.hartwell@noaa.gov, pollutants, pollution, salmon, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

Bristol Bay hosts the largest salmon fishery in the world, as well as a number of other important fisheries. We are studying sediment conditions that ...

Bioeffects Program Reports: Gulf of Mexico and Puerto Rico

Alabama, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, contamination, Florida, ian.hartwell@noaa.gov, Louisiana, marine health, Mississippi, pcbs, pollution, Puerto Rico, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Texas, U.S. States and Territories

The Bioeffects program is a nationwide program of environmental assessment designed to describe the current status of environmental quality in our nation's estuarine and coastal ...

Bioeffects Program Reports: Kachemak Bay, Alaska

Alaska, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, contaminants, ian.hartwell@noaa.gov, Kachemak Bay, marine health, pollutution, restoration, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

The Bioeffects program is a nationwide program of environmental assessment and related research designed to describe the current status of environmental quality in our nation's ...

Bioeffects Program Reports: Mid/North Atlantic Region

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Connecticut, contaminants, Delaware, dennis.apeti@noaa.gov, District of Columbia, Maine, marine health, mary.rider@noaa.gov, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, pcbs, pollution, Rhode Island, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

The Bioeffects program is a nationwide program of environmental assessment designed to describe the current status of environmental quality in our nation's estuarine and coastal ...

Bioeffects Program Reports: Pacific Coast and Hawaii

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, California, contaminants, Hawaii, ian.hartwell@noaa.gov, marine health, Oregon, pcbs, pollution, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington

Bioeffects Assessment Program identifies and assesses biological effects associated with contaminant exposure. Over forty intensive regional studies have been conducted since 1986 using the Sediment ...

Bioeffects Program Reports: South Atlantic Region

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, contaminants, Florida, Georgia, ian.hartwell@noaa.gov, marine health, North Carolina, pcbs, pollution, South Carolina, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

The Bioeffects program is a nationwide program of environmental assessment designed to describe the current status of environmental quality in our nation's estuarine and coastal ...

Biogeographic Assessment of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary to Support Evaluation of Boundary Alternatives

California, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, randy.clark@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) off the coast of Southern California was designated in 1980. In 2005, NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries ...

Biogeographic Assessment of the Samoan Archipelago

American Samoa, biogeographic assessment, Coral, coral reef, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, marine planning, marine protected area, Marine Spatial Ecology, matt.kendall@noaa.gov, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We examined the marine biogeography of the Samoan archipelago in the south central Pacific Ocean, with a focus on regional ocean climate, island connectivity via ...

Biogeographic Assessment to Characterize the Florida Keys Coral Reef Tract Ecosystem

Atlantic Ocean, chris.jeffrey@noaa.gov, david.moe.nelson@noaa.gov, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, Marine Spatial Ecology, theresa.goedeke@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We are assessing the seafloor composition and the distribution of coral reef fish in the Florida Coral Reef Tract. By pairing the marine resources data ...

Biological Vulnerability to Hypoxia from Climate Warming and Eutrophication in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

CHRP, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, david.scheurer@noaa.gov, Gulf of Mexico, HABHRCA, Hypoxia, Louisiana, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

This project will provide critical information and predictive tools to coastal managers for understanding how species will respond to changing hypoxia conditions from ongoing and ...

Biscayne Bay PhycoNet

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

Why We Care Biscayne Bay is a coastal embayment in southeast Florida that has experienced rapid human population growth over the last century, resulting in ...

Boundary Options for a Research Area within Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Georgia

Atlantic Ocean, Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Georgia, gray's reef, grnms, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, matt.kendall@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Coastal Georgia’s Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary offered potential as the only site designated for scientific research on the continental shelf along the U.S. southeast ...

Can Management Actions on Land Influence Harmful Algal Toxins in the California Current?

California, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, Oregon, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington

The marine diatom Pseudo-nitzschia. Credit: Dr: Rozalind Jester. This project will enhance an existing regional coastal model to understand the relative importance of land-based inputs ...

Can Meadows of Underwater Grasses Help Mitigate the Harmful Effects of Ocean Acidification on Eastern Oysters?

Chesapeake Bay, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov, Ocean Acidification, Waterbodies

Ocean acidification (OA) in the natural environment co-occurs with other stressors, such as temperature and low oxygen, creating complex ecological interactions that are difficult to ...

Can Oyster Aquaculture in the Chesapeake Bay Flourish Under Future Environmental and Economic Conditions?

Chesapeake Bay, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, elizabeth.turner@noaa.gov, Maryland, Ocean Acidification, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Waterbodies

We are supporting research that will explore how the Eastern oyster will grow and survive under future environmental conditions and determine if there are environmental ...

Capacity Building for Design and Analysis of Fishery-independent Surveys of Reef fishes in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

bryan.costa@noaa.gov, Caribbean Sea, chris.jeffrey@noaa.gov, coral reef ecosystems, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, fisheries independent surveys, Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, reef fish, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies

Over 50 species of reef fish are captured by commercial and recreational fishermen in the U.S. Caribbean. Many of these species use reef habitats that ...

Projects Explorer

Benthic Habitat Mapping of Palmyra Atoll

Benthic Habitat Mapping of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Benthic Habitat Mapping of the Republic of Palau

Benthic Habitat Mapping off Southwest Puerto Rico

Benthic Habitat Mapping off St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Reef National Monument

Bioeffects Assessment in Bristol Bay, Alaska: Characterization of Soft Bottom Benthic Habitats and Fish Contaminant Body Burdens and Histopathology Characterization

Bioeffects Program Reports: Gulf of Mexico and Puerto Rico

Bioeffects Program Reports: Kachemak Bay, Alaska

Bioeffects Program Reports: Mid/North Atlantic Region

Bioeffects Program Reports: Pacific Coast and Hawaii

Bioeffects Program Reports: South Atlantic Region

Biogeographic Assessment of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary to Support Evaluation of Boundary Alternatives

Biogeographic Assessment of the Samoan Archipelago

Biogeographic Assessment to Characterize the Florida Keys Coral Reef Tract Ecosystem

Biological Vulnerability to Hypoxia from Climate Warming and Eutrophication in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Biscayne Bay PhycoNet

Boundary Options for a Research Area within Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Georgia

Can Management Actions on Land Influence Harmful Algal Toxins in the California Current?

Can Meadows of Underwater Grasses Help Mitigate the Harmful Effects of Ocean Acidification on Eastern Oysters?

Can Oyster Aquaculture in the Chesapeake Bay Flourish Under Future Environmental and Economic Conditions?

Capacity Building for Design and Analysis of Fishery-independent Surveys of Reef fishes in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

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