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National Phytoplankton Monitoring Network

Harmful algal blooms impact the coastal economy on average $82 million a year. Because every coastal state suffers HABs the problem is too much for ...

New Pacific Ciguatoxins Identification and Analysis

ciguatoxins, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, john.ramsdell@noaa.gov, Pacific Ocean, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Waterbodies, zhihong.wang@noaa.gov

Ciguatoxins originate from marine algae, such as Gambierdiscus spp., enter the food web through fish, and pass to humans. To improve detection methods and better ...

Oceanographic and Cellular Controls on Domoic Acid Production in the Central and Southern California Current System

California, domoic acid, ECOHAB, Forecasting, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Other Topics, pseudo-nitzschia, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

Domoic acid is a neurotoxin produced by some diatoms in the genus Pseudo-nitzschia. Domoic acid can accumulate in shellfish and fish, and cause illness or ...

Portable Toxin Detection Technology to Support Great Lakes Decision Support Tools

cyanobacteria, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Forecasting, Great Lakes, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Lake Erie, MERHAB, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Other Topics, Pennsylvania, Sensor Development, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Technology Transfer, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

This project improves the rapid detection of cyanotoxins in the field to provide managers with timely information on risk and minimize exposure to stakeholders. The ...

Protecting New Yorkers from Toxic Shellfish Poisoning with HAB Early Warning and Rapid Response

alexandrium fundyense, Atlantic Ocean, diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, hab, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, MERHAB, New York, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

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 ...

RAPDALERT – Rapid Analysis of Pseudo-nitzschia and Domoic Acid, Locating Events in Near–Real Time

amnesic shellfish poisoning, California, domoic acid, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, harmful algal blooms, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, MERHAB, pseudo-nitzschia, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

Through this pilot project in the coastal waters of Southern California, we demonstrated the effectiveness of adding emerging technologies to harmful algal bloom monitoring programs ...

Rapid Detection of Harmful Algae

Foreign Countries, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Sensor Development, South Korea, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

To provide coastal managers with the early warning needed to implement timely and effective mitigation strategies to reduce a harmful algal bloom’s negative impacts, we ...

Rapid, Portable, Multiplexed Detection of Harmful Algal Toxins in the Great Lakes

anatoxin-a, cyanobacteria, cylindrospermopsins, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Great Lakes, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Lake Erie, microcystins, Ohio, Other Topics, saxitoxins, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

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 ...

Resolving the Effects of Resource Availability, Predation, and Competition on Brown Tide Dynamics via Metatranscriptomics

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

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 ...

Robotic, Underwater Sensor for Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins

California, domoic acid, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, sensor, Sensor Development, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, tina.mikulski@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories

We developed a device to provide resource managers and public-health officials with valuable, real-time data on harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxicity. This robotic, underwater sensor ...

Science to Support a Climate-Ready Dungeness Crab Fishery in the Northern California Current

Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, California, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Oregon, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, Regional Ecosystem Science, , Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies

The productive coastal ocean off northern California, Oregon, and Washington is facing impacts from multiple environmental stressors, including hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, increasing water temperatures, ...

Seasonal Forecasting of Karenia brevis Red Tide Blooms in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Florida, Forecasting, Gulf of Mexico, HABHRCA, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Karenia brevis, Other Topics, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, Research, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Technology Transfer, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

This project is developing modeling tools to improve short term and seasonal predictions of toxic red tide Karenia brevis blooms in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Sharing Simple and Fast Algal Toxin Detection Tests with Developing Countries

Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Pacific Ocean, South Carolina, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, tina.mikulski@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Toxins produced by harmful algae accumulate in shellfish, causing human illness and marine animal mortalities. We have developed a rapid, cost-effective test that measures algal ...

Shellfish Killers: An Optimized Early Warning Program to Mitigate HAB Impacts on Shellfish in the Pacific Northwest

Akashiwo sanguinea, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, MERHAB, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, Protoceratium reticulatum, Puget Sound, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies

We are collecting data to understand the impacts of shellfish-killing algae and their toxins on aquaculture farms and wild populations and to develop a warning ...

Strengthening Early Warning and Forecasts of Domoic Acid Events in the Pacific Northwest: Using the Environmental Sample Processor to Close the Data Gap

domoic acid, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Forecasting, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, pseudo-nitzschia, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies

In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia that produce domoic acid (DA) are a significant human health threat and extremely costly to coastal communities ...

The Columbia River Plume and Harmful Algal Blooms in the Pacific Northwest: Bioreactor, Barrier, or Conduit?

alexandrium catennella, Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Columbia River, domoic acid, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Juan de Fuca Eddy, Oregon, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, pseudo-nitzschia, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, shellfish poisoning, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies

We identified the oceanographic causes and transport routes for the harmful alga Pseudo-nitzschia in the offshore waters of the Pacific Northwest and improved predictability of ...

The Dinoflagellate-Specific Algicide IRI-160AA: Isolation, Characterization, and Potential Impacts on Ecologically Relevant Species

algicide, biological control, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, Other Topics, PCMHAB, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Technology Transfer, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Building on previous research that showed the bacteria Shewanella sp. IRI-160 produces an algicide targeting dinoflagellates with no effect on other phytoplankton, the project team ...

The Environmental Sample Processor – Making it More Affordable and Easier to Use

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

We are re-engineering the design of the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP), one of the first available in-water sensors to measure harmful algae, their toxins, and ...

The Role of Nitric Oxide in Promoting Heterosigma Blooms

Atlantic Ocean, Delaware, Delaware Inland Baysr, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Heterosigma, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, nitric acid, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Heterosigma akashiwo has emerged as a threat to finfish and shellfish stocks resulting in significant impacts to the coastal economy. We are working to identify ...

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, ...

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