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Coral Restoration: Developing Scientific Guidance ...

As coral restoration efforts continue to increase in size and number, there is an overwhelming need for information for scientific input into restoration spatial planning and siting, defining restoration success, ...
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Coastal Change, Coral, Marine Spatial Ecology, Restoration, Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, shay.viehman@noaa.gov

Nutrient Stress and Source Identification in the C...

Observed blooms of algae including caulerpa and valonia in the coral reef ecosystems of Ofu and Olosega are of concern to coastal managers. It has been hypothesized that excess nutrients ...
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Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, American Samoa, U.S. States and Territories, dave.whitall@noaa.gov

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Oxybenzone Sunscreen Threatens Hanauma Bay’s Coral...

Hanauma Bay. Credit: Nina Wu. A new study shows that swimmers and beach showers are sources of sunscreen pollution in Hanauma Bay, resulting in levels of oxybenzone that can threaten ...
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Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Coral, Pathogens, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, jeff.guyon@noaa.gov

Virtually Explore Shallow Water Mapping Priorities...

NCCOS scientists are working to conduct a data needs assessment for each of the seven U.S. coral reef management jurisdictions (Figure 1). The team has developed an interactive hub “Coral Reef ...
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Coral, Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science, American Samoa, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, CNMI, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies, jennifer.kraus@noaa.gov

New Publication Provides Insight into Resident Per...

A new NOAA publication suggests that outreach efforts have been successful in communicating to the public the benefits provided by coral reef ecosystems. Study results indicate that in the U.S ...
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Assessing Human Use, Social Science, Atlantic Ocean, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, chloe.fleming@noaa.gov

NOAA Supports Development of a Universal Guide for...

As coral reefs continue to degrade globally, there is an increasing need for preservation and restoration of these valuable coastal resources. As coral restoration efforts continue to increase and scale ...
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Coastal Change, Coral, Marine Spatial Ecology, Restoration, shay.viehman@noaa.gov

NCCOS Science Supports Creation of New Maps for Al...

Scientists from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) contributed data to the Allen Coral Atlas project to support development of new, sea bottom maps for western Micronesia, as ...
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Coral, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Foreign Countries, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean, Palau, Waterbodies, tim.battista@noaa.gov

Coral Reef Expedition Marks Fifteen Years of Disco...

NCCOS's research cruise in the U.S. Caribbean last month aboard NOAA Ship Nancy Foster marks the fifteenth year of ship-based coral ecosystem investigations supported by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program ...
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Coral, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies, tim.battista@noaa.gov

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