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Eutrophication and Oyster Aquaculture in the Patux...

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. We are investigating the feasibility ...

Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Maryland, U.S. States and Territories, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov

Eutrophication and Oyster Aquaculture in the Potom...

Eutrophication is the overabundance of nutrients in a body of water that results in harmful algal blooms, which can lead to depletion of dissolved oxygen and loss of fish and ...

Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Chesapeake Bay, Waterbodies, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov

Hypoxia Response to Nutrient Management in Narraga...

We are developing observational and modeling tools and analyses to help management agencies in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island assess the efficacy of nutrient management controls on hypoxia (low dissolved oxygen) ...

CHRP, Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Rhode Island, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, alan.lewitus@noaa.gov

National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment: Upda...

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. We used the Assessment of ...

Hypoxia, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Waterbodies, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov

Nutrient Dynamics and Changes to Benthic Communiti...

Eutrophication is the over-abundance of nutrients in a body of water that results in harmful algal blooms, fish kills, and in some cases ecosystem collapse. In coral reef ecosystems, excess ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, American Samoa, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, dave.whitall@noaa.gov

Oyster Aquaculture Related Ecosystem Services in t...

Eutrophication—the overabundance of nutrients in a body of water—threatens the normal function and benefits provided by coastal ecosystems. Attempts to reverse eutrophication have focused on reducing land-based sources of nutrients ...

Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Chesapeake Bay, Waterbodies, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov

Planning for Sustainable Shellfish Aquaculture in ...

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. We are investigating the feasibility ...

Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov

Shellfish Aquaculture and Payment for Ecosystem Se...

With U.S. capture fisheries in decline, aquaculture is being seen as a way to increase the domestic supply of seafood. However, total aquaculture production in the U.S. has not changed ...

Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Maryland, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, suzanne.bricker@noaa.gov

Technical Support for Inception of Florida DEP Cor...

Eutrophication is the over-abundance of nutrients in a body of water that results in harmful algal blooms, fish kills, and in some cases ecosystem collapse. In coral reef ecosystems, excess ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Florida, U.S. States and Territories, dave.whitall@noaa.gov

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NOAA Awards $4.2 Million for Multi-stressor Resear...

One of the seven iconic reef sites, Cheeca Rocks, is dominated by large populations of star corals and other boulder corals. Credit: FKNMS/NOAA NOAA has awarded $1,793,983 of an anticipated ...

November 15, 2023 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Hypoxia, Marine Spatial Ecology, Ocean Acidification, Other Topics, Regional Ecosystem Science, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, kimberly.puglise@noaa.gov

Lake Erie Eutrophication Exacerbated by Release of...

Lake Erie not only experiences eutrophication caused by runoff-laden phosphorus (P), but also by internal P loading caused by recycling of “legacy” P stored in bottom sediments. This phenomenon was ...

October 27, 2021 Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, Ohio, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, felix.martinez@noaa.gov

Location, Inundation, and Nitrogen Availability Dr...

Two publications resulting from U.S. Department of Defense-funded research to support ecosystem-based management in coastal military installations have been published in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences. The research was a ...

February 3, 2021 Carbon Sequestration, Coastal Change, Sea Level Rise, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, carolyn.currin@noaa.gov

Combining Geostatistical and Mechanistic Models Im...

NCCOS-sponsored scientists combined two traditional, but often separate, modeling approaches to better characterize, track, and predict coastal hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Their study found that “fused” geostatistical ...

January 11, 2021 Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Louisiana, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, david.hilmer@noaa.gov

NOAA Intervention Strategy Seeks to Stem Loss of U...

NOAA Action Plan on Coral Intervention. Credit: NOAA. Rapidly deteriorating environmental conditions are threatening coral reefs worldwide, leading to a re-evaluation of long-standing conservation strategies. In response to recommendations from ...

November 18, 2020 Coastal Change, Coral, Marine Spatial Ecology, Ocean Acidification, Protected Species, American Samoa, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Georgia, Guam, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Puerto Rico, U.S. States and Territories, Utah, Waterbodies, shay.viehman@noaa.gov

NCCOS Research Provides Scientific Foundation for ...

A recent U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling found that pollution discharge into groundwater from a Maui County (HI) sewage treatment plant (County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund) fueled macroalgal ...

May 5, 2020 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.kidwell@noaa.gov

NCCOS “HABs Grab” Takes One-Day Snapshot of Lake E...

HABs Grab 2019 research team. Credit J. Chaffin, Ohio State University. Initiated and funded in part by NCCOS, scientists in the Western Basin of Lake Erie conducted the largest coordinated ...

September 11, 2019 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Water Quality, Canada, Foreign Countries, Great Lakes, Michigan, Ohio, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, felix.martinez@noaa.gov

Testing the Feasibility of Robotic Gliders to Moni...

NCCOS has evaluated the use of underwater gliders to improve Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone, also known as the dead zone, monitoring. This effort resulted in the development of a ...

August 27, 2019 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sensor Development, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Technology Transfer, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.hilmer@noaa.gov

With Second Workshop, NCCOS Continues Focus on Hyp...

Credit S. Brandt, OSU. Building on results of an initial 2017 workshop, a second advisory panel workshop concerning the effects of low dissolved oxygen in water (hypoxia) was held June ...

July 8, 2019 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Hypoxia, Other Topics, Outreach, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.hilmer@noaa.gov

NOAA Forecasts Very Large ‘Dead Zone’ for Gulf of ...

NCCOS scientists are forecasting this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone or "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life—will be approximately ...

June 10, 2019 Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Hypoxia, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Technology Transfer, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, david.scheurer@noaa.gov, erik.davenport@noaa.gov

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