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Alaska - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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The Kasitsna Bay Laboratory is a field station of the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)under NOAA’s National Ocean Service. NCCOS ...
A 2024 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, and Contaminants of ...
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Alaska and Hawaii have historically represented more pristine coastlines, and, as such, are important to include in the the Mussel Watch dataset as a ...
Spatial Planning Study to Identify Alaska Aquaculture Opportunity Area ...
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Seaweed harvest at Kodiak Kelp farm. Credit: NOAA Fisheries. In June 2023, NOAA announced the beginning of the process to identify Aquaculture ...
Prevalence of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Marine Food Webs of Prince ...
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Saxitoxins (STXs) produced during Alexandrium Harmful Algal Blooms in Alaska accumulate in shellfish and cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) ...
Trophic Transfer and Effects of HAB Toxins in Alaskan Marine Food Webs
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In a first, Alaska’s Arctic waters appear poised for dangerous algal blooms (Hakai magazine, December 2, 2021) Scientists report an increase in ...
Alaskan Tribal Communities Trained for Testing Paralytic Shellfish ...
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Last October, two cases of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) were confirmed after butter clams containing PSP toxins were harvested for personal ...
Alaska Spatial Bibliography - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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The purpose of this spatial bibliography is to help identify scientific data and knowledge gaps, as well as unexplored and underexplored areas, in the ...
An Aquaculture Opportunity Analysis for the Gulf of Alaska
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The Final Alaska AOA Study Areas selected for spatial analysis were identified using a series of public engagement approaches including a Request for ...
Mapping Intertidal and Subtidal Habitats of Kachemak Bay and Lower Cook ...
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To understand how marine habitats in Alaska are arranged and how they might change in the future, we are focusing our efforts within Kachemak Bay in ...
NOAA Engages Alaskan Communities in Aquaculture Opportunity Area ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-and-noaa-fisheries-engage-alaskan-communities-in-aquaculture-opportunity-area-workshops/
Chris Schillaci handles a piece of Nereocystis (Bull kelp), a key mariculture species for Alaska’s growing aquaculture industry. In February and March ...
Alexandrium Identified in Alaska by New Method - NCCOS Coastal Science ...
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In an effort to provide forecasting and detection products that empower communities to take action on HAB issues, a new publication in Phycologia ...
First Steps in Creating a Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast for the Kodiak ...
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Steve Kibler (NCCOS) deploying an instrument to collect hydrographic data from Chiniak Bay, Kodiak. The Kodiak Archipelago in Alaska historically has ...
Bioeffects Assessment in Bristol Bay, Alaska: Characterization of Soft ...
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We are working in collaboration with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Bristol Bay Ecosystem Health program, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
NCCOS, Partners Publish Environmental Assessment of Bristol Bay, Alaska ...
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NCCOS and its partners have published an environmental assessment of Nushagak and Kvichak Bays, two of the most important salmon fishing grounds in ...
Pollution and Biological Health Assessment of Fjords on Kenai Peninsula ...
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It is a joint project with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. We’re conducting a baseline environmental characterization of the ...
New Study Finds Growing Potential for Toxic Algal Blooms in Alaskan ...
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Satellite image of Bering Sea algal bloom. Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE. Changes in the northern ...
New Mapping Tool Lets Users Explore Bottom Habitats of Kachemak Bay, Alaska
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The Kachemak Bay BIOMapper, launched this year, provides detailed geospatial information on marine benthic habitats in Alaska’s Kachemak Bay. The ...
Ocean Acidification: Understanding Changing Chemistry in Alaska Coastal ...
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Coastal Alaska waters face more immediate threats from ocean acidification than anywhere else in the global ocean because of the low pH of the ...
Contaminant and Disease Assessment in Native Alaskan Fisheries Harvest
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In rural Alaska, native communities rely heavily on subsistence fishing for food. To assess food safety, we tested salmon and shellfish harvested by ...
Reid Brewer - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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He has been working in Alaska as a university researcher, faculty member, and administrator for the last 20 years. His focus on community engagement ...