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HAB Prevention and Control - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/habs/prevention/
HAB Prevention and Control Effective HAB prevention and control must consider the HAB species, their toxicity, the causes of the bloom, how the ...
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Implementation: Biological and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/national-coral-reef-monitoring-program-biological-socioeconomic/
The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) is a framework for conducting sustained observations of biological, climate, and socioeconomic ...
Critical Research on Coral Reproduction During the Annual Spawning ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-scientists-and-partners-conduct-critical-research-on-coral-reproduction-during-the-annual-spawning-event-of-four-caribbean-coral-species/
Recruits of the brain coral Diploria labyrinthiformis that have settled onto substrate and successfully undergone metamorphosis into their polyp ...
Coral Polyp Anatomy - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Polyp Anatomy Corals, often mistaken for plants due to their flower-like appearance, are animals that generally exist in the form of colonies ...
Coral Biology - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Biology The basic living unit of the class Anthozoa (further subdivided into subclass Hexacorallia, which includes stony corals, and subclass ...
New Report Summarizes National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Biological ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-report-summarizes-national-coral-reef-monitoring-program-biological-surveys-in-florida/
NOAA NCRMP conducts biological sampling for benthic communities (corals and algae) and fish populations in Florida every other year, and typically in ...
Biological, chemical, and physical data from the Phytoplankton ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/biological-chemical-and-physical-data-from-the-phytoplankton-monitoring-network-from-13-sep-2001-to-7-mar-2013-nodc-accession-0117942/
The Phytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN) is a part of the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS). The PMN was created as an outreach ...
NOAA’s Mussel Watch Program Expands Coastal Contamination Monitoring
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/noaas-mussel-watch-program-expands-coastal-contamination-monitoring/
Since 1986, at nearly 300 sites nationwide, the Mussel Watch Program has monitored coastal waters for chemical contaminants and biological indicators ...
Consequences of a ‘Forever Chemical’ Exposure on Eastern Oysters
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/consequences-of-a-forever-chemical-exposure-on-eastern-oysters/
A research collaboration between NCCOS scientists and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has documented the negative effects of ...
Biological Vulnerability to Hypoxia from Climate Warming and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/biological-vulnerability-to-hypoxia-from-climate-warming-and-eutrophication-in-the-northern-gulf-of-mexico/
This project will provide critical information and predictive tools to coastal managers for understanding how species will respond to changing hypoxia ...
Pollution and Biological Health Assessment of Fjords on Kenai Peninsula ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/pollution-biological-health-assessment-fjords-kenai-peninsula-alaska/
State managers must assess contamination at abandoned mines, sewage outfalls, harbors, and other sites. We are determining the physical and chemical ...
Bioeffects Program Reports: Gulf of Mexico and Puerto Rico
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The Bioeffects program is a nationwide program of environmental assessment designed to describe the current status of environmental quality in our ...
Study Reviews Causes of Acidification in Large Estuaries
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/understanding-the-causes-of-acidification-in-large-estuaries/
Chesapeake Bay’s future is predicted as warmer and wetter, with high-CO2 and enhanced acidification. However, unknown future changes in river ...
Skill assessment for coupled biological/physical models of marine ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/skill-assessment-for-coupled-biological-physical-models-of-marine-systems/
Simulation models coupling physics to biological processes in the ocean are central to many current programs. Ocean physical models have approached a ...
Primary Cause of Dead Zones is Biological on Pacific Northwest ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/primary-cause-dead-zones-biological-pacific-northwest-continental-shelves/
Coastal waters of the northern portion of the California Current System experience a seasonal decline in oxygen concentrations and increasing hypoxia ...
Magnitude and Extent of Contaminated Sediment and Toxicity in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/magnitude-and-extent-of-contaminated-sediment-and-toxicity-in-chesapeake-bay/
This report summarizes the results of NOAA’s sediment toxicity, chemistry, and benthic community studies in the Chesapeake Bay estuary. As part of the ...
Pollution - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/pollution/
NCCOS provides the science to help managers understand the biological effects of contaminants and nutrients and evolve actions over time, or respond ...
New Technologies and Platforms Transforming Oceanography
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-technologies-and-platforms-transforming-oceanography/
The journal Science recently declared that new technologies are making remote sensing of the ocean a “new wave” of oceanography. This growing array of ...
Skill Assessment for Coupled Biological/Physical Models of Marine ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/skill-assessment-for-coupled-biological-physical-models-of-marine-systems-2/
Coupled biological/physical models of marine systems serve many purposes including the synthesis of information, hypothesis generation, and as a tool ...
National Mussel Watch Archives - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/category/stressor-impacts/biological-effects-of-contaminants-and-nutrients/national-mussel-watch/
Mussel Watch Program collaborators from the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) collecting Mytilus mussels. Credit: NOAA.