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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 ...
Bioeffects Program Reports: Mid/North Atlantic Region
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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 ...
Effects of Nutrient Enrichment In the Nation’s Estuaries: A Decade of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/effects-nutrient-enrichment-nations-estuaries-decade-change/
The National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment (NEEA) is a tool for evaluating both current eutrophic condition and the effectiveness of management ...
National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment: Effects of Nutrient ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/national-estuarine-eutrophication-assessment-effects-nutrient-enrichment-nations-estuaries/
This report presents the results of a National Assessment Workshop held in August 1998 to address the problem of estuarine eutrophication. The ...
A 2025 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, and Contaminants of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/a-2025-assessment-of-metals-legacy-contaminants-and-contaminants-of-emerging-concern-in-the-u-s-coastal-northeast/
Since 1986, NOAA’s Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants and biological indicators of water ...
Hypoxic Area off Pacific Northwest Coast has Grown Since 1950s
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/hypoxic-area-off-pacific-northwest-coast-has-grown-since-1950s/
Science Area(s): Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ecological and Biogeographic ...
Coastal Ecosystem Susceptibility to Nutrient Pollution
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/coastal-ecosystem-susceptibility-nutrient-pollution/
We developed biological, physical, and morphological indicators of the effects of eutrophication on higher-level predators and to explain variations ...
Exploring the Use of Microcosms to Assess the Effects of Microplastics ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/exploring-the-use-of-microcosms-to-assess-the-effects-of-microplastics-and-contaminants-of-environmental-concern/
Contaminants of environmental concern, such as microplastics, have become increasingly present in coastal waters, potentially causing ecological or ...
A 2015–2016 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, and Contaminants ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/a-2015-2016-assessment-of-metals-legacy-contaminants-and-contaminants-of-emerging-concern-in-the-gulf-of-maine/
Science Area(s): Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, National Mussel Watch, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation; Region(s) of Study: ... The ...
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 ...
Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia: Exploring Increasing Sensitivity to Nitrogen ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/gulf-of-mexico-hypoxia-exploring-increasing-sensitivity-to-nitrogen-loads/
Science Area(s): Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Hypoxia, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation; Region(s) of Study: Gulf of Mexico ...
Modeling Impacts of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/modeling-impacts-hypoxia-northern-gulf-mexico/
The long term effects of the increase in seasonal coastal hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico (nGOM) on the growth, reproduction, and behavior of ...
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 ...
Carbon Dynamics on the Louisiana Continental Shelf and Cross-Shelf ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/carbon-dynamics-on-the-louisiana-continental-shelf-and-cross-shelf-feeding-of-hypoxia/
Science Area(s): Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Hypoxia, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation; Region(s) of Study: ... Traditionally ...
Coastal eutrophication near the Mississippi river delta
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/coastal-eutrophication-near-the-mississippi-river-delta/
Changes in delivery of river-borne nutrients such as dissolved phosphate, nitrate and silicate, owing to land-use changes and anthropogenic emissions ...
Coastal Pollution Data Explorer
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/coastal-pollution-data-explorer/
The Coastal Pollution Data Explorer is an interactive web-based interface that enables users to explore spatial and temporal trends of chemical ...
Study Provides Nutrient Reduction Targets to Reach Gulf Dead Zone Goal
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/study-provides-nutrient-reduction-targets-reach-gulf-dead-zone-goal/
The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force (HTF) has made major strides in reducing point source nutrient pollution in the Gulf of Mexico ...
Effects of Climate Change on Chemical Contaminant Toxicity
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/effects-climate-change-chemical-contaminant-toxicity/
“Impacts of climate change on the ecotoxicology of chemical contaminants in estuarine organisms”. College of Charleston MES program seminar 1/31/17. “ ...
Assessing Land Based Sources of Pollution in Tinian, Commonwealth of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/assessing-land-based-sources-pollution-tinian-commonwealth-northern-mariana-islands/
Coral reefs are diverse, productive, and economically valuable ecosystem, but are threatened by a variety of stressors in including land based sources ...
Assessment of Chemical Contaminants in Sediments and Biota from Cocos ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/assessment-chemical-contaminants-sediments-biota-cocos-lagoon-guam/
Funded by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), the goal of this project is to quantify the extent of chemical contamination in sediments and ...