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First Gulf of Alaska Harmful Algal Bloom Cyst Sampling Cruise Completed ...
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Throughout this project, feedback from coastal harvesters and shellfish farmers through KANA and Alaska Sea Grant will inform how our research can ...
Gulf of Alaska Archives - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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Credit: Julie Matweyou, Alaska Sea Grant NCCOS funded partners recently completed field work in Kodiak Alaska to continue advancing a coordinated ...
Ocean Acidification: Understanding Changing Chemistry in Alaska Coastal ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/ocean-acidification-alaska/
The Gulf of Alaska is at elevated risk because it is where cold, deep waters that are rich in nutrients, but also low in pH, are upwelled at the ...
Informing Adaptation Decisions for Alaska’s Salmon Fisheries
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We are integrating multiple areas of research on the impacts of ocean acidification (OA) and the influence of “tipping points” (i.e., regime shifts) ...
Alaska Spatial Bibliography - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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The spatial bibliography was updated to include four geographic regions* defined by Seascape Alaska, a regional campaign supporting the 2020 National ...
Ecological Assessment for Kachemak Bay, Alaska: Science Tools to Inform ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/ecological-assessment-for-kachemak-bay-alaska-science-tools-to-inform-management/
Kachemak Bay, a microcosm representing all of the estuarine and coastal habitats found in the Gulf of Alaska, has shown signs of reduced environmental ...
Trophic Transfer and Effects of HAB Toxins in Alaskan Marine Food Webs
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/trophic-transfer-and-effects-of-hab-toxins-in-alaskan-marine-food-webs/
Identify species composition and map cell densities of toxin-producing Pseudo-nitzschia and Alexandrium species (including Alexandrium cysts) via ...
Scientists finished a cyst sampling cruise in the Gulf of Alaska
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In recent decades Kodiak, Alaska has experienced outbreaks of paralytic shellfish poisoning at a higher rate than other regions of the state. NCCOS ...
New Species of Marine Sponge Discovered in Gulf of Alaska
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NOAA scientists and their partners came across an unknown marine sponge last summer while conducting a survey of continental shelf features off the ...
Celebrating 25 Years of Science Serving Coastal Communities
coastalscience.noaa.gov/multimedia/celebrating-25-years-of-science-serving-coastal-communities/
A mere hours away is the Gulf Stream current. And the recognition of the changing of the dynamics and its impacts on the coastal communities and the ...
Biogeographic and Ecological Assessments - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/coastal-and-marine-planning/biogeographic-assessments/
Kachemak Bay is a subarctic estuary in south/central Alaska that contains all of the estuarine and coastal habitats found in the Gulf of Alaska ...
Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) Northeast Pacific
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In the Northeast Pacific Ocean, there is a close connection between the ecosystem dynamics in both of its major circulatory systems (gyres)—the ...
Empowering Alaskan Communities to Monitor for Harmful Algal Blooms in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/alaskan-communities-monitor-for-habs-in-marine-resources/
Shellfish are a culturally important marine resource throughout coastal Alaska, and many communities harvest them for subsistence. However, with the ...
NCCOS Project: Kachemak Bay Ecological Assessment
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/nccos-project-kachemak-bay-ecological-assessment/
Kachemak Bay, in Cook Inlet Alaska, is a rich, diverse marine ecosystem and contains all of the estuarine and coastal habitat types found in the Gulf ...
NCCOS Supports Collection of Real-Time Harmful Algal Bloom Data in Alaska
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This funding will support the real-time IFCB detection of HAB species on four research cruises this summer in the Bering Strait region of Alaska. The ...
National Mussel Watch Program - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/pollution/mussel-watch/
Since its inception in 1986, the National Mussel Watch Program has grown and evolved. We currently sample sediment and bivalves from a network of more ...
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 ...
HABs in the Kodiak Archipelago: HAB Monitoring and Toxin Testing to ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/hab-monitoring-and-toxin-testing-supports-kodiak-archipelago-community-subsistence-harvests-and-advances-forecast-development/
Locations of monitoring beaches for shellfish toxicity in the Chiniak Bay study area, Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska. The project will enhance an existing ...
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 ...
NOAA’s Mussel Watch Program Expands Coastal Contamination Monitoring
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The Gulf of Mexico assessment used Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) collected from 67 of the program’s historic monitoring sites and 35 new ...