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Potential Effects of Bigheaded Carps on Four Great Lakes Habitats
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A NCCOS study, co-sponsored with the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, used an ecosystem model to evaluate the potential risk of two species of ...
Potential Impacts of Asian Carp in Lake Erie
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Their results predict that Asian Carp could comprise up to 34 percent of the total fish weight in Lake Erie, a much lower number the 60 percent found ...
Impacts and Solutions to Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Highlighted on Illinois ...
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With a record setting dead zone predicted this summer, Illinois Public Media (aka WILL Radio) has highlighted how Midwest pollution effects the ...
Can Asian Carp Barriers Protect the Great Lakes?
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Region(s) of Study: Foreign Countries, Great Lakes, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Michigan, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies Primary Contact(s) ...
Invasive Asian Carp Could Establish in Lake Erie with Little Effect to ...
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A recent study found that if Asian carp establishes in Lake Erie, the native fisheries might not be significantly affected. Based on consultations ...
Reducing Runoff that fuels Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
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The Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force (“Hypoxia Task Force”) works to reduce and control hypoxia, or the dead zone, in ...
New Molecular Tool Screens Bait Fish for Invasive Species Risk
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Credit: Illinois River Biological Station. Based on the likelihood of transport, researchers selected bighead carp, silver carp, round goby, tubenose ...
David Moe Nelson - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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Nelson grew up in Champaign, Illinois, and completed his B.S. in Agricultural Studies at the University of Illinois in 1981. Later he pursued a M.S ...
Invasive Asian Carp Movements Tracked Using ‘eDNA’
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Asian carp are infiltrating major American waterways with the potential to greatly alter entire freshwater ecosystems. Where are they going? A ...
Are Benthic Cyanobacteria a Source of Toxic Blooms and a Threat to ...
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Lyngbya cyanobacteria growing on lake bottom. Credit: NCSU Water Management Program and Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation. In August, roughly ...
Managing America's Corn Belt to Restore the Gulf of Mexico and Prairie ...
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NCCOS is participating in a public-private program to reduce nutrient inputs to the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic (‘dead’) zone that managers expect to ...
Benthic Mapping, Ground-Truthing, and Habitat Modeling to Support Great ...
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We are part of a collaborative multi-agency effort that is developing high-resolution benthic habitat maps in key areas of the Great Lakes. Our maps ...
NCCOS Briefs Environmental Legislators on Harmful Algal Blooms
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Region(s) of Study: Illinois; Primary Contact(s): quay.dortch@noaa.gov; Earlier this month, Dr. Quay Dortch (manager of the NCCOS Ecology and ...
Forecasting the Spread and Bioeconomic Impacts of Invasive Species in ...
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We are developing predictions of the arrival and economic impact of non-native aquatic invasive species to better respond to current invasions and ...
NCCOS and NIST Scientists Propose Using 'Chemical Footprints' to ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-and-nist-scientists-propose-using-chemical-footprints-to-enhance-noaa-mussel-watch-programs-monitoring-of-epa-designated-areas-of-concern/
EPA Region 5 in Chicago recently hosted the second meeting on “effects-based” monitoring in theGreat Lakes and scientists from NCCOS’ Mussel Watch ...
Workshop Provides Recommendations on Great Lakes Forecasting & Modeling ...
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On December 9-10, 2010, NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Scienceled a pivotal workshop aimed at developing a long-term framework for ...
Great Lakes Mussel Watch Sites Land-use Characterization and Assessment
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Land use is an important parameter in the assessment of coastal waters, as land-based activities and land-based pollution affect the quality of ...
Training Course on the Identification of Harmful Algae in United States ...
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We are developing a national capacity to train the next generation of state and federal agency scientists in taxonomic identification of harmful ...
Sight-unseen detection of rare aquatic species using environmental DNA
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Effective management of rare species, including endangered native species and recently introduced nonindigenous species, requires the detection of ...
Linking environmental conditions and ship movements to estimate ...
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Some nations, and the International Maritime Organization, are moving towards requirements for managing ballast water to reduce the number of alien ...