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White Band Disease - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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White Band Disease (WBD) is a common tissue loss disease that affects the two Caribbean acroporid species Acropora cervicornis and Acropora palmata ...
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science - NCCOS
coastalscience.noaa.gov/staff/peter-etnoyer-phd/
Etnoyer got his start as a marine biologist working in shallow coral ecosystems, with non-governmental organizations in the Philippines and Caribbean ...
White Plague - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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White Plague White plague (WP) is a common tissue loss disease that affects a broad range of scleractinian coral species. White plague is one of the ...
NOAA Undergraduate Scholar Joins Gulf of Mexico Restoration Cruise
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/noaa-undergraduate-scholar-joins-gulf-of-mexico-restoration-cruise/
Following a recent opportunity to conduct fish diversity field research in the Philippines, Ruiz was invited to join the first leg of the R/V Point ...
Climate Change Impacts on Intertidal Zone Populations
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The intertidal zone, which lies between the high and low tide marks on the shores of the world’s oceans, is a sensitive indicator of the effects of ...
NCCOS | Benthic Habitat Mapping - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) conducts and supports research, monitoring, assessments, and technical assistance to meet ...
Biogeographic Assessment of Fish and Coral Communities
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sity determined by its location on the diversity gradient between the high at the “Coral Triangle” in the Philippines, Indonesia, northern New Guinea ...
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science - NCCOS
coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/coral-ecosystem/shallow-water-corals/
Shallow Water Corals Coral reefs are living, three-dimensional, underwater structures that provide habitat to algae, fish, crustaceans, and other ...
Black Band Disease - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
cdhc.noaa.gov/coral-disease/characterized-diseases/black-band-disease/
Black band disease (BBD) is an infectious coral disease that is globally present and affects 19 scleractinian coral species. Black band disease is ...
Harmful Algal Blooms in Coastal Waters: Options for Prevention, Control ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/harmful-algal-blooms-in-coastal-waters-options-for-prevention-control-and-mitigation/
This report is the product of a panel of experts in the science of blooms of unicellular marine algae which can cause mass mortalities in a variety of ...
DATA/REPORT DETAILS - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/ocean-warming-since-1982-has-expanded-the-niche-of-toxic-algal-blooms-in-the-north-atlantic-and-north-pacific-oceans/
Global ocean temperatures are rising, yet the impacts of such changes on harmful algal blooms (HABs) are not fully understood. Here we used ...
New Study Highlights Knowledge Clusters and Gaps on Performance of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-study-highlights-knowledge-clusters-and-gaps-on-performance-of-built-structures-in-coral-reefs/
Shallow, tropical coral reefs face a number of threats, including climate change, habitat degradation, and activities like blast fishing, mining ...
Coastal Ocean Acidification - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/climate-change/coastal-ocean-acidification/
Coastal Ocean Acidification Ocean acidification is driven predominantly by ocean uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), resulting in global-scale ...
Seaweeds Release Toxins Harmful to Marine Organisms
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/common-coastal-seaweeds-release-toxins-harmful-marine-organisms/
A new study has found that compounds excreted by common coastal green seaweeds, or sea lettuce, detrimentally affect other organisms. The green ...
NOAA Announces Funding Opportunity to Advance Research and Prediction ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/funding-to-advance-research-and-prediction-of-habs/
The NCCOS Competitive Research Program is pleased to announce a Fiscal Year 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for its Ecology and Oceanography ...
Recruitment of coral reef fishes: linkages across stages
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/recruitment-coral-reef-fishes-linkages-across-stages/
Recruitment, or the entry, of young coral reef fishes into benthic populations is essential to population survival, but because larvae typically spend ...
Ocean scientists find how size of Coral Triangle matters in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/ocean-scientists-find-how-size-of-coral-triangle-matters-in-biodiversity-scitech-gma-news-online/
A new study of Asia’s Coral Triangle, which contains nearly 30 percent of the world’s reefs, shows that when it comes to ensuring a rich and diverse ...
The Effect of Sand Fencing on the Structure of Natural Dune Systems
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/the-effect-of-sand-fencing-on-the-structure-of-natural-dune-systems/
Sand fencing on Bogue Banks, NC. Photo: NOAA Figure 1. A conceptual model of the processes that influence dune formation of a fenced seaward dune in ...
NOAA WaveWatch 3 Product Viewer
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Visualize wind speed, direction, wave height, and wave period with real time data gathered 4 times daily. Wind wave modeling attempts to depict the ...
Ecophysiology and Toxicity of the Toxic Alga Heterosigma akashiwo in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/toxicity-toxic-alga-heterosigma-akashiwo-puget-sound/
We are identifying toxins and environmental factors causing fish-killing blooms by the alga Heterosigma akashiwo in Puget Sound. We develop tools to ...