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Developing Coastal Dune Models Specific to California’s Coast
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In total, California has 1,200 miles of beaches and coastal wetlands which are increasingly threatened by sea level rise and more frequent, intense ...
Characterizing Shallow-water Benthic Habitats Around the Tinian ...
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Also, coastal and offshore benthic habitat maps give industry, regulators, and special interest groups environmental information to make more ...
Characterizing Shallow-water Benthic Habitats In Select Areas Around ...
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Coastal habitats, such as coral reefs, seagrass beds, and sand flats, in nearshore areas of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) ...
NCCOS | Benthic Habitat Mapping - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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Benthic Habitat Mapping. NCCOS is producing benthic/seafloor habitat maps to help coastal managers assess, protect, and preserve the condition of coas ...
NCCOS | NOAA's National Status and Trends Data - National Oceanic and ...
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The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) conducts and supports research, monitoring, assessments, and technical assistance to meet ...
Habitat Mapping and Characterization - NCCOS - NCCOS Coastal Science ...
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Habitat Mapping and Characterization Maps that depict and characterize the physical features and arrangement of seafloor habitats are the foundation ...
Climate Impacts on Ecosystems: - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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NCCOS conducts multidisciplinary ecological research to assess and predict how environmental changes from climate variability affect the distributions ...
Restoration - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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NCCOS research helps to inform and drive strategic restoration and management of coastal habitats in order to enhance ecosystem services. NCCOS’s ...
Products Explorer - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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Benthic habitat maps for the Buck Island Reef National Monument, north of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands was developed. The bathymetry (depth) ...
Biogeographic and Ecological Assessments - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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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 ...
Climate Change - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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Coastal ecosystems are vulnerable to habitat loss from environmental stressors, such as sea level rise, human uses such as boat groundings, and other ...
Predictive Habitat Modeling - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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Predictive Habitat Modeling Predictive habitat modeling is the process by which relationships are mathematically defined between habitats (e.g., sand ...
If You Build It, Is It Worth It? The Value of Restoring Coastal Sand ...
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Coastal dunes and wetlands provide many benefits — protection against storm surge and flooding, critical habitat for wildlife, and recreation ...
National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP) Coastal Assessment
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In support of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, we completed the estuarine and coastal components of the National Fish Habitat Assessment. We ...
Advancing the use of drones to support assessment of coastal habitats
coastalscience.noaa.gov/internships/advancing-the-use-of-drones-to-support-assessment-of-coastal-habitats/
Coastal habitats, including salt marshes and oyster reefs, and the ecosystem services they provide are threatened by climate and anthropogenic ...
Restoration and Nature-Based Solutions - NCCOS - NCCOS Coastal Science ...
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Restoration and Nature-Based Solutions Coastal storms, flooding, and rising seas combined with loss of habitat and biodiversity threaten coastal ...
Benthic Habitat Mapping in American Samoa, Guam, and Commonwealth of ...
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NCCOS produced a georeferenced, digital atlas of benthic habitat maps for the shallow-water (< 30m) coral ecosystem habitats around the U.S. Pacific ...
Ecological Effects of Sea Level Rise in North Carolina: Maps, Marshes ...
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The effects of sea level rise on North Carolina coastal habitats are currently occurring and are expected to accelerate due to climate change. The ...
Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Database: Construction, Documentation and ...
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We reviewed published information on the status of Atlantic coastal fish habitats and recorded it in a spatial bibliographic database for the Atlantic ...
Science-Based Restoration Monitoring of Coastal Habitats, Volume Two ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/science-based-restoration-monitoring-of-coastal-habitats-volume-two-tools-for-monitoring-coastal-habitats/
This guidance manual provides technical assistance and useful tools for the development and implementation of sound scientific monitoring of coastal ...