Search results
Powered by Bing
Annual Harmful Algal Cyst Sampling Cruise Completed in Gulf of Maine
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/annual-harmful-algal-cyst-sampling-cruise-completed-in-gulf-of-maine/
Seed-like cysts of the harmful alga Alexandrium catenella.Credit: Tyler Harman, Mark Vandersea, NOAA NCCOS. Scientists from NCCOS and Woods Hole ...
First Gulf of Alaska Harmful Algal Bloom Cyst Sampling Cruise Completed ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/first-gulf-of-alaska-harmful-algal-bloom-cyst-sampling-cruise-completed/
Alexandrium is a HAB-forming dinoflagellate (a type of swimming plankton) that survives the cold winter months by forming dormant seed-like cysts that ...
Application of Quantitative Molecular Methods to Characterize Abundance ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/application-of-quantitative-molecular-methods-to-characterize-abundance-and-distribution-of-alexandrium-cysts-for-noaas-hab-forecasting/
The project team will design qPCR and FISH assays using A. catenella resting cysts in sediment samples collected in 2018 from the three study ...
A quantitative real-time PCR assay for the identification and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/a-quantitative-real-time-pcr-assay-for-the-identification-and-enumeration-of-alexandrium-cysts-in-marine-sediments/
These cysts play a key role in bloom initiation and decline, as well as dispersal and colonization of new areas. Information on cyst numbers and ...
Deposition and Resuspension of Alexandrium fundyense Resting Cysts in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/deposition-resuspension-alexandrium-fundyense-cysts-gulf-maine/
Toxins from annual blooms of Alexandrium fundyense accumulate in shellfish; shellfish harvesting closures protect human health, but are economically ...
Experimental Nowcast/Forecast Simulation - NCCOS - National Centers for ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/habs/hab-forecasts/gulf-of-maine-alexandrium-catenella-predictive-models/experimental-nowcast-forecast-simulation/
Experimental Gulf of Maine Alexandrium catenella Nowcast/Forecast Simulation Model simulated surface Alexandrium catenella: Plan view, Gulf of Maine ...
Annual Gulf of Maine HAB Sampling Cruise Completed to Inform Red Tide ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/annual-gulf-of-maine-hab-sampling-cruise-completed-to-inform-red-tide-forecast/
Alexandrium is a dinoflagellate species that survives the cold winter months by forming dormant seed-like cysts that accumulate in the region’s ocean ...
Gulf of Maine Cyst Sampling Cruise Sets Stage for 2020 Red Tide ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/gulf-of-maine-cyst-sampling-cruise-sets-stage-for-2020-red-tide-forecast/
The samples are processed onboard and the cysts preserved for counting at a shore-based lab. Credit Mary Rider, NOAA. In the Gulf of Maine, seasonal ...
Harmful Algal Cyst Mapping Shows Increase Since 2013
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/harmful-algal-cyst-mapping-washington-shows-10-fold-increase-2013/
Previous harmful algal cyst mapping efforts found zero or very low concentrations of bloom area cysts. The highest concentration observed was 10 cysts ...
NCCOS Embarks on Harmful Algal Cyst Sampling Cruise
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-embarks-harmful-algal-cyst-sampling-cruise/
Scientists from NCCOS and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution embark today aboard NOAA’s research ship, the Okeanos Explorer, on a nine-day sediment ...
Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms by Sampling the Seafloor
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/predicting-harmful-algal-blooms-sampling-seafloor-craib-corer/
The device used to the sample the cysts is called a ‘Craib Corer.’ The Craib Corer (named after its inventor, J. S. Craib of the University of ...
ECOHAB: GOMTOX: Dynamics of Alexandrium fundyense Distributions in the ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/alexandrium-fundyense-distributions-gulf-maine/
A quantitative real-time PCR assay for the identification and enumeration of Alexandrium cysts in marine sediments. Deep-Sea Research Part II ...
Assessing Future Harmful Algal Bloom Risk for Washington State
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/emergency-cyst-mapping-assesses-future-hab-risk-washington-state/
The 2014 cyst mapping found an order of magnitude greater concentration of cysts; up to 120 and 180 cysts per cc wet sediment in Hood Canal’s Quilcene ...
Low Gulf of Maine Red Tide Predicted for 2024 - NCCOS
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/low-gulf-of-maine-red-tide-predicted-for-2024/
Figure 1. Concentration of Alexandrium cysts in Gulf of Maine bottom sediments (cells/cm²), collected in October 2023. Credit: NOAA/NCCOS. Researchers ...
Factors regulating excystment of Alexandrium in Puget Sound, WA, USA
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/factors-regulating-excystment-of-alexandrium-in-puget-sound-wa-usa/
This was explored using cysts that had been stored under cold (4 °C), anoxic conditions in the dark and then incubated for 6 weeks at constant ...
Harmful Algal Bloom Workshop Focuses on Alaskan Coastal Communities
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/harmful-algal-bloom-workshop-focuses-on-alaskan-coastal-communities/
The dormant cysts are a ticking time bomb set to go off as waters warm, creating favorable conditions for large toxic algal blooms to form. Stressor ...
New Study Finds Growing Potential for Toxic Algal Blooms in Alaskan ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-study-finds-growing-potential-for-toxic-algal-blooms-in-the-alaskan-arctic/
Scientists counted and mapped Alexandrium cysts lying on the seafloor from the Northern Bering Sea to the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas of Alaska that ...
NCCOS-funded Science in Washington State Seeks to Better Understand ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/toward-a-pacific-nw-hab-forecast-mapping-hab-cysts-just-in-time/
This map shows the preliminary counts of Alexandrium cysts from a survey conducted in January and February 2013. Image courtesy of the University of ...
Small Bloom Predicted for Gulf of Maine Red Tide in 2019 (video)
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/2019-gome-red-tide-forecast/
The forecast is based on data collected about Alexandrium’s dormant stage, when it exists as seed-like cysts in ocean sediments before growing in the ...
Harmful Algal Blooms May Soon Wreak Havoc in Arctic Alaska
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/harmful-algal-blooms-may-soon-wreak-havoc-in-arctic-alaska/
The dormant cysts are a ticking time bomb set to go off as waters warm, creating favorable conditions for large toxic algal blooms to form. Toxins ...