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Study Reviews Causes of Acidification in Large Estuaries
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With ocean acidification threatening the health of aquatic organisms, a study funded by NCCOS, NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program, and the National ...
Explaining Acidification and Nutrient Pollution in Texas Estuaries
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Analyze long-term data sets for changes in ecosystem health in four estuaries along the Texas coast, Examine linkages between acidification, nutrient ...
Estuarine Species Database for the NOAA Estuarine Living Marine ...
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We developed a database on the distribution, relative abundance, and life history characteristics of 153 species in 122 estuaries in support of the ...
A National Assessment of Stressors to Estuarine Fish Habitats in the ...
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Estuaries are criticallyimportant biological, cultural, and eco-nomic habitats. Because a variety of fish and shellfish utilize estuaries as vital ...
National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment: Effects of Nutrient ...
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It covers 138 estuaries, representing over 90 percent of the estuarine surface area of the coterminous United States, plus the Mississippi River ...
National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment: Update
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We used the Assessment of Estuarine Trophic Status (ASSETS) model to determine the causes and status of eutrophication and expected future conditions ...
Effects of Nutrient Enrichment In the Nation’s Estuaries: A Decade of ...
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The National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment (NEEA) is a tool for evaluating both current eutrophic condition and the effectiveness of management ...
Causes and Consequences of Hypoxic Events in Low-inflow Estuaries in ...
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These small estuaries, which have tidal inlets that can close to the sea, play roles in coastal protection, nutrient removal, and habitat ...
Coastal ocean acidification: The other eutrophication problem
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Increased nutrient loading into estuaries causes the accumulation of algal biomass, and microbial degradation of this organic matter decreases oxygen ...
Coastal Ecological Assessments and Indicator Development
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We work in partnership with other federal agencies and coastal states to conduct assessments of ecological condition and potential stressor impacts ...
New Research Sheds Light on Altered Freshwater Flow Effects on Juvenile ...
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Bethany Williams and Arliss Winship pull in a trawl to survey fish in Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. A new publication in Estuaries ...
Hypoxia Impacts Macrobenthic Organism Densities and Composition in Low ...
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Caption: Los Peñasquitos Lagoon, a low-inflow estuary near La Jolla, California with the estuary mouth open. Credit: Michelle Cordrey. NCCOS-supported ...
Climate Change Impacts on Intertidal Zone Populations
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For rocky shores, the target organisms are those that occupy and create hard surfaces, such as barnacles and mussels. We forecasted the impact of ...
Wetlands in Intermittently Closed Estuaries Can Build Elevation to Keep ...
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Intermittently closed estuaries are critical environments where marshes may be sustained under high rates of sea-level rise, thus reducing the ...
Climate-induced Wind Upwelling Could Further Acidify Chesapeake Bay
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Wind-driven lateral upwelling is a well-known physical phenomenon in estuaries. Along-channel winds drive cross-channel transports via lateral Ekman ...
Massive Everglades Restoration Project Unlikely to Disrupt Estuarine ...
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The project is expected to improve water quality in the region’s estuaries and restore wetland habitats needed by threatened and endangered species ...
Dynamic responses and implications to coastal wetlands and the ...
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Characteristics of the estuaries such as geometry, sediment availability, and topography, were compared to understand their role in the dynamic ...
Estuarine salinity zones in US East Coast, Gulf of Mexico, and US West ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/estuarine-salinity-zones-in-us-east-coast-gulf-of-mexico-and-us-west-coast-from-1999-01-01-to-1999-12-31-ncei-accession-0127396/
These unprojected (geographic coordinates) 3-Zone Average Annual Salinity Digital Geographies are based on analysis of long-term salinity data for 147 ...
Marshes on the Margins: Developing Tidal Wetlands Adaptation Strategies ...
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Wetlands around these estuaries also host a number of endangered and threatened plant and animal species. Very little data and understanding exists ...
Shellfish Aquaculture in the NERRs: Ecosystem Services
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New farms provide an opportunity to assess conditions before and after farm installation, making North Carolina estuaries an ideal place to explore ...