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Explore North Carolina’s Shipwrecks, Marine Life Virtually with 'Living ...
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Users can browse historic wrecks to learn more about their unique depths and locations, view underwater photographs, and use the data viewer to ...
Valor in the Atlantic 2022: Diving into North Carolina’s Maritime ...
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NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), North Carolina’s Office of State Archaeology (OSA) ...
Underwater Robots Help Scientists Understand How Fish Use Shipwrecks ...
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Hundreds of shipwrecks located off the coast of North Carolina, many of which sank during World War II, now serve as important habitat for diverse ...
Research Suggests Predators Prefer Artificial over Natural Reefs ...
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The second study, completed using remotely operated vehicle (ROV) surveys of large sharks and reef fish on historic shipwrecks, found that the ...
Mapping Data Visualizations and Online Tools - NCCOS
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3D mapping platforms, such as Living Shipwrecks 3D, are freely available online and allow diverse audiences to directly engage with remote sensing ...
A Comparison of Seafloor Habitats and Associated Benthic Fauna in Areas ...
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and historical resources and include nearshore and open ocean areas ranging in size from less than one to over 5,000 square miles. Protected habitats ...
Story Map Highlights Maritime Heritage Missions in Great Lakes
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This shipping network uses historic routes and ports established over two centuries. The largest collection of Great Lakes shipping and maritime ...
Scientists Study Shipwrecks to Understand Underwater Ecology
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Figure 1. Scientists study shipwreck sites to better understand ecological processes like succession, zonation, connectivity, energy flow ...
Ecological Assessment of Wisconsin – Lake Michigan
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Since the proposed Wisconsin-Lake Michigan National Marine Sanctuary was nominated to protect a nationally significant collection of historic ...
Shipwrecks provide ecological benefits - NCCOS - National Centers for ...
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While shipwrecks are well-recognized as cultural icons, they are also ecological treasures because they create homes for underwater life. Drawing upon ...
Ecological Characterization of Stellwagen Bank National Marine ...
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It is also a region of cultural significance, highlighted by the recent discoveries of several historic shipwrecks. What We Did Working with many ...
Assessing the Ecological Function of Shipwrecks, Artificial Reefs and ...
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Increased calls for enhancing ocean habitats through artificial reefs and proposals for increasing offshore energy development require science to ...
Study Illuminates Patterns in Atlantic Deep-water Grouper Hotspots ...
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Scientists identified six hotspots of deep-water grouper, including three shipwrecks, two artificial reefs (intentionally sunken ships), and one ...
Artificial Reefs May Help Tropical Fish Expand Geographic Range (video ...
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Off North Carolina, researchers have found that shipwrecks and other artificial reefs may act as stepping stones for tropical fish that are going ...
NCCOS Science Supports Designation of New Marine Sanctuary in Lake ...
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Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society. Download larger image On June 22, 2021, NOAA announced the designation of a 962-square-mile area of Wisconsin’s ...
Benthic Mapping, Ground-Truthing, and Habitat Modeling to Support Great ...
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We are identifying, delineating, and assessing nearshore spawning reefs, nursery habitats, and other areas of high ecological value, while also ...
Lakebed Mapping and Assessing Ecological Resources off Wisconsin’s Lake ...
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Data and assessments from this project support ed the designation of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary. In addition, the maps ...
NOAA, Partners Map Lakebed in Michigan's Thunder Bay National Marine ...
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Earlier this month, NCCOS and its partners used an autonomous surface vehicle and shipboard sonar to collect lakebed data in NOAA’s Thunder Bay ...
A Fantastic Journey: From the Seafloor to the Museum Collection
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S. exserta in the Gulf of Mexico (left). Credit: NOAA, UNCW, NMSF. A branch of S. exserta stored permanently at the Smithsonian Invertebrate Zoology ...
First Calculation of Artificial Reef Area in U.S. Ocean Published ...
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A new peer-reviewed publication in Nature Sustainability details the process and findings of an NCCOS and partner study that calculates the artificial ...