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Harmful Algal Blooms: NOAA State of the Science Fact Sheet
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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) occur when algae or cyanobacteria produce toxic or harmful effects on people, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and birds ...
Pollution - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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By measuring a broad suite of pollution indicators, scientists can provide a condition assessment for the specific ecosystem. Our scientists use ...
Mussel Watch - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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The program utilizes a sentinel-based approach to monitoring by collecting and analyzing sediment and bivalves (oysters and mussels) as surrogates for ...
Coastal Pollution Data Explorer - NCCOS
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The Coastal Pollution Data Explorer is an interactive web-based interface that enables users to explore spatial and temporal trends of chemical ...
Contaminants in Marine Resources of Vieques, Puerto Rico
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Pollution in the marine environment has the potential to negatively impact ecosystem health, including adverse effects on fisheries species. This can ...
Contaminants of Emerging Concern - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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Contaminants of Emerging Concern NCCOS conducts research to evaluate and predict the effects of chemical contaminants and other environmental ...
Advancing Pollution Science - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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By measuring a broad suite of pollution indicators (legacy and current use chemicals, bacterial loads, nutrients, and benthic community ...
Marine Life in Gulf of Mexico Face Multiple Challenges
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Additional environmental threats for this area include oil spills, stormwater and agricultural runoff, and industrial pollution. Recently, we have ...
Aerosolized Coastal Water Pollution Impacts Study
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However, coastal water pollution may cause additional illnesses in people on land when waterborne pollutants are transferred into the air in sea spray ...
NOAA’s Mussel Watch Program Expands Coastal Contamination Monitoring
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Results from both regional assessments will be available on NCCOS’s Coastal Pollution Data Explorer. To complete the regional surveys, the researchers ...
New Study Shows Elevated Sediment Pollution Levels in Guánica Bay ...
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A new study from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) reports recent sediment samples from Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico contained some ...
A 2015 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, and Contaminants of ...
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Bivalves are used as indicator organisms for chemical pollution because they tend to bioaccumulate contaminants from the large amounts of water they ...
Land-based Pollution Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Environmental ...
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Environmental conditions in the coastal zone are in decline due to increased coastal development and pollution. Using land-use modeling and ...
A 2025 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, and Contaminants of ...
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However, centuries of land development and agricultural and industrial activities have degraded water quality in the bay and its tributaries as a ...
Pollution and Biological Health Assessment of Fjords on Kenai Peninsula ...
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The type and distribution of organisms found in coastal sediments are influenced by habitat type and chemical pollution. Many chemical contaminants ...
Gulf of Mexico Phytoplankton Communities Altered after Deepwater ...
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On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform released millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, making it ...
Oil Spills - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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Oil Spill Pollution Fate and Effects Research in Estuarine Systems. Approximately 20,000 oil spills are reported in the U.S. each year. These events ...
Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ Largest Ever Measured
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Excess nutrient pollution comes primarily from agriculture and developed land runoff. These nutrients stimulate massive algal growth that eventually ...
Explaining Acidification and Nutrient Pollution in Texas Estuaries
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We are supporting research that will define relationships between estuarine acidification and other stressors (i.e., reduced freshwater inflow, low ...
Effects of Climate Change on Chemical Contaminant Toxicity
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Estuarine systems are considered especially sensitive to climate change, as they are already subject to considerable stress from pollution, dredging ...