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Characterizing Benthic Habitats in Haputo Ecological Reserve Area, Guam
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The Haputo Ecological Reserve Area (ERA) is located on the northwest coast of Guam, roughly 15 miles northeast from Apra Harbor and the Guam Naval ...
Effects of Local Shoreline and Subestuary Watershed Condition on ...
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This study examines waterbird community integrity in relation to shoreline hardening and land use characteristics at three geospatial scales: (1) the ...
Grasses Shape and Protect Coastal Dunes in Different Ways
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A study supported by NCCOS has found that the dominant type of beach grass influences the shape of coastal sand dunes, which in turn influences how ...
Ecological Linkages: Marine and Estuarine Ecosystems of Central and ...
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Ecological Linkages: Marine and Estuarine Ecosystems of Central and Northern California Satie Airamé* and Steven Gaines Marine Science Institute ...
Beach Width Provides Greatest Protection Against Flooding, Erosion ...
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A recent NOAA-supported study suggests that greater protection from erosion and flooding is provided by a wide beach rather than the height or width ...
The Effect of Sand Fencing on the Structure of Natural Dune Systems
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This study highlights the complexity of the nearshore beach and dune system. Scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and ...
Egg Deposition by Atlantic Silverside, Menidia menidia: Substrate ...
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Egg deposition by the intertidal spawning fish Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia) was compared among six shoreline types (Spartina alterniflora ...
If You Build It, Is It Worth It? The Value of Restoring Coastal Sand ...
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This image is an example of one of the choice cards given to survey participants regarding coastal and dune restoration options (Nguyen et al. 2023 ...
The Coastal Recovery from Storms Tool (CReST): Modeling Impacts of Sea ...
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Sandy beaches and dunes provide critical ecosystem services as the first line of defense against inundation from storms, conservation for native ...
Advanced Flood Mapping Helps Visualize Flood Risks on Shifting ...
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Figure 2. A comparison of future coastline conditions at Charleston, RI if experiencing Super-Storm Sandy (A) with and (B) without an intervention, of ...
Understanding Processes Driving Sand Dune Erosion and Creation on an ...
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This information can then be used to inform dune management decisions, like beach nourishment. The study used ten airborne lidar datasets collected ...
NOAA Bathymetric Data Viewer - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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This interactive viewer allows for the identification of NOAA bathymetric data for both visualization and download. The viewer contains single-beam ...
Researchers Develop Tool to Predict How Coast Recovers from Storms ...
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“Hurricane Sandy affected such a large portion of the east coast of the U.S., and at the community level people really began to recognize that areas ...
Marsh Hydrology Model Supports Hurricane Sandy Restoration
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The team will apply the model to Plum Island Sound in Northeastern Massachusetts in the first year and elsewhere in Sandy-affected states (i.e ...
Shoreline Hardening and Development Hurts Shorebirds and Waterfowl
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A new NCCOS-sponsored study shows that using artificial structures to protect coastal land and property from the sea can harm water birds. The ...
Investigating Diamondback Terrapin Die-Offs in New York
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From late April into May 2015 hundreds of diamondback terrapin turtles (Malaclemys terrapin) began dying and washing up on beaches in the western part ...
Destructive hitchhikers: Tsunami debris hauls invasive species across ...
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Projected impacts of future climate change, ocean acidification, and ...
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Ocean acidification has the potential to significantly impact both aquaculture and wild-caught mollusk fisheries around the world. In this work, we ...
Assessing Multi-species Habitat Use and Connectivity of Marine ...
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We are evaluating how highly migratory and protected species, including cetaceans, fishes, pinnipeds, seabirds, and turtles, are using a network of ...
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