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Seaweeds Release Toxins Harmful to Marine Organisms
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A new study has found that compounds excreted by common coastal green seaweeds, or sea lettuce, detrimentally affect other organisms. The green ...
Seaweed Aquaculture: A Potentially Game Changing Emerging Field
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The demand for edible seaweeds (or marine algae) is also increasing. Seaweed grows in a variety of forms and colors in the ocean, as well as in ...
Seaweed ‘Super Sucker’ Helps Restore Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay
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From 1998 to 2014, NCCOS supported the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative (HCRI) to fund research on Hawaii’s coral reefs, including invasive algae and ...
Survey Identifies Caribbean Residents' Perceptions about Sargassum ...
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Floating Sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean provides habitat and nurseries for a variety of marine life. However, in recent years, the region has seen ...
[PDF] Marine Cage Culture & The Environment& The Environment
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review of some predominant environmental risks that marine fish cage culture aquaculture, as it is currently conducted, poses in the marine ...
Global Study Determines Economic Value of Shellfish and Seaweed ...
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Seaweeds also remove nutrients from the surrounding environment via photosynthesis. The researchers assigned dollar amounts to nutrient removal ...
[PDF] LOOKING BACK - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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ALGAE A primary producer of organic matter, algae in Hawaii fill an important role in the coastal reef ecosystem, providing food and habitat for ...
Protecting Local Species with Better Detection Methods for Invasive ...
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Hookweed is a fast-growing seaweed that threatens edible seaweeds, used for centuries by Hawaiians, and it is extremely difficult to eradicate. Both ...
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science - NCCOS
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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) occur when algae—simple photosynthetic organisms that live in the sea and freshwater—grow out of control while producing ...
Coastal Aquaculture Planning Portal (CAPP) - NCCOS
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Coastal Aquaculture Planning Portal (CAPP) A Toolbox for Sustainable Aquaculture Coastal Planning and Siting The Coastal Aquaculture Planning Portal ...
Predicting the Impacts of Climate Change on Seagrass Ecosystems
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In a treatise, professor and seagrass ecologist/physiologist Dr. Richard Zimmerman reflects on the history of seagrass ecosystems research and ...
Restoring Injured Seagrass Beds with New Methods for Re-Grading and ...
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Vessel groundings in shallow waters can damage fragile seagrass habitats, sometimes permanently. We are conducting scientific studies to assess new ...
Modeling Approach to Predicting Nitrogen Removal by the Eastern Oyster ...
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Burning fossil fuel, applying fertilizers, and other activities have resulted in nutrient-loaded runoff that can cause the overgrowth of algae and sea ...
Underwater Grasses Can Improve the Acid Balance in Chesapeake Bay
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Surface view of the Vallisneria americana SAV beds at Susquehanna Flats. a broad, tidal freshwater region located near the mouth of the Susquehanna ...
The Effects of Sea Level Rise Program (ESLR) - NCCOS
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Q&A. We have compiled our responses to inquiries received thus far into a single document, and will update this resource periodically.. Questions ...
New Research Explores Risk of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning on Artificial ...
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Epiphytic microalgae (an algae that grows on other organisms) are important contributors to carbon and nutrient cycles, yet are often overlooked ...
Biology, Ecology, Control and Management of the Invasive Indo-Pacific ...
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Venomous Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois miles and P. volitans) are now established along the Southeast U.S.A. and parts of the Caribbean and pose a ...
Practical Tool Can 'Take Pulse' of Blue-Green Algae Status in Lakes
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Note: this tool was not developed or funded by NCCOS. This post is here for situational awareness. Scientists have designed a screening tool that ...
Sea Sponges Reveal Larger Impact of Climate Change on Global ...
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A researcher sampling a sclerosponge in St. Croix. Credit: Doug Kesling. A newly published study used an unlikely source to determine a more accurate ...
New Tools to Aid in Managing Ciguatera Poisoning Risks in the Caribbean
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Ciguatera fish poisoning is the most frequently reported non-bacterial illness associated with eating fish in the United States and the U. S ...