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Assessing the Ecological Function of Shipwrecks, Artificial Reefs and ...
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Shipwrecks sank unintentionally, often during storms or war. These natural and artificial reefs provide homes for a diversity of commercially and ...
Scientists Study Shipwrecks to Understand Underwater Ecology
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While shipwrecks are well-recognized as cultural icons, they are also ecological treasures because they create homes for underwater life. Across the ...
Research Suggests Predators Prefer Artificial over Natural Reefs ...
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NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and partners recently completed two research projects to better understand the relationship ...
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 ...
Study Demonstrates Benefits of Joint Archeological and Ecological ...
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NCCOS scientists and partners assessed fish communities and their spatial distributions on two shipwrecks off the coast of North Carolina as a ...
First Observations of Seeps, Shipwrecks, Species Recorded in Gulf of ...
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On this mission, the researchers explored a handful of shipwrecks for the first time, including one thought to be the New Hope, a tug lost off the ...
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 ...
Story Map Highlights Maritime Heritage Missions in Great Lakes
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There are an estimated 6,000 shipwrecks across the five Great Lakes, tangible reminders of the men and women whose ingenuity, innovation ...
Researchers Study Ecological Role of North Carolina Shipwrecks and ...
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Data from the mission will help explain how shipwrecks and rocky reefs function ecologically as habitat for a variety of fish, which will inform many ...
NCCOS Expertise Used to Help 'Bring Shipwrecks to Life' for Future ...
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The workshop was part of NOAA’s ‘Bringing Shipwrecks to Life’ program, which is designed to connect local communities to marine science and support ...
Top post 2023 - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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ICYMI: A top post from 2023 is a podcast on shipwreck ecology featuring one of our scientists. Listen as several experts discuss how the shipwrecks ...
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 ...
Explore North Carolina’s Shipwrecks, Marine Life Virtually with 'Living ...
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Living Shipwrecks 3D contains data collected during a four-year project to simultaneously study the ecology and archaeology of shipwrecks off North ...
NOAA Explores Habitats Around WWII Wrecks
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NOAA is currently considering an expansion of Monitor National Marine Sanctuary’s boundaries to increase the protections to the Bluefields, U-576 and ...
NCCOS Science Supports Designation of New Marine Sanctuary in Lake ...
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Spanning the early 1800s through the 20th century, the shipwrecks represent a cross-section of vessel types that played critical roles in transforming ...
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 shipwrec ...
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 Begins Work to Support Wisconsin -Lake Michigan Sanctuary ...
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The study area is the 875-square-mile area of western Lake Michigan nominated by the state of Wisconsin as a national marine sanctuary in December of ...
Valor in the Atlantic 2022: Diving into North Carolina’s Maritime ...
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The sanctuary and its surrounding waters are home to many nationally significant shipwrecks from the U.S. Civil War, World War I, and, most ...
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 ...