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2024 Lake Erie Hypoxia Forecast Ends First Fully Functional Season
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This can cause a sudden degradation to the water quality at nearshore drinking water intakes. These events require rapid adjustments to the treatment ...
A 2025 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, and Contaminants of ...
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Since 1986, NOAA’s Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants and biological indicators of water quality ...
Lake Erie Hypoxia Forecast - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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The low oxygen water also has different chemistry from oxygenated water, which is problematic for the public water supply. Strong wind events in the ...
New Hypoxia Forecast for Lake Erie: Enhancing Water Quality Management
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Lake Erie now benefits from an advanced hypoxia forecast model, designed to help water treatment plants manage water quality more effectively. This ...
A 2024 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, and Contaminants of ...
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With nearly two-thirds of the California population residing in coastal counties, the health and water quality of coastal ecosystems is heavily tied ...
[PDF] Southeast Florida Reef Tract Water Quality Assessment
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Water quality problems, including sedimentation and over enrichment of nutrients, are a major threat to coral reefs worldwide, especially in near ...
[PDF] Effects of Ammonia on Corals and Sea Urchins
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Water quality measured 24 & 48h pH, temp., salinity, ammonia • Treatments refreshed @ 24h • Embryos enumerated microscopically @ 24-48 h • Replicated ...
Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force Convenes Annual Meeting to Discuss ...
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The Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force, otherwise known as the Hypoxia Task Force (HTF), held its 38 th annual meeting ...
Advancing an Integrated HAB Detection and Monitoring System Across the ...
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Over the last decade, harmful algal blooms (HABs) have emerged as one of the highest-priority water quality management issues in the San Francisco ...
Complex Interactions Between Harmful Phytoplankton and Grazers ...
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However, based on data collected over the past few years, water quality issues have returned. Over the past 15 years the rate of species invasion in ...
Scientist and Television Station Report Long Island Water Quality Index ...
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The online, interactive index provides weekly reports on six water quality parameters — dissolved oxygen, water clarity, temperature, chlorophyll ...
Evaluating confidence in the impact of regulatory nutrient reduction on ...
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Excess nutrients derived from anthropogenic activity have resulted in the degradation of coastal water quality and an increase in low-oxygen and ...
Water and Sediment Quality Assessment at Cape Lookout National Seashore
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In 2018, Hurricane Florence caused historic flooding in North and South Carolina, potentially affecting coastal environmental quality in the region ...
Preparedness Exercise Supports Future Testing of Effects of Oil and ...
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To test the water quality surrounding the mesocosms, the team deployed passive sampler silicone bands and water quality samplers to monitor for ...
NCCOS Helps Evaluate Water Quality at Largest Oyster Restoration Site ...
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As filter feeders, oysters can help improve water quality by consuming phytoplankton and excess nutrients in the water column. Oyster reefs provide ...
Water Quality Monitoring Supports Coral Restoration Efforts in Puerto ...
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Last month, NCCOS scientists and partners began a program to monitor land-based sources of pollution that threaten coral ecosystems around Culebra, a ...
Water Cleaning Capacity of Oysters Could Mean Extra Income for ...
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Dr. Suzanne Bricker with NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science is working with oyster farmers and state managers in the region to expand ...
Examining Coastal Impacts of Caloosahatchee River Discharge — Ecosystem ...
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Combine water movement, sediment flux, and water quality data to better understand their role in shaping biological communities and nutrient dynamics ...
NOAA Offices Partner to Monitor Water Quality in Great Lakes
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Last month, NOAA divers collected zebra and quagga mussels at multiple sites around Lake Ontario as part of an NCCOS-led effort to characterize ...
Aerosolized Coastal Water Pollution Impacts Study
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Ocean pollutants that get trapped in the surf zone can become aerosolized and transported through the air to inland locations. We are working to ...