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The Green Bay Saga: environmental change, scientific investigation, and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/the-green-bay-saga-environmental-change-scientific-investigation-and-watershed-management/
The Green Bay watershed, draining a total area of approximately 40,468 km2, comprises about a third of the Lake Michigan drainage. In the early years ...
Tracking Fish Populations and Movements to Support Watershed ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/tracking-fish-populations-and-movements-to-support-watershed-restoration-in-southwest-florida/
Fish movements in response to seasonal cycles in rainfall are being tracked for two years and compared between two bays with different watershed ...
Baseline Environmental Assessment off St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands to ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/environmental-assessment-virgin-islands-effectiveness-watershed-restoration/
Watershed restoration projects are being conducted on St. John, USVI, to improve the health of coral reef ecosystems, create jobs, improve island ...
NOAA Forecasts Above Average ‘Dead Zone’ for Gulf of Mexico in Summer 2024
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/noaa-forecasts-above-average-dead-zone-for-gulf-of-mexico-in-summer-2024/
The Mississippi River watershed, which encompasses over 40% of the continental U.S and crosses 22 state boundaries, is made up of farms (yellow) ...
Baseline Assessment of Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico in Support of Watershed ...
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We completed a baseline assessment of the environmental conditions in Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico, to help coastal managers identify the most appropriate ...
Hypoxia in Green Bay, Wisconsin: Biogeochemical Dynamics, Watershed ...
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Hypoxia conditions have plagued the lower part of Lake Michigan’s Green Bay and the Fox River for decades. We know nutrients are contributing to the ...
Ecological Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Flood Protection and Blue ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/ecological-impacts-of-sea-level-rise-on-flood-protection-and-blue-carbon-capture-in-pacific-northwest-wetlands/
Restored wetlands can maintain and enhance these services throughout the region, especially in light of changing ocean and coastal watershed ...
Using Linked Models to Predict Impacts of Hypoxia on Gulf Coast ...
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We are linking a suite of well-established models to quantify fish and shrimp population responses to combinations of nutrient loadings and planned ...
Stormwater Runoff in Coastal Watersheds: Predicting Impacts of ...
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For modeling runoff from a two-year storm event (4.5 inches over a period of 24 hours), peak runoff rate is three to five times greater in the ...
Land Use in Chesapeake Bay Watershed Influences Aquatic Health of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/environmental-biological-characteristics-correspond-watershed-land-use-chesapeake-bay/
A recent report released by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) found relationships between land use, water quality, and several ...
Coastal ecosystem assessment of Chesapeake Bay watersheds: A story of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/coastal-ecosystem-assessment-of-chesapeake-bay-watersheds-a-story-of-three-rivers-the-corsica-magothy-and-rhode/
This assessment explored linkages between land use and aquatic ecosystem health. Three watersheds (Corsica, Magothy, and Rhode rivers) with variable ...
Linking Coral Reefs, Coastal Watersheds, and Human Communities in the ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/linking-coral-reefs-coastal-watersheds-human-communities-pacific-islands/
efforts for watershed protection in Umatac Bay, Guam; the establishment of watershed and marine-protected areas in the Enipein area, Pohnpei; the US ...
Coral Watershed Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Assets
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Watershed runoff can adversely affect the health of coral reefs. Our work will provide coral reef managers with a method to monitor land-based runoff ...
Study Provides Nutrient Reduction Targets to Reach Gulf Dead Zone Goal
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/study-provides-nutrient-reduction-targets-reach-gulf-dead-zone-goal/
The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force (HTF) has made major strides in reducing point source nutrient pollution in the Gulf of Mexico ...
Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ Largest Ever Measured
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/gulf-mexico-dead-zone-largest-ever-measured/
The annual measurement of the dead zone provides a critical scientific record and is the primary measure of progress used by the Gulf of ...
Coastal Ecosystem Assessment of Chesapeake Bay Watersheds: Land Use ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/coastal-ecosystem-assessment-of-chesapeake-bay-watersheds-land-use-patterns-and-river-conditions/
In the Chesapeake Bay watershed, agriculture and urbanization have transformed major portions of the landscape, though some areas of undeveloped land ...
Land Based Sources of Pollution in Faga’alu Bay, Tutuila, American ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/land-based-pollution-fagaalu-american-samoa/
The watershed has one likely primary source of LBSP stress (a rock quarry generating sediment runoff), but also has several minor potential pollution ...
Hydro-Financial Watershed Modeling for Environmental Impact Bonds ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/hydro-financial-watershed-modeling-for-environmental-impact-bonds/
The hydro‐financial modeling study was applied to a sediment management problem at the Los Laureles Canyon Watershed/Tijuana River-Estuary and the ...
NOAA uses remote sensing in west Maui watershed - NCCOS Coastal Science ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nos-nesdis-expand-remote-sensing-collaboration-hawaii/
Leveraging experience gained on this project, the team recently met with partners from Hawaii and identified the west Maui watershed for similar work ...
Measurement of Turbidity, Suspended Sediments and Nutrients in Three ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/measurement-of-turbidity-suspended-sediments-and-nutrients-in-three-rivers-that-drain-to-the-achang-preserve-from-the-manell-watershed-guam/
The goal of this project, funded by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program and requested by local partners, was to monitor water quality in three ...