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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 ...
Land Based Sources of Pollution in Faga’alu Bay, Tutuila, American ...
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The watershed is a clear source of some constituents, such as chlordane, nickel, and zinc. Some constituents are clearly not coming from the watershed ...
Pollution - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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NCCOS science is used to inform resource managers on the fate and effects of chemicals specific to coastal ecosystems. NCCOS research supports ...
Aerosolized Coastal Water Pollution Impacts Study
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Further, coastal water pollution can be selectively transferred in sea spray aerosol, which can expose many more people to disease and illness than ...
Contaminants of Emerging Concern - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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Contaminants of Emerging Concern NCCOS conducts research to evaluate and predict the effects of chemical contaminants and other environmental ...
Coastal Pollution Data Explorer
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The Coastal Pollution Data Explorer is an interactive web-based interface that enables users to explore spatial and temporal trends of chemical ...
A 2015 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, and Contaminants of ...
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Bivalves are used as indicator organisms for chemical pollution because they tend to bioaccumulate contaminants from the large amounts of water they ...
Baseline Environmental Assessment off St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands to ...
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Watershed restoration projects are being conducted on St. John, USVI, to improve the health of coral reef ecosystems, create jobs, improve island ...
Baseline Assessment of Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico in Support of Watershed ...
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Pollution running off the land and into coastal waters threatens Puerto Rico’s coral reef ecosystems and fishery habitats. Watershed restoration ...
Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ Largest Ever Measured
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The large size of the dead zone indicates that nutrient pollution from the Mississippi River watershed is continuing to affect the nation’s coastal ...
Baseline Assessment of Contaminants and Ecological Resources in Jobos ...
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The bay is home to important marine habitats but is surrounded by farms which can adversely affect water quality in the bay through runoff of ...
The Green Bay Saga: environmental change, scientific investigation, and ...
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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 ...
Characterization of Land-Based Sources of Pollution and Effects in the ...
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We assessed the condition of the St. Thomas East End Reserves, establishing a baseline from which we can evaluate the effectiveness of restoration ...
Study Provides Nutrient Reduction Targets to Reach Gulf Dead Zone Goal
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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 ...
New Study Shows Elevated Sediment Pollution Levels in Guánica Bay ...
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A new study from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) reports recent sediment samples from Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico contained some ...
Characterizing Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico: A watershed modeling analysis ...
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Progress report on partnership between USDA and NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and ...
Watersheds and coral reefs: conservation science, policy and ...
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Coral reefs worldwide are being degraded by human-induced disturbances, resulting in ecological, economic, and cultural losses. Runoff and ...
Reducing Runoff that fuels Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
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NCCOS sponsored research provides for the annual mapping of the size of the Gulf of Mexico dead zone, an important indicator of progress in reducing ...
Report: A Baseline Assessment of the Ecological Resources of Jobos Bay ...
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The Jobos Bay watershed was chosen because the predominant land use is agriculture, including agricultural lands adjacent to the Jobos Bay National ...
Celebrating 25 Years of Science Serving Coastal Communities
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Kevin: The complex challenges of sea level rise, coastal flooding, harmful algal blooms, and water pollution, among other hazards, pose increasing ...