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Watersheds and coral reefs: conservation science, policy and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/watersheds-and-coral-reefs-conservation-science-policy-and-implementation/
Coral reefs worldwide are being degraded by human-induced disturbances, resulting in ecological, economic, and cultural losses. Runoff and ...
Linking Coral Reefs, Coastal Watersheds, and Human Communities in the ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/linking-coral-reefs-coastal-watersheds-human-communities-pacific-islands/
Because these islands are so small, activities conducted within watersheds there have an almost immediate effect on coastal coral reefs. Runoff ...
New Maps Offer Updated Perspective of Southwest Puerto Rico Watersheds
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-maps-offer-updated-perspective-of-southwest-puerto-rican-watersheds/
The maps will support ongoing management of Puerto Rico’s Marine Protected Areas and priority watersheds. The maps and data mark an improvement over ...
Stormwater Runoff in Coastal Watersheds: Predicting Impacts of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/stormwater-runoff-coastal-watersheds/
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 ...
Coral Watershed Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Assets
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/coral-watershed-monitoring-using-remote-sensing-assets/
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 ...
2000 years of sustainable use of watersheds and coral reefs in Pacific ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/2000-years-of-sustainable-use-of-watersheds-and-coral-reefs-in-pacific-islands-a-review-for-palau/
In Palau and everywhere in the world, coastal coral reefs are threatened by sedimentation resulting from land clearing in the watersheds. Palau’s ...
Ridge-to-Reef Study of St. Croix East End Marine Park
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/a-new-ridge-to-reef-study-of-the-st-croix-east-end-marine-park-supports-local-watershed-management-actions/
‘The maps and graphics in the document are great. Having maps that delineate all the watersheds -especially the sensitive, more threatened ones – are ...
Ecological Assessment to Support NOAA’s Choptank Complex Habitat Focus ...
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We synthesized biological, chemical, and physical data from six watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay to assess impacts of land use on aquatic ecosystem ...
Effects of Local Watershed Land Use on Water Quality in Mid-Atlantic ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/effects-of-local-watershed-land-use-on-water-quality-in-mid-atlantic-coastal-bays-and-subestuaries-of-the-chesapeake-bay/
Nutrient inputs have degraded estuaries worldwide. We investigated the sources and effects of nutrient inputs by comparing water quality at shallow ( ...
Project Validates Watershed Model Utility for Management of Nutrient ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/cscor-project-validates-watershed-model-utility-for-management-of-nutrient-pollution-causing-hypoxia-and-harmful-algal-blooms-in-lake-erie/
Scientists supported through NCCOS have tested a classic watershed hydrology transport model in six watersheds draining into Lake Erie. The USDA Soil ...
Improving Predictions of Contaminants of Emerging Concern Found in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/improving-predictions-of-contaminants-of-emerging-concern-found-in-watersheds-using-proximate-demographic-and-land-use-patterns/
We are building models to assess relationships between chemical contamination in the environment and human activity. By evaluating variables such as ...
NCCOS Completes Ecosystem Assessment of Chesapeake Bay Watersheds
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-completes-ecosystem-assessment-of-chesapeake-bay-watersheds/
NCCOS recently completed an assessment of three watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay region (Corsica, Magothy, and Rhode Rivers), exploring the linkages ...
Land Use and Ecosystem Health: Decision-making Tools for Coastal ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/ecosystem-tools-coastal-planning-chesapeake-bay/
We are measuring the same parameters in six watersheds as models: the agriculture-dominated Corsica and Sassafras Rivers, the urban-dominated Magothy ...
Land Use in Chesapeake Bay Watershed Influences Aquatic Health of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/environmental-biological-characteristics-correspond-watershed-land-use-chesapeake-bay/
Locations and land use classes for six watersheds studied in the Chesapeake Bay. Management implications from the study include the need for continued ...
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 ...
Hypoxia in Green Bay, Wisconsin: Biogeochemical Dynamics, Watershed ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/hypoxia-in-green-bay-wisconsin/
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 ...
NCCOS Research Portfolio Highlighted During Conference
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/tours-highlight-nccos-research-portfolio-watershed-conference/
Attendees ofthe 5 th Interagency Conference for Research in Watersheds: ‘Headwaters to Estuaries: Advances in Watershed Science and Management’ held ...
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/
Linkages are then explored between these scored variables and land use in the various watersheds. Access Data/Report. Note to readers with ...
NCCOS Improves Coastal Resilience of South Carolina
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-assists-coastal-resilience-beaufort-county-sc/
In order to improve coastal resilience, scientists used the SWARM modeling system to investigate runoff in certain watersheds in South Carolina (SC) ...
Toxic Cyanobacteria Span Coastal Watersheds from Rivers to Oceans
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/toxic-cyanobacteria-span-coastal-watersheds-from-rivers-to-oceans/
Research sponsored by NCCOS finds harmful cyanobacteria (aka blue-green algae) and their co-occurring cyanotoxins detectable and persistent in ...