Coastal Ecological Assessment to Support NOAA’s Choptank River Complex...
In the Tred Avon River, an important tributary of the Choptank River, we assessed the impacts of land use on the health of the aquatic ecosystem in a 3-year field study (2015-2017). In our analysis of...
View ArticleHarmful Algal Bloom Forecasting Branch Ocean Color Satellite Imagery...
The Harmful Algal Bloom – Forecasting Branch (HAB-FB) is a research group within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) tasked...
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NOAA Scientists Help Define Best Management Practices at Oyster...
On September 10-11, 2019, Dr. Suzanne Bricker (NCCOS) and Dr. Julie Rose (NMFS) led part of a workshop that explored ways to promote and implement the use of oyster habitats to remove excess nitrogen...
View ArticleNational Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) long-term monitoring:...
The NCCOS Regional Ecological Assessments (REA) and NOAA National Benthic Inventory (NBI) include observations of water quality, sediment quality, fish and shellfish tissue chemical contaminants, and...
View ArticleToward a Predictive Understanding of Cochlodinium and Alexandrium Blooms in...
Large blooms of Cochlodinium polykrikoides have occurred throughout the lower Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in recent decades and appear to be followed by increasingly intense blooms of the...
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New Technique Shows Oyster Shell Seeding is Possible in Open Water
NCCOS scientists have recovered tagged oyster “spat” (juvenile oysters that have attached to a surface, such as other oyster shells) from a temporary test scale oyster reef in the adjacent waters to...
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NCCOS Awards $10.2M for New and Continuing Harmful Algal Bloom Research
NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) are pleased to announce support for 12 new and 22 continuing harmful algal bloom (HAB) research awards. The awards, totaling $10.2M, fund...
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NCCOS Awards $1.5 Million to Support Coastal Communities Facing Changing Sea...
NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) is awarding over $1.5M for research into the ability of natural coastal habitats and partially engineered or restored habitats to reduce the...
View ArticleNCCOS Long-term Monitoring Project: Regional Ecological Assessments and...
NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) works in partnership with other federal agencies and coastal states to conduct assessments of ecological condition and potential stressor...
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Swan Island Restoration Begins in Chesapeake Bay (video)
https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/csvideo/Swan_Island_2019_v3.mp4 Coastal islands and marshes in Chesapeake Bay are disappearing, along with the ecosystem services and shoreline protection...
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Tenth Harmful Algal Bloom Symposium Highlights NCCOS Science
Credit. 10th US Symposium on Harmful Algae. The 10th US Symposium on Harmful Algae, held November 3-8, 2019, focused on emerging harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the US, crossing the land-sea interface...
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Diversity of NCCOS Research on Display at CERF 2019 Conference
At the 25th meeting of the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) in Mobile, AL (November 3-7, 2019), NCCOS scientists and sponsored researchers joined over 1,000 other CERF members to...
View ArticleMicrocystins in Bivalves: Optimizing of Monitoring For and Minimizing Risk...
This project addresses an emerging concern across the US – the transfer of freshwater algal toxins into the marine environment where they can infiltrate the food web and present a health risk to both...
View ArticleMultidisciplinary Approach to a Cross-Regional Problem: Dinophysis and DSP...
Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) has emerged as a significant and expanding seafood safety threat in coastal regions across the United States. The harmful algal species Dinophysis produces toxins...
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Water Cleaning Capacity of Oysters Could Mean Extra Income for Chesapeake Bay...
[This post contains video, click to play] Oysters are one of the most valuable fisheries in Chesapeake Bay, with annual commercial landings valued at more than $40 million. A large part of this harvest...
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NCCOS Funding and Research Support is Backbone to US Regional HAB Monitoring...
NCCOS-supported regional harmful algal bloom (HAB) monitoring programs span the United States and help build a global HAB monitoring and prediction system. A recent article in Frontiers in Marine...
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Tred Avon River Coastal Ecological Assessment: Tred Avon River, a Story of...
Aerial view of Oxford, Maryland. Credit G. Messick. Story Map on Tred Avon River Coastal Ecological Assessment. A Story Map highlights research results of an ecosystem assessment of land use effects in...
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Underwater Grasses Can Improve the Acid Balance in Chesapeake Bay
Surface view of the Vallisneria americana SAV beds at Susquehanna Flats. a broad, tidal freshwater region located near the mouth of the Susquehanna River at the head of the Chesapeake Bay. The SAV can...
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NCCOS Forecast Predicts Occurrence of Pathogenic Vibrio Bacteria in...
Vibrio vulnificus model results for Chesapeake Bay, June 17, 2020. Credit: NOAA. In 2019, NOAA released a new forecast capability which shows public health officials in Maryland and Virginia when and...
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NCCOS Chesapeake Bay Aquaculture Ecosystem Services Study Aids Bay Oyster...
The Chesapeake Community Research Symposium 2020 took place virtually from June 8-10, 2020. Credit Chesapeake Research Consortium. A recent conference brought together managers, scientists, and...
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