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A 2015–2016 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contamina...
One of the Gulf of Maine mussel beds sampled by the Mussel Watch team. Credit: NOAA. The Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants since ...
Assessing Multi-species Habitat Use and Connectivi...
We are evaluating how highly migratory and protected species, including cetaceans, fishes, pinnipeds, seabirds, and turtles, are using a network of state and federal marine protected areas (MPAs) in the ...
Assessing Ocean Acidification as a Driver for Enha...
Ocean acidification, resulting from changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, will impact how a variety of chemicals, including metals, behave in the environment. This could lead to increased uptake of ...
Early Warning for Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning in t...
This project will help mitigate HAB-related disruptions to highly productive Gulf of Maine shellfisheries with new knowledge, observing technology advances, and enhanced capacity to deliver early warnings and forecasts of ...
ECOHAB: GOMTOX: Dynamics of Alexandrium fundyense ...
Extensive shellfish resources in the Gulf of Maine are frequently contaminated with toxins produced by the red tide dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense. Shellfish harvesting must be closed to protect public health ...
Employing a Novel Molecular Toolbox for Rapid, Sen...
The diatom Pseudo-nitzschia produces the neurotoxin domoic acid, which can impact both humans and marine wildlife when consumed. This project seeks to build and implement a diverse molecular toolbox to ...
Expanding ISSC Validated Options for Monitoring Di...
In the U.S., the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) establish methods of toxin analysis to regulate shellfish, and the National Shellfish Sanitation Program ...
NOAA Mussel Watch Program: An Assessment of Contam...
Since 1986, NOAA’s Mussel Watch Program has monitored the nation’s coastal waters for chemical contaminants and biological indicators of water quality. The program is being redesigned to adopt a rotating ...
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Explore An Interactive Storymap on Offshore Wind E...
The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) wind energy spatial planning team, in conjunction with partners at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), has released the latest communication ...
Identifying a Draft Wind Energy Area in the Gulf o...
NCCOS is once again working alongside the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the lead agency for offshore energy development, to continue expanding offshore wind energy in U.S. waters. Map ...
2023 Gulf of Maine Red Tide Predicted to be Low
Researchers with NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) are expecting another low to moderate red tide for the Gulf of Maine this spring and summer, continuing the pattern ...
Annual Harmful Algal Cyst Sampling Cruise Complete...
Seed-like cysts of the harmful alga Alexandrium catenella. Credit: Tyler Harman, Mark Vandersea, NOAA NCCOS. Scientists from NCCOS and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution embarked on a seven-day sediment sampling mission ...
Gulf Stream Warm Core Rings Can Enhance Slope Wate...
Figure 1: (a) Satellite images of SST on 24 Aug, 2016 highlighting 6 WCRs in the slope sea off the Mid-Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine. (b) Figure showing the ...
Low to Moderate Red Tide Bloom Predicted for Gulf ...
Researchers with NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) are expecting a low to moderate red tide for the Gulf of Maine this spring and summer, continuing the pattern ...
Scientists Complete Annual Gulf of Maine Sampling ...
Scientists carefully retrieving the sediment core of the coring apparatus for processing. Credit: NOAA/NCCOS NCCOS scientists and their partners from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute recently completed the annual Gulf of ...
New Study Unveils the Unique Seasonality in the De...
Interannual variations of winter and summer temperature in the Jordan Basin (location as shown in upper panel) at 150-m water depth. The vertical bars represent one standard deviation over the ...
NCCOS Awards $1.7M to Support Habitat Connectivity...
NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science awarded $1.7 million of an anticipated $5.9 million over the next four to five years for three research projects to investigate species’ habitat ...
NCCOS Expands Monitoring of More Lakes, Coastal Ba...
With harmful algal blooms (HABs) occurring in the nation’s lakes, bays and sounds, NCCOS is expanding HAB monitoring and forecasting to these smaller water bodies which can be resolved by ...
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