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- ScienceBlog recently featured NCCOS research on deep sea corals. The report provides never before data about where these living species are found off the northeast coast of the US.
- The Press-News reports that scientists are predicting the toxic blue-green algae bloom in Lake Erie’s western basin will be mild this summer for the first time in years (July, 2012).
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Recent Posts
- TECHNOLOGY AND DATA: NOAA and Partners Deliver New Climate and Health Data Tool to Public
- NOAA Completes Ship-based mapping of the Northeast Reserves, Puerto Rico
- PARTNERSHIPS: Mapping Puerto Rico’s Marine Resources: An Interview with John Christensen, Director of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
- Vol. 2, Issue 1 – NOAA in the Caribbean Newsletter: Connecting NOAA and Partners across the Caribbean
- Puerto Rico’s Northeast Reserve: where science and management converge.
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Category Archives: Nancy Foster Exploration
NOAA Completes Ship-based mapping of the Northeast Reserves, Puerto Rico
By Tim Battista Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science A team of scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and partner organizations just returned from a three and a half week … Continue reading
Posted in General, Coral, Ocean Field Work, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Caribbean, NOAA Marine Protected Areas, Caribbean Research, Benthic Mapping, Nancy Foster Exploration, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Mesophotic Coral Reef Ecosystems, Partnerships
Tagged Puerto Rico, Northeast Grand Reserve Ecological Corridor
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Puerto Rico’s Northeast Reserve: where science and management converge.
By Tim Battista Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science The relationship between science conducted to support marine management, and resource management supported by science, is one worth furthering. Historically, these two have not been … Continue reading
Posted in Areas of Special Biological Significance, Benthic Mapping, Biogeography Branch, Caribbean, Caribbean Research, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Coral Reef Institutes, General, MPA Areas of Interest, Nancy Foster Exploration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA Marine Protected Areas, Ocean Exploration, Ocean Field Work
Tagged Puerto Rico, recreational boating, coastal development, lion fish, Escollo Grappler, Culebra, Point Miquillo, Vieques
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Ocean Discoveries: 2012 Nancy Foster Mapping Mission: Field Notes/Day 18 – Education and Outreach aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster!
by Alicia Clarke and Tracy Gill, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science We are sad to announce that the 2012 NOAA ship Nancy Foster mapping mission has come to an end. But, before we left the mission for good, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Biogeography Branch, Marine Regional Planning, Ocean Research, Ocean Field Work, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Caribbean, Caribbean Research, NOAA's National Ocean Service, Benthic Mapping, Nancy Foster Exploration, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Ocean Exploration
Tagged Coral, Ocean Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, Puerto Rico, EPA, Alicia Clarke, Nancy Foster Exploration, Benthic Mapping, Ocean Exploration, Ocean Reserach, ROV, Tim Battista, Reef Smart, Erik Ebert, Coast Guard, Tracy Gill, University of Puerto Rico, Coral Reef Ecosystem Managers
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Ocean Discoveries: 2012 Nancy Foster Mapping Mission/Day 17 – Final Day of Science
By Alicia Clarke The Last 24 Hours of Science After an afternoon spent successfully calibrating this fish acoustics sonar system, Laura Kracker and Erik Ebert started the last 12 hours of fish acoustic operations for the mission. The team deployed … Continue reading
Posted in General, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Biogeography Branch, Marine Regional Planning, Coral, Ocean Research, Ocean Field Work, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Caribbean, NOAA Marine Protected Areas, Caribbean Research, NOAA's National Ocean Service, Benthic Mapping, Nancy Foster Exploration, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Ocean Exploration
Tagged Coral, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, Puerto Rico, Alicia Clarke, fish, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Fish Acoustics, Sonar, ROV, multibeam, Tim Battista, Education, Reef Smart, Laura Kracker, Erik Ebert, San Juan
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Ocean Discoveries: 2012 Nancy Foster Mapping Mission: Field Notes/Day 15 – Backscatter Imagery Completes the Picture of the Sea Floor
By Will Sautter, Acoustic Mapping Specialist, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Painting a Portrait of the Seafloor This is Will Sautter again. We have been steadily painting the portrait of the Great Reserve boundary with … Continue reading
Posted in Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Biogeography Branch, Marine Regional Planning, Coral, Ocean Research, Ocean Field Work, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Caribbean, NOAA Marine Protected Areas, Caribbean Research, NOAA's National Ocean Service, Benthic Mapping, Nancy Foster Exploration, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Ocean Exploration
Tagged SCUBA, Caribbean, Coral, Field Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Ocean Service, Field Sampling Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Nancy Foster Exploration, NOAA, BIOMapper, GIS, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Sonar, Ocean Exploration, Chris Taylor, multibeam, Will Sautter, Backscatter, backscatter of ocean habitats, The Great Reserve, CRCP
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Ocean Discoveries: 2012 Nancy Foster Mapping Mission/Days 11-14 – Connecting Students to Scientists via Skype
By Alicia Clarke Back Out to Sea after Weather Delays You’ve probably noticed that the Nancy Foster mapping mission team has been a bit quiet over the last couple of days. That’s because a weather system blowing in from the … Continue reading
Posted in General, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Biogeography Branch, Marine Regional Planning, Coral, Ocean Research, Ocean Field Work, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Caribbean, NOAA Marine Protected Areas, Caribbean Research, NOAA's National Ocean Service, Benthic Mapping, Nancy Foster Exploration, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Ocean Exploration
Tagged Coral, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, Puerto Rico, Alicia Clarke, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Sonar, ROV, multibeam, Tim Battista, Education, Shipwreck
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Ocean Discoveries: 2012 Nancy Foster Mapping Mission: Field Notes/Day 10 – Reef Smart Puerto Rico: Bringing Coral Reef Ecosystem Science to Policy and Decision Makers
By Alicia Clarke, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Today was our last day in port, but before we went back out to sea the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster played host to some very … Continue reading
Posted in Benthic Mapping, Biogeography Branch, Caribbean, Caribbean Research, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Marine Regional Planning, Nancy Foster Exploration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA's National Ocean Service, Ocean Exploration, Ocean Field Work, Ocean Research
Tagged Alicia Clarke, Caribbean, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coral, Field Research, Field Sampling Caribbean, Nancy Foster Exploration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ocean Exploration, Puerto Rico, Reef Smart, SCUBA
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Ocean Discoveries: 2012 Nancy Foster Mapping Mission: Field Notes/Day 9 Part 2 – NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Officers / Pulling into Port at the Coast Guard San Juan Station
By Shannon Simpson In order to conduct the science onboard the Nancy Foster it takes a well coordinated system of officers and crew to sail this almost 200 foot long ship. Without them the science would not be possible. Today … Continue reading
Posted in Benthic Mapping, Biogeography Branch, Caribbean, Caribbean Research, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coral, Coral Reef Conservation Program, General, Marine Regional Planning, Nancy Foster Exploration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA Marine Protected Areas, NOAA's National Ocean Service, Ocean Exploration, Ocean Field Work, Ocean Research
Tagged Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coast Guard, Coral, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Crew, Nancy Foster Exploration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ocean Research, Officer Roles, Puerto Rico, Shannon Simpson
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Ocean Discoveries: 2012 Nancy Foster Mapping Mission: Field Notes/Day 9 Part 1 – Being the Chief Scientist on the Nancy Foster Mapping Missions
by Tim Battista, Oceanographer, Chief Scientist on the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster for the 2012 expedition, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Preparation and Planning Preparations for any research mission literally start years in advance, beginning with … Continue reading
Posted in Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Biogeography Branch, Marine Regional Planning, Coral, Ocean Research, Ocean Field Work, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Caribbean, Caribbean Research, NOAA's National Ocean Service, Benthic Mapping, Nancy Foster Exploration, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Ocean Exploration
Tagged SCUBA, Caribbean, Coral, Field Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Ocean Service, Field Sampling Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Nancy Foster Exploration, Benthic Mapping, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Mapping, Chief Scientist
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