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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: Ocean Pollution
Coastal Economies: Researching Aquaculture for Nutrient Mitigation in Long Island Sound
NOAA Ocean Science Blog sat down with Dr. Suzanne Bricker of NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Coastal Ocean Assessments, Status, and Trends (COAST Branch), to talk about her research to leverage aquaculture as a potential … Continue reading
Posted in General, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coastal Ocean Assessment, Status, and Trends Branch, Ocean Pollution, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, EPA, Contaminants, Areas of Special Biological Significance, NOAA's National Ocean Service, Partnerships, seafood safety, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Tagged aquaculture, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coastal Economies - NOAA research, coastal ocean science, Contaminants, EPA region 1 and 2, EPA regional ecosystem services program, FARM model, Great Bay NH, HydroQual Inc., Long Island Sound, Long Island Sound Study, Longline Environment, Ltd., National Marine Fisheries Service, NCCOS, NEEA, New Hampshire, NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Nutrient Trading Programs, pollution, Shellfish Environment Services, Suzanne bricker, SWEM model, Total Maximum Daily Laod
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Partnerships: NOAA Researchers Collaborate with Alaska Native Subsistence Communities to Assess Seafood Safety
By Dr. Dennis Apeti, Physical Scientist Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Alaska Native Communities Approach NOAA for Answers About Seafood Safety In 2007, NCCOS scientists at the Center for Coastal Monitoring … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, BioEffects, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Chugach, Climate Change, Coastal Ocean Assessment, Status, and Trends Branch, Contaminants, General, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Status and Trends, Native communities, NOAA, NOAA's National Ocean Service, Ocean Field Work, Ocean Pollution, Ocean Research, Partnerships, Port Graham, Prince William Sound, seafood safety, Southcentral Alaska, subsistence
Tagged Alaska, Alaska Native Subsistence, CCMA, chugach regional rescources commission, Dennis Apeti, Field Research, Nanawalek, NCCOS, NOAA, Ocean Pollution, Partnerships, Port Graham, Qutekcak, Seldovia, shellfish safety, Tatitlek
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Technology: NCCOS’ Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment: Science Evolving to Meet Changing Ecosystem Management Needs
By Mark E. Monaco, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Our Mission Applied vs. theoretical science is focused on answering discrete natural resource management and conservation questions, whether they have to do … Continue reading
Posted in Biogeography Branch, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coastal Ocean Assessment, Status, and Trends Branch, Contaminants, Great Lakes, Harmful Algal Blooms, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Status and Trends, Ocean Field Work, Ocean Pollution, Ocean Research, US Contaminant Data
Tagged Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Clima, COAST Branch, Contaminants, Field Research, Great Lakes, Harmful Algal Blooms, Mussel Watch, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Status and Trends, pollution, Science for Coastal Ecosystem Management
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Pollution :Changes Over Time: How NOAA’s Mussel Watch Program is Adapting to the Needs of Coastal Communities
By Gunnar Lauenstein, PhD, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Beginnings: The NOAA Mussel Watch Program (MWP) is focused on applying the science, methods and approaches our researchers have honed over the past 20 years, … Continue reading
Posted in Areas of Concern, Areas of Special Biological Significance, BioEffects, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coastal Ocean Assessment, Status, and Trends Branch, Contaminants, EPA, EPA Great Lakes, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Mussels, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Status and Trends, Ocean Pollution, Ocean Research, US Contaminant Data
Tagged AOCs, Baseline Assessment, California EPA, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, COAST Branch, contaminant studies, Contaminants, data sets for US contaminants, EPA, Field Research, Great Lakes, GulfWatch Program, Gunnar Lauenstein, Kimani Kimbrough, Louisiana State University, Mote Marine Laboratory, Mussel Watch, Mussel Watch sample sites, Mussels, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Status and Trends, Ocean Pollution, oysters, pollution, polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons, SCCWRP, Sediment, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, US Contaminant Data, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
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Pollution:Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico: NOAA and University of Puerto Rico Partner to Answer Coastal Manager Questions about their Coral Reefs
By Dave Whitall, Ph.D., Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science This blog is one in a variety of pollution posts designed to provide readers with insight into the work being done by NCCOS in the area of … Continue reading
Posted in Caribbean, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coastal Ocean Assessment, Status, and Trends Branch, Coral, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Ocean Field Work, Ocean Pollution, Ocean Research
Tagged Caribbean, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, COAST Branch, Coral, Coral bleaching, Coral decline, Dave Whitall, Field Research, Field Sampling Caribbean, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Nutrients, Ocean Pollution, SCUBA, Sediment
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Pollution: Working in the US Virgin Islands: St. Thomas East End Reserve
By Tony Pait, Ph.D., Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science This blog is one in a variety of pollution posts designed to provide readers with insight into the work being done by NCCOS in the area … Continue reading
Posted in Caribbean, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coastal Ocean Assessment, Status, and Trends Branch, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Ocean Field Work, Ocean Pollution, Ocean Research
Tagged Caribbean, Contaminants, Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Field Sampling Caribbean, Nutrients, Puerto Rico, Sediment, St. Thomas, St. Thomas East End Reserve, Tony Pait, University of Virgin Islands
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Pollution: Field Research in the Chukchi Sea, Alaska
Below are notes detailing field work done by NCCOS scientist at CCMA, Ian Hartwell, Ph.D., and his colleagues at AK DEC led by Doug Dasher, Ph.D.This blog is one in a variety of pollution posts designed to provide readers with insight into the … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coastal Ocean Assessment, Status, and Trends Branch, Energy Policy, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Ocean Field Work, Ocean Pollution, Ocean Research
Tagged Alaska, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Arctic, Arctic Drilling, Baseline Assessment, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, COAST Branch, Doug Dasher, Energy Policy, Field Research, Field Sampling Arctic, Ian Hartwell, Lease Sale 193, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Nutrients, Ocean Pollution, Oil Spill, Sediment, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Welcome to the Coastal Ocean Science Blog!
This is a place where you can come to see NOAA science taking place as it happens from the vantage point of the researchers and scientists doing the work, hence the title. We will run the gamet of postings from … Continue reading
