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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.
Past Posts
Tag Archives: Coral Reef Conservation Program
Ocean Discoveries: Predicting Mesophotic Coral Distributions in Hawaii Blog Series, Part 2 – A Word with Dr. Malia Chow, Superintendent of NOAA’s HIHWNMS
Dr. Malia Chow is the Superintendent of NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary (sanctuary), a role that necessitates experience working with stakeholders, researchers and government officials, etc. on varying levels. What readers might not know is that Malia … Continue reading
Posted in Biogeography Branch, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, General, Hawaii, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, NOAA's National Ocean Service, Ocean Exploration, Ocean Research, Partnerships, Science for Coastal Ecosystem Management, Sponsored Research
Tagged Bryan Costa, CCMA, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coral, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Habitat Conservation, Hawaii, Mapping, Mesophotic Coral Reef Ecosystems, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
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Ocean Discoveries: Predicting Mesophotic Coral Distributions in Hawaii Blog Series – Part 1, Bryan Costa
By Bryan Costa, Geospatial Scientist, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Project Overview The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary (HIHWNMS) is jointly managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the … Continue reading
Posted in Biogeography Branch, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, Coral, Coral Reef Conservation Program, General, Hawaii, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Ocean Exploration, Ocean Research, Partnerships, Science for Coastal Ecosystem Management
Tagged Bryan Costa, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Hawaii DNR and coral, Humpback sanctuary, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA OMAO, Ocean Exploration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
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Ocean Discoveries: Marine Ecological Gap Analysis for the National Park Service
By Dan Dorfman, Marine Conservation Planner Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NCCOS/CCMA Blogger Biography: Dan Dorfman is a Marine Conservation Planner with the NCCOS’ Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Biogeography Branch. His work … Continue reading
Posted in Biogeography Branch
Tagged Benthic Mapping, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coral, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Dan Dorfman, GIS, Mapping, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Park Service, Ocean Research, US Caribbean Research, USVI
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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 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 Alicia Clarke, Coral, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Education, Erik Ebert, fish, Fish Acoustics, Laura Kracker, multibeam, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Puerto Rico, Reef Smart, ROV, San Juan, Sonar, Tim Battista
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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 Benthic Mapping, Biogeography Branch, Caribbean, Caribbean Research, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coral, Coral Reef Conservation Program, 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 Backscatter, backscatter of ocean habitats, BIOMapper, Caribbean, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Chris Taylor, Coral, Coral Reef Conservation Program, CRCP, Field Research, Field Sampling Caribbean, GIS, multibeam, Nancy Foster Exploration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Ocean Exploration, Puerto Rico, SCUBA, Sonar, The Great Reserve, Will Sautter
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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 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 Alicia Clarke, Coral, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Education, multibeam, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Puerto Rico, ROV, Shipwreck, Sonar, Tim Battista
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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 Benthic Mapping, Biogeography Branch, Caribbean, Caribbean Research, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coral, Coral Reef Conservation Program, 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 Benthic Mapping, Caribbean, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Chief Scientist, Coral, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Field Research, Field Sampling Caribbean, Mapping, Nancy Foster Exploration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Puerto Rico, SCUBA
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Ocean Discoveries: 2012 Nancy Foster Mapping Mission/Day 7 Part 1 – Swapping Out: New Arrival on the Nancy Foster
By Shannon Simpson Hello everyone! Antares, the Nancy Foster’s guest blogger for the last week, has passed the torch on to me. I will be writing about the mapping mission for the next three days. I’m a policy analyst, working … 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 Benthic Mapping, Caribbean, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Coral, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Field Research, Field Sampling Caribbean, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA Marine Protected Areas, Ocean Research, Puerto Rico, Shannon Simpson
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