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Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB)
The Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) Research Program is a multi-agency partnership between NOAA's Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR-lead), NOAA Office of Protected Resources, NOAA Sea Grant, the National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Office of Naval Research.
Through a combination of long-term regional studies and short-term targeted studies, ECOHAB seeks to produce new, state-of-the-art detection methodologies for HABs and their toxins, to understand the causes and dynamics of HABs, to develop forecasts of HAB growth, transport, and toxicity, and to predict and ameliorate impacts on higher trophic levels and humans.
Research results will be used to guide management of coastal resources to reduce HAB occurrence and impacts. Projects selected for support must successfully compete in a rigorous external, peer-review process that ensures a high-level of scientific merit. Projects include a mix of investigators from academic, state, Federal (including NOAA Ocean Service), and nonprofit institutions.
