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A Coordinated NOAA Response to the National HAB Problem

While NCCOS houses the majority of HAB programs within NOAA, other programs contribute to a coordinated response to the HAB problem. Below are many of NOAA’s HAB research, management, and response efforts:

• NCCOS Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR), National HAB Research Programs
  • CSCOR’s National HAB Programs (ECOHAB, MERHAB, HAB Event Response, and HAB PCM) maintain a regional approach to research and aim to advance management capabilities in dealing with all the Nation’s major HAB threats.

• HAB Forecasting.  NOAA's HAB Forecasting System  in the Gulf of Mexico, which supplies information on the location, extent, and potential for development or movement of HABs, is operational in NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS).  For more on NOAA HAB Forecasting, visit http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/hab/bulletins.

• The Harmful Algal Blooms Observing System (HABSOS) - HABSOS is implemented by NOAA NCDDC in partnership with NOAA CSC, the EPA Gulf of Mexico Program Office, and state agencies. HABSOS demonstrates an online, integrated information system for managing HAB data, events, and effects.  The HAB Integrated Observing System (HABIOS) is a broader effort in the Gulf of Mexico headed by the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Observing System (GCOOS) Regional Association and the Gulf of Mexico Alliance.  The objective is to develop a plan to integrate the multiple existing systems that are operated by state, federal, and local agencies (such as HABSOS, the NOAA HAB Forecasting System, CDC’s Harmful Algal Bloom-related Illness Surveillance System (HABISS), and state and local efforts). 

• NCCOS Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research (CCEHBR), Marine Biotoxins Program
  • This page provides a brief overview of the CCEHBR Marine Biotoxins Program and links to information on CCEHBR HAB research topics and the Analytical Response Team (ART)

• NCCOS Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
  • This page describes some of the current CCFHR research on HAB detection and prediction and gives examples of recent accomplishments

• NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA)
  • This page describes CCMA projects related to identification and monitoring of HABs using remote sensing

• NCCOS Center for Human Health Risk (CHHR)
  • This page lists and links to descriptions of current CHHR HAB projects

• Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)
  GLERL Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response Webpage
  • This page describes current NWFSC HAB research and research partnerships

• Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC)
  • This page describes current NWFSC HAB research and research partnerships

• National Sea Grant
  • This page describes HABs as a Sea Grant National Priority Area
    • Examples of accomplishments
    • For more detailed information on Sea Grant research, go to individual Sea Grant Colleges.
    • NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative (OHHI)
    • Centers of Excellence
    • Center for Human Health Risk (CHHR)
    • Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)
    • Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC)
    • External Grants

Other NOAA offices with HAB research projects
To find projects related to HABs on webpages below, perform a keyword search (for example, “Harmful Algal Bloom”).

• Atlantic Oceanographic and Atmospheric Laboratory (AOML)
• The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET)

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