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Hypoxia is a major concern for many of our nation's coastal waters. It occurs when the amount of dissolved oxygen in water becomes too low to support most aquatic life. CSCOR hypoxia programs provide timely and high-quality scientific results that can be used by natural resource managers to restore and protect coastal ecosystems.

A small percentage of algal species cause harm to humans and the environment through toxin production or excessive growth. NOAA's goal is to provide tools to manage HABs and their impacts.

Coastal decision makers need scientific information in order to appropriately manage coastal ecosystems impacted by climate change. CSCOR supports interdisciplinary, multi-year research programs investigating how oceanic and coastal ecosystems respond to climate variability and change.

CSCOR's coral research programs integrate ecological studies, physical oceanographic research, management practices, and social science to address issues identified as priorities by NOAA and the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force that impact our coral ecosystems.

Ecological forecasts help improve communication between management and science, help set the scientific priorities to address management concerns, and ultimately help managers make better decisions. CSCOR is committed to providing resource manager with the modeling tools and predictive capabilities necessary to support ecosystem approaches to management.

About CSCOR

The Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research(CSCOR) uses a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding and predicting the impacts of natural and anthropogenic influences on coastal regional ecosystems (see map), communities, and economies. More

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CSCOR Regions

CSCOR typically supports regional-scale projects with an ecosystem focus. Funding of these projects is commensurate with the fairly large-scale, multi-disciplinary nature of the problems they address. Most projects are long in duration and are designed with a specific funding cycle and endpoint, with periodic reviews in mid-life of the project. More

Note: Specific regional efforts can be found by clicking on the desired region.

Northeast

Northeast region Current efforts are focused mainly on understanding and developing predictive capabilities for harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, and climate change. More

Mid-Atlantic

Mid-Atlantic region Current efforts are focused mainly on understanding and developing predictive capabilities for harmful algal blooms and hypoxia. Many of these efforts are large-scale and multi-disciplinary in nature to reflect the complex problems they address. More

Southeast and Caribbean region

Southeast and Caribbean region Current efforts are focused mainly on understanding and developing predictive capabilities for coral reef ecosystems and the ecological impacts of sea level rise. More

Gulf of Mexico region

Gulf of Mexico region Current efforts are focused mainly on understanding and developing predictive capabilities for harmful algal blooms and hypoxia. Many of these efforts are large-scale and multi-disciplinary in nature to reflect the complex problems they address. More

Northwest region

Northwest region Current efforts are focused mainly on understanding and developing predictive capabilities for harmful algal blooms, hypoxia and climate change. More

West Pacific region

West Pacific region Current efforts are focused mainly on understanding and developing predictive capabilities for coral reef ecosystems and the ecological impacts of harmful algal blooms. climate change. More

Great Lakes region

Great Lakes region Current efforts are focused mainly on understanding and developing predictive capabilities for harmful algal blooms. More

California region

California region Current efforts are focused mainly on understanding and developing predictive capabilities for harmful algal blooms, hypoxia and climate change. More

Alaska region

Alaska region Current efforts are focused mainly on understanding and developing predictive capabilities for harmful algal blooms and climate change. More

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