Shelly Tomlinson from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science received the 2008 NOS Peer Recognition “Rafting” Award. She was singled out for her work with IOOS and other offices working together on NOS’s Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast System (HAB-FS), a highly collaborative cross-cutting program effort. The purpose of the system is to provide an [...]
Tech report: Bauer, L.J., C. Menza, K.A. Foley, and M.S. Kendall. 2008. An Ecological Characterization of the Marine Resources of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Part I: Historical Data Synthesis. Prepared by National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) in cooperation with the Office of Response and Restoration. Silver Spring, MD. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 86. [...]
The Caribbean Coral Reef Institute (CCRI), administered by NCCOS, sponsored the “2008 End of the International Year of the Reef Symposium” on December 3 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This event celebrated the International Year of the Reef (IYOR) and disseminated the current status of the Island’s reefs and coral research. The IYOR sanctioned activity [...]
A workshop supported by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) ECOHAB program resulted in a consensus that excess nutrient runoff and reduced herbivorous fish populations are the primary causative factors of nuisance blooms of macroalgae off the coast of Maui. Based on results stemming from a 5-year ECOHAB project on Maui macroalgae, workshop [...]
Scientists from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science have devised a new and improved approach to Marine Protected Area (MPA) design for use by coastal planners. The approach defines potential sizes and shapes of MPA boundaries early in the design process, and allows users to select which variables are most important, that is, preferred [...]
What information would you want to have in hand before venturing out onto the Great Lakes? The answer, of course, is that it depends. Which lake? What time of day? What time of year? For how long? How far “out onto” the Lake? And in what kind of vessel? There’s another important part to the [...]
A scientist from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science was an invited guest at the October 23 meeting of the Maryland–Asia Environmental Partnership meeting (http://www.mdaep.com) “A Public-Private dialogue: Galvanizing Maryland Resources to meet water management and technology needs in Asia.” The conference focused on connecting expertise from Maryland-based university research labs, state, national, and [...]
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)-developed technology for detection of toxins causing paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) was presented to an international group of coastal managers during a training course sponsored by the United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The training, held October 6-10 at the Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, [...]