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Climate Variability May Alter Pollutants in Some Sub-Arctic Birds

August 11, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Emory University have discovered that some bird species in the sub-Arctic tend to ingest

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A Better Pregnancy Test for Whales

February 20, 2020

It’s not easy to do pregnancy tests on whales. You can’t just ask a wild ocean animal that’s the size of a school bus to pee on a little stick. For decades, the

NIST Publishes 2018 Department of Commerce Laboratories Technology Transfer Report

December 31, 2019

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) 2018 Annual Report on Technology Transfer. The

Precise Temperature Measurements with Invisible Light

May 6, 2019

Ordinarily, you won’t encounter a radiation thermometer until somebody puts one in your ear at the doctor’s office or you point one at your forehead when you’re

Projects and Programs

Marine Environmental Metabolomics

NIST is developing NMR-based metabolomics for use as a tool to expand research on the impacts of environmental stressors on marine organisms. The novel biology

Vertebrate Endocrine Metrology in Non-Traditional Matrices

The monitoring of wildlife and broodstock health through endocrine assessments is critical to understanding reproduction and stress. However, collection of

NIST Aids the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the Area of Marine Animal Health

Marine animal health is affected by stressors including disease and man-made pollution. NIST assists NOAA primarily by evaluating marine-life exposure to man

NIST Intercomparison Exercise Program for Organic Contaminants in the Marine Environment

Since the beginning of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Status and Trends (NS&T) Program in 1987, NIST has coordinated

Publications

Relationship between the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and persistent organic pollutants in sympatric Alaskan seabird (Uria aalge and U. lomvia) eggs between 1999 and 2010

January 1, 2021

Author(s)

Vrinda Kalia, Stacy S. Schuur, Keith A. Hobson, Howard H. Chang, Lance A. Waller, Steven Hare, Matthew O. Gribble

Although climate change occurs alongside other anthropogenic ecosystem impacts, little is known about how sea-surface temperature variability influences the

Purified meta-Cresol Purple dye perturbation: how it influences spectrophotometric pH measurements

September 10, 2020

Author(s)

Xinyu Li, Maribel Garc?a-Ib??ez, Brendan Carter, Baoshen Chen, Qian Li, Regina A. Easley, Wei-Jun Cai

Ocean acidification, a phenomenon of seawater pH decreasing due to increasing atmospheric CO2, has a global effect on seawater chemistry, marine biology, and

Evaluation of Graded Levels of Soy Oil as a Fish Oil Replacement in High Soy Protein Feeds for Juvenile Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus

June 30, 2020

Author(s)

Tracey B. Schock, Aaron Watson, Michael P. Napolitano, John A. Bowden, Jason Frost, Justin Yost, Michael R. Denson

A 9-week feeding trial was conducted with juvenile red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, to evaluate the use of soy oil as a fish oil replacement. Three primary

Morphological, elemental, and boron isotopic insights into pathophysiology of diseased coral growth anomalies

May 19, 2020

Author(s)

Erik R. Andersson, Tracey B. Schock, Joseph A. Stewart, Russell D. Day, Thierry M. Work, Cheryl M. Woodley

Growth anomalies (GAs) impact both coral skeleton and soft tissues and are detrimental to reef health. This tumor-like disease is increasingly found throughout