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Azaspiracid: An Emerging Algal Toxin

Azaspiracids are a group of toxins first reported in the 1990s in Western European waters and are now reported to occur along both the East and West coasts of North ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Canada, Foreign Countries, Ireland, Michigan, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, greg.doucette@noaa.gov

Enhancing Third-generation Environmental Sample Pr...

Monitoring the increase in cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) in nearshore environments is challenging. Recent development of a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) equipped with a third-generation Environmental Sample Processor ...

Biological Effects of Contaminants and Nutrients, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, felix.martinez@noaa.gov

HABON-NE, An Adaptive Observing Network for Real-T...

New England coastal waters have long been impacted by Alexandrium, a species that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning. Other species have recently emerged in the Gulf of Maine, including Pseudo-nitzschia and ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov

Oceanographic and Cellular Controls on Domoic Acid...

Domoic acid is a neurotoxin produced by some diatoms in the genus Pseudo-nitzschia. Domoic acid can accumulate in shellfish and fish, and cause illness or death in humans, marine mammals, ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, U.S. States and Territories, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

Portable Toxin Detection Technology to Support Gre...

This project improves the rapid detection of cyanotoxins in the field to provide managers with timely information on risk and minimize exposure to stakeholders. The team will pilot use of ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sensor Development, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Technology Transfer, Great Lakes, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, felix.martinez@noaa.gov

Rapid Detection of Harmful Algae

To provide coastal managers with the early warning needed to implement timely and effective mitigation strategies to reduce a harmful algal bloom’s negative impacts, we are producing rapid, easy-to-use kits ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Sensor Development, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Foreign Countries, South Korea, U.S. States and Territories, greg.doucette@noaa.gov

Robotic, Underwater Sensor for Harmful Algal Bloom...

We developed a device to provide resource managers and public-health officials with valuable, real-time data on harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxicity. This robotic, underwater sensor provides fast and accurate measurements ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Sensor Development, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, U.S. States and Territories, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, tina.mikulski@noaa.gov

Strengthening Early Warning and Forecasts of Domoi...

In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia that produce domoic acid (DA) are a significant human health threat and extremely costly to coastal communities. This project improves early warnings ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, felix.martinez@noaa.gov

Validation of a Triplex Test for Saxitoxin, Domoic...

We will evaluate an assay that simultaneously detects paralytic shellfish poisoning, amnesic shellfish poisoning, and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning toxins in mussels. Why We Care Shellfish aquaculture is a large and ...

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Atlantic Ocean, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

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Publication Provides Guidance on Implementing Earl...

An international team of researchers and managers that includes NCCOS scientists published technical guidance to help improve harmful algal bloom (HAB) monitoring and forecasting around the globe. The document provides ...

April 4, 2023 Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Waterbodies, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, richard.stumpf@noaa.gov

Scientists Train Underwater Gliders to Find, Track...

The dynamic nature of the ocean, including its many chemical and biological processes, makes it challenging to monitor microscopic, marine algae in real time, but NCCOS-funded scientists have shown it ...

June 6, 2022 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

First Real-time Toxicity Assessment of Lake Erie A...

Preparing the 3G-ESP for use on the Long-Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (LRAUV). Top left: NCCOS scientist inspects custom-fabricated microcystin sensor chip at Hollings Marine Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina. Top ...

September 22, 2021 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sensor Development, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Technology Transfer, Great Lakes, Michigan, Ohio, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, reagan.errera@noaa.gov

NCCOS and IOOS Contribute to Successful Kickoff of...

On September 1, 2021 NCCOS, the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOSⓇ) Office, and the IOOS Association organized the inaugural meeting of a newly formed Harmful Algal Bloom Observing Group ...

September 10, 2021 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Outreach, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, tiffany.c.vance@noaa.gov

Yessotoxins Responsible for Mass Shellfish Mortali...

Dying clams in Hood Canal (Rocky Bay, Washington, 2019). Credit: King et al, 2021. In the summers of 2018 and 2019, shellfish growers in Washington state were rocked by mass ...

June 21, 2021 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, zhihong.wang@noaa.gov

Environmental Sample Processor Enhances Ocean Sens...

In a study published recently in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, NCCOS and Northwest Fisheries Science Center researchers, along with partners at the University of Washington (UW), and ...

April 23, 2021 Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Sensor Development, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, tina.mikulski@noaa.gov

New Method Provides for Fast and Accurate Determin...

Washington state shellfish validated for LC-MS/MS method. Left to right: California and blue mussels, native littleneck clam, Manila littleneck clam, and Pacific oyster. Photo Credit: Washington State Department of Health ...

February 19, 2021 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Technology Transfer, Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, zhihong.wang@noaa.gov

National Harmful Algal Bloom Observing Network Fra...

The National Harmful Algal Bloom Observing Network (NHABON) Framework offers a high-level regional analysis of existing efforts to monitor and forecast harmful algal blooms (HABs) and identifies gaps in observing ...

January 6, 2021 HABHRCA, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, greg.doucette@noaa.gov, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, quay.dortch@noaa.gov

Virtual Training Workshop Instructs Volunteers on ...

A virtual workshop was convened at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), on July 23, 2020 to train regional stakeholder and volunteer groups in the operation of MBio Diagnostic’s LightDeck technology-based ...

August 12, 2020 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sensor Development, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, Michigan, Ohio, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, greg.doucette@noaa.gov

NCCOS Sensor Measures Toxicity of Lake Erie Algal ...

Cyanobacteria in Lake Erie can sometimes grow out of control and produce toxins called microcystins that are harmful to people and animals. These harmful algal blooms, or HABs, can have ...

July 7, 2020 Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Great Lakes, Michigan, Ohio, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, greg.doucette@noaa.gov

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Causality of an extreme harmful algal bloom in Monterey Bay, California, during the 2014-2016 northeast Pacific warm anomaly

An ecologically and economically disruptive harmful algal bloom (HAB) affected much of the northeast Pacific margin in 2015, during a prolonged oceanic warm anomaly. Caused by diatoms of the genus Pseudo-nitzschia, this HAB produced the highest particulate concentrations of the ...

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