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The NOAA NCEI Global Marine Microplastics Data Collection (1972-present)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Microplastics (i.e., plastics measuring less than 5mm) pollution is a growing problem affecting coastal communities, marine ecosystems, aquatic life, and human... -
Federal
RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Protecting Texas coastlines from potential oil spills in Galveston Bay using drone surveys and maps of a new response effectiveness index
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Galveston Bay and the surrounding Texas coast are vulnerable to marine oil spills, from both the high volume of marine commerce through the Galveston Bay ship channel... -
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RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Gulf-wide assessment of habitat use and habitat-specific production estimates of nekton in turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project assesses the use of turtlegrass by finfish and shellfish across the northern Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico) and evaluates the specific ways... -
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Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities: Mesophotic Fish and Coral Presence, Absence, and Density Data in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico from 2018-04-18 to 2020-08-04 (NCEI Accession 0276878)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Presence, absence and density information for fish and corals in the northeast Gulf of Mexico and the West Florida shelf. Data was collected from three different... -
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NOAA RESTORE Science Program: A Web-based Interactive Decision-Support Tool for Adaptation of Coastal Urban and Natural Ecosystems (ACUNE) in Southwest Florida: Flood Maps for current conditions, 2030, 2060, and 2100 under different sea level rise scenarios (NCEI Accession 0248802)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset contains probabilistic (return-period based) flood maps from storm surge, tide and waves. The maps were produced by the Joint Probability Method with... -
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NOAA RESTORE Science Program: Effects of nitrogen sources and plankton food-web dynamics on habitat quality for the larvae of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna in the Gulf of Mexico - biogeochemistry, dissolved inorganic nutrient, mesozooplankton, phytoplankton, and bacteria data from 2017-05-10 to 2018-05-19
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset presents results from surface-tethered drifting sediment traps, zooplankton net tows, dissolved inorganic nutrient concentration analyses made on water... -
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Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities: Annotations and images of corals, sponges, and fish from the northern Gulf of America from 2017-07-20 to 2021-08-15 (NCEI Accession 0299813)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset provides geo-referenced observations on the occurrence of corals, sponges, fishes, and invertebrates in the deep waters of the northern Gulf of America.... -
Federal
RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Expansion of www.mymobilebay.com [now known as ARCOS] for coastal Alabama resource management
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project will improve and expand an observing network and website that provides accurate real-time weather and water quality data to Alabama environmental... -
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RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Cooperative monitoring program for spawning aggregations in the Gulf of Mexico
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project compiled and evaluated existing information on fish spawning aggregations in the Gulf of Mexico as the basis to design a cooperative, Gulf-wide... -
Federal
RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Living shoreline site suitability model transfer for selected water bodies within the Gulf of Mexico: A GIS and remote sensing-based approach
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project will adapt an existing computer model for assessing the suitability of a site for construction of a living shoreline, apply the model to Perdido Bay/Wolf... -
Federal
NOAA RESTORE Science Program: Linking Community and Food-web Approaches to Restoration: Taxonomic data for marsh infauna associated with natural and restored marshes along a salinity gradient generated from a freshwater diversion at West Pointe a la Hache into eastern Barataria Bay, Louisiana, 2018-05-21 to 2021-05-25 (NCEI Accession 0296020)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset contains benthic macroinfauna species identifications and number of individuals collected from surface sediment samples at six sites at various distances... -
Federal
NOAA RESTORE Science Program: Linking Community and Food-web Approaches to Restoration: Organic matter decomposition in restored vs. natural Louisiana marshes near the West Pointe A La Hache siphon, 2018-05-21 to 2021-07-28 (NCEI Accession 0302679)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This data set contains calculated organic matter decomposition rates from created and natural brackish marshes in Plaquemines parish, Louisiana near the West Pointe A... -
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NOAA RESTORE Science Program: population connectivity of deepwater corals in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) cast data from 2017-07-20 to 2018-09-22 (NCEI Accession 0243646)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) casts were conducted during project cruises on July 20 - August 8, 2017 and September 17-22, 2018. Casts were conducted using... -
Federal
NCCOS Mapping: Collaborative Benthic Habitat Mapping in the Nearshore Waters of the Great Lakes Basin: Data collected during cruise GL-24-01 in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary (WSCNMS), Lake Michigan from 2024-04-30 to 2024-10-16
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This data collection includes information and environmental data collected during the GL-24-01 mapping cruise by an assortment of equipment including a drop camera,... -
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NOAA RESTORE Science Program: Ecosystem modeling to improve fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico: model inputs and outputs for the West Florida Shelf, 1985-01-01 to 2018-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0242339)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset is a collection of files containing the necessary inputs to and relevant outputs from the West Florida Shelf ecosystem model used to estimate mortality... -
Federal
RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Building Resilience for Oysters, Blue Crabs, and Spotted Seatrout to Environmental Trends and Variability in the Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project explores how oyster, blue crab, and spotted seatrout populations respond to human and environmental changes with the goal of improving the management of... -
Federal
RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Ecosystem Modeling to Improve Fisheries Management in the Gulf of Mexico
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project will integrate information on ecosystem stressors and predator-prey interactions into the fisheries assessment and management process in the Gulf of Mexico. -
Federal
RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: A Web-Based Interactive Decision-Support Tool for Adaptation of Coastal Urban and Natural Ecosystems (ACUNE) in Southwest Florida
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project will develop a decision-support tool to aid resource managers, municipalities, and a county with decisions related to the preservation and restoration of... -
Federal
RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Evaluation of Gulf of Mexico oceanographic observation networks impact assessment on ecosystem management and recommendation
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project will assess Gulf of Mexico observation networks from an ecosystem management perspective, based on an approach that has been successfully used to assess... -
Federal
RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: SPAT: Shellfish Portfolio Assessment Tool
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project will design, test, and put into use a decision support tool to assist resource managers and oyster farmers in optimizing oyster resources in the State of...