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Deep Sea Exploration and Research of Coral/Canyon/Cold seep Habitats

Deep Sea Exploration and Research of Coral/Canyon/Cold seep Habitats

Christina Kellogg is at sea April 9-30, 2019, as part of the #DeepSearch team on the NOAA ship Ron Brown with the Jason ROV. The team is collecting...

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News Briefs - February-March 2019

News Briefs - February-March 2019

Coastal and marine news highlights from across the USGS

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Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - February-March 2019

Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - February-March 2019

USGS scientists visited several coastal and offshore locations, looking for polluted sediment in Washington, monitoring beach changes in California...

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USGS scientist invited to present at Friends of Pinellas Master Naturalists annual meeting

USGS scientist invited to present at Friends of Pinellas Master Naturalists annual meeting

SPCMSC Oceanographer Kara Doran was invited to be the keynote speaker at the Friends of Pinellas Master Naturalists annual meeting on Wednesday, March...

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USGS Research Oceanographer receives international award

USGS Research Oceanographer receives international award

Lauren Toth (Research Oceanographer, SPCMSC) was awarded the International Coral Reef Society’s Young Scientist award in recognition of an exceptional...

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USGS scientists publish long-read microbiome sequences from temperate coral, providing community resource for probe and primer design

USGS scientists publish long-read microbiome sequences from temperate coral, providing community resource for probe and primer design

Astrangia poculata, the northern star coral, is a temperate scleractinian coral that has been documented on the Atlantic Coast of the United States...

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USGS SPCMSC staff participate in the Tools Showcase at Coastal GeoTools Conference 2019

USGS SPCMSC staff participate in the Tools Showcase at Coastal GeoTools Conference 2019

Xan Fredericks (USGS SPCMSC), Heather Schreppel (Cherokee Nation Technologies), and Kara Doran (USGS SPCMSC) participated in the Tools Showcase at the...

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USGS scientists collect and redeploy Gulf of Mexico Sediment Trap

USGS scientists collect and redeploy Gulf of Mexico Sediment Trap

USGS Scientist Julie Richey (USGS, Research Geologist) and collaborator from the University of South Carolina Eric Tappa will collect and redeploy the...

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USGS scientists publish results from a long-term study of Globigerinoides ruber in the Gulf of Mexico, aiding in reconstruction of past climatic conditions

USGS scientists publish results from a long-term study of Globigerinoides ruber in the Gulf of Mexico, aiding in reconstruction of past climatic conditions

The planktic foraminifer, Globigerinoides ruber, is the most widely used proxy recorder for reconstructing past temperature and salinity in the low to...

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Recent Publications - December 2018-January 2019

Recent Publications - December 2018-January 2019

List of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.

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Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - December 2018-January 2019

Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - December 2018-January 2019

Recently USGS scientists visited 10 coastal and offshore locations, studying tsunami and hurricane deposits in Hawai‘i, monitoring Cape Cod estuary...

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