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OMAO administers the NOAA fleet of ships & aircraft and trains divers to safely facilitate Earth observation.

NOAA ship aids West Coast algae bloom study

2015
Aug 27


NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada is supporting an effort by NOAA Fisheries and university scientists to chart an extensive harmful algal bloom that spans much of the West Coast. The bloom involves some of the highest concentrations of the natural toxin domoic acid ever observed in Monterey Bay and off the Central Oregon Coast. Learn more about the study in this NOAA Fisheries web story.

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Algal Bloom, Fisheries, Survey

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Scientist

Ship

Bell M. Shimada

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Marine Operations

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