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Sea Grant and Ocean Acidification

The National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant) funds research, education, and extension projects to improve community understanding of ocean and coastal acidification.

Industries depending on living marine resources are increasingly concerned about impacts of ocean acidification (OA) on marine ecosystems and subsequent social and economic impacts. Sea Grant funded research projects are designed to respond to stakeholder research questions and evaluate local environmental impacts and societal dependence on impacted species, to facilitate adaptive management strategies. As part of a broader NOAA-wide ocean acidification initiative, Sea Grant provides resource to coordinate regional and state efforts and clearly communicate how OA is affecting U.S. waters and living marine resources.

 

 

 

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SINCE 2008, SEA GRANT HAS PROVIDED

$11000000

in research funding to support innovative research that furthers the understanding of the effects of OA and related impacts on coastal communities, economies, fisheries and ecosystems

Featured Ocean Acidification Impacts

Meet Sea Grant Experts in Ocean Acidification

 

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Wei-Jun Cai, Ph.D.

Professor, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of Delaware - Dr. Wei-Jun Cai is a co-prinicpal investigator on a Delaware Sea Grant-funded project exploring the relationships of nutrients, pH and acidification to explain and possibly predict Delaware Bay water quality shifts over time.

 

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George Waldbusser, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University - Dr. George Waldbusser is currently the principal investigator of an Oregon Sea Grant-funded project examining the response of Oregon pink shrimp larvae to ocean acidification and warming.

 

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Carolyn Friedman, Ph.D.

Professor, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington - Dr. Carolyn Friedman is a prinicpal investigator on Washington Sea Grant-funded work examining the response of Pacific Northwest bivalve species such as Pacific oysters.

 

Sea Grant and OAP Partnership

 

NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) and Sea Grant began a partnership in 2016 to prioritize and invest in regional ocean and coastal acidification research to help coastal communities better adapt to ocean change. This partnership has helped address regional priority research needs and increased regional awareness of OA concerns.


2018 Fellowships

In 2018, the Mid Atlantic Sea Grant Programs and OAP funded a new regional Ocean Acidification Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Six fellowships were awarded through a competitive selection process to provide Masters and Doctoral students two years of funding during the 2018 and 2019 academic years. The fellowship will support student academic expenses, provide professional development opportunities, and facilitate interaction with ocean, coastal, and estuarine acidification stakeholders in the region.  For more information please see the fellowship announcement here:  https://spark.adobe.com/page/Ks4E6iiEfHLwG/

The following students and projects were funded through this regional initiative:

 Amanda Zahorik

 Delaware Sea Grant

 Ocean Acidification and microbially-mediated shell calcification in the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica

 Anthony Himes

 Virginia Sea Grant

 Influence of salinity history on future ocean acidification tolerance in larval Eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, in Chesapeake Bay

 Caroline Schwaner

 New York Sea Grant

 Identifying Molecular Markers associated with Resilience to Ocean Acidification in the Eastern oyster and the Northern quahog

 Elizabeth Wright-Fairbanks

 New Jersey Sea Grant

 Assessing the susceptibility of Atlantic sea scallops and surf clams to ocean acidification using glider-based monitoring and larval transport models

 Fei Da

 Virginia Sea Grant

 Chesapeake Bay acidification: From daily forecasts to half-century projections

 Teresa Schwemmer

 New York Sea Grant

 Physiology-based modeling of estuarine fishes and ecosystems under ocean acidification


2016 Research projects

In 2016, the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, in partnership with OAP, funded four 2-year research projects to address the impacts of OA on key resource species in the northeast as an aid to assist coastal communities in adapting to current and future OA conditions in the region. The following ongoing research projects were funded through this regional initiative:

 

Ocean Acidification Stories and News

NOAA Sea Grant and Ocean Acidification Program projects to examine impacts of stressors on shellfish aquaculture

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NOAA Sea Grant and Ocean Acidification Program projects to examine impacts of stressors on shellfish aquaculture

NOAA Sea Grant and the Ocean Acidification Program awarded more than $2.4 million to support projects that will address the impacts of multiple stressors on and increase resilience in shellfish aquaculture through research and industry partnerships. These projects will expand collaborations between researchers and the shellfish aquaculture industry throughout all aspects of the scientific process.

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Ocean Acidification Research Fellowship available to students in Mid-Atlantic

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Ocean Acidification Research Fellowship available to students in Mid-Atlantic

The Mid-Atlantic Sea Grant Programs (MASGP), in partnership with the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP), are pleased to announce the availability of Ocean Acidification (OA) Graduate Research Fellowships for the two-year period covering the 2018 and 2019 academic years.

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West Coast Shellfish Industry Recognizes Consequences of Ocean Acidification

West Coast Shellfish Industry Recognizes Consequences of Ocean Acidification West Coast Shellfish Industry Recognizes Consequences of Ocean Acidification
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West Coast Shellfish Industry Recognizes Consequences of Ocean Acidification

Seafood Month 2017

A survey funded by Oregon Sea Grant found that more than 80 percent of respondents from the west coast shellfish industry agree that ocean acidification is having negative consequences on production.

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