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Project Explorer

Marsh Creation Planning

conservation planning, data synthesis, Decision support tool, Ecosystem models, long-term monitoring
The project team will collaboratively scope and design research to inform decisions about the design of marsh creation projects.

Marsh Food Webs

coastal management, conservation planning, data synthesis, Decision support tool, Ecosystem models, ecosystem restoration, food webs, water quality
This project is investigating how river diversions influence the living communities, food web structure, and function of created versus natural marshes to inform the development of marsh restoration strategies.

Migratory Birds

coastal management, conservation planning, food webs, habitat quality
This project investigating migratory bird use of stopover habitats to inform bird habitat protection and restoration decisions in the Gulf of Mexico region.

Mobile Bay Tool

coastal management, Decision support tool, long-term monitoring, natural disasters, water quality
This project improved and expanded an observing network and website that provides accurate real-time weather and water quality data to Alabama environmental managers and the public.

Multiple Stressors on Dolphins

Decision support tool, endangered species, pollution/contaminant management
This project will establish a collaborative working group to scope and design an evaluation framework for the assessment and restoration of Gulf of Mexico marine mammals in the face of multiple stressors.

Observing Systems and Ecosystem Management

conservation planning, data synthesis, Decision support tool, physical oceanography, water quality
This project assessed Gulf of Mexico observation networks from an ecosystem management perspective, based on an approach that has been successfully used to assess the capacity of ocean observing networks to effectively monitor ocean circulation.

Oyster Contaminants

commercially important species, ecosystem restoration, oyster restoration, pollution/contaminant management
This project is testing whether trace elements associated with oil can be detected in oyster shells and serve as an indicator of oil exposure, thus providing resource managers with a way to detect past oil exposure on oyster reefs.

Oyster Planning Tool

data synthesis, Decision support tool, fishery management, oyster restoration, socioeconomic analysis
This project designed, tested, and applied a decision support tool to assist resource managers and oyster farmers in optimizing oyster resources in the State of Mississippi.

Oysters, Blue Crabs, Seatrout

climate change, commercially important species, data synthesis, fishery management, habitat quality, long-term monitoring, water quality
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 these economically and culturally important species.

Planning Next-Generation Fishery Forecasting Needs

data synthesis, Decision support tool, fishery management
The project team will develop a roadmap for improving fishery forecasting by accounting for future environmental and management impacts to Gulf of Mexico fisheries.

Red Snapper Management Tool

commercially important species, Decision support tool, Ecosystem models, fishery management
This project works with fishery managers to develop a decision-support tool to assess the effectiveness of different long-term management strategies and short-term management regulations for the red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico.

Reef Fish Depredation

data synthesis, Decision support tool, Ecosystem models, fishery management
The project team plans to describe the extent of depredation, or the removal of captured fish by non-target species before the fish can be retrieved by a fishing vessel, in the Gulf of Mexico to improve reef fish stock assessments.

Reef Fish Survey

commercially important species, data synthesis, Decision support tool, Ecosystem models, fishery management
This project combines habitat and water quality information with three integrated reef fish surveys to improve stock assessments of important fisheries by producing the most comprehensive database available for Gulf reef-fish abundance, size, and community composition.

Rice’s Whales

conservation planning, endangered species, food webs, habitat quality
This project is developing a comprehensive ecological understanding of Gulf of Mexico Bryde's Whales, including the physical, oceanographic, and biological features defining critical habitat and their ecological role in Gulf of Mexico marine food webs.

Sargassum

commercially important species, Ecosystem models, fishery management, habitat quality
This project evaluates the importance of sargassum as a nursery habitat for fish in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Seagrass Restoration & Resiliency

climate change, data synthesis, Decision support tool, Ecosystem models, ecosystem restoration, habitat quality
This project will work to reduce the uncertainties of seagrass restoration by considering the impacts of genetic variation in remaining seagrass beds.

Shorebird Habitat Restoration

coastal management, data synthesis, Decision support tool, Ecosystem models, habitat quality
This project will develop a research and application plan to incorporate elevation profiles into restoration projects to enhance shorebird habitat in the Salt Bayou ecosystem on the upper Texas coast.

Socioeconomic Impacts of Restoration

data synthesis, Decision support tool, Ecosystem models, pollution/contaminant management, socioeconomic analysis
This project will scope and design socioeconomic research to inform restoration planning decisions made for pollution incidents in the Gulf of Mexico.

Spawning Aggregations

conservation planning, data synthesis, fishery management, long-term monitoring
This project identified fish spawning aggregation areas in the Gulf of Mexico to provide the basis for fisheries research and conservation programs.

Tampa Bay Restoration

coastal management, Decision support tool, Ecosystem models, pollution/contaminant management, water quality
This project will guide and inform priority management options to reduce blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate, Pyrodinium bahamense, Tampa Bay.

Turtlegrass

commercially important species, Ecosystem models, fishery management, food webs, habitat quality
This project assesses the use of turtlegrass by finfish and shellfish across the northern Gulf Mexico and evaluates the specific ways seagrass supports blue crabs, a commercially important species.

Water Quality in the Mississippi Sound Estuary

Decision support tool, Ecosystem models, fishery management, oyster restoration, water quality
Managers and scientists will collaborate on a research plan to develop a science-based tool for quantifying and reducing critical uncertainties and supporting management of the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama Coastal System, especially with regard to water quality and oyster habitat.