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NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) conduct a variety of coastal environmental monitoring and research studies that generate invaluable data sets and reference information on coastal ecosystem and stressors. NCCOS data consists of digital imagery as well as chemical, biological and physical measurements and is used to describe ecosystems, forecast current and future ecological health, and evaluate management strategies.
- NOAA’s National Status and Trends Program (NS&T): NS&T is the longest running national coastal monitoring program in the United States and is the "go–to–place" for chemical, impacts data and information. The program is part of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and includes Mussel Watch, Bioeffect Assessments, Benthic Surveillance, and a variety of special studies.
- NOAA Bathymetry Data for Estuaries in the United States The National Ocean Service’s (NOS) Estuarine Bathymetry is a digital raster compilation of NOS’s hydrographic survey data for selected U.S. estuaries. These data provide an important piece of the mapping puzzle to those managing our Nation’s valuable estuarine resources.
- NOS Data
Explorer: This site is a portal to NOS spatial data. In addition
to products, NCCOS Biogeography and National Status and Trends data
are available through this site.
Note: NOS Data Explorer uses pop–up windows. Please check your browser settings to make sure that this feature is enabled. - National Benthic Inventory: This site provides access to NCCOS’ National Benthic Inventory data. This includes information on benthic species distributions and a corresponding taxonomic voucher collection of preserved benthic specimens.
- Georgia Coastal Analysis Partnership: This links to the Georgia Coastal Analysis Partnership website where you can access monitoring data collected along the coast of Georgia by NOAA, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Skidaway
- Finbase website: FinBase is a customized Microsoft Access database that stores and manages textual and numerical data from photo–identification surveys of bottlenose dolphins. It also performs many of the tasks associated with image management and analysis.
- ReefFish database: The ReefFish database is a web–enabled Coral Reef Ecosystem database housing coral, fish, and conch monitoring data, including photographs, from 1999–present.
- Water Temperature from 1974–Present from the eastern dock at CCFHR in Beaufort, N.C. Download: Excel | CSV | HTML