1. Department of Life SciencesTexas A&M University – Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Texas
2. Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Fort Pierce Florida
3. Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi Texas
4. UMR Littoral, Environment et SocietiesCNRS – University of La Rochelle, Institut du littoral et de l'environnement La Rochelle France