1. Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, MarineGEOSmithsonian Environmental Research Center Edgewater Maryland
2. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary Gloucester Point Virginia
3. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences,Center for Ocean Health East Boothbay Maine
4. Department of BiologySonoma State University Rohnert Park California
5. Baruch Marine Field LaboratoryUniversity of South Carolina Georgetown South Carolina
6. Soil and Water Sciences Department, Tropical Research and Education CenterUniversity of Florida Homestead Florida
7. The Nature Conservancy & Institute of Marine SciencesUniversity of California Santa Cruz California