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National Marine Sanctuaries as Sentinel Sites for a Demonstration Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON)

Muller-Karger, Frank: University of South Florida (Project Lead)

Project Funding: 2014 - 2019

NRA: 2014 NOPP: National Oceanographic Partnership Program Broad Agency Announcement   

Funded by NASA

Abstract:
This project will support the implementation of a Demonstration Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) designed to monitor changes in marine biodiversity within three US National Marine Sanctuaries: Florida Keys, Flower Garden Banks, and Monterey Bay. The objectives are to 1) Integrate and synthesize information from ongoing monitoring programs coordinated by the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS); 2) Define the minimum set of observations required for implementing a practical, useful MBON; 3) Develop technology for biodiversity assessments through emerging environmental DNA (eDNA) molecular methods and autonomous sample collection; 4) Integrate biodiversity measurements in a relational database that links to national and international biodiversity databases and that informs NOAA’s emergency response system; 5) Establish a protocol for MBON information to dynamically update Sanctuary status and trends reports; and 6) Understand the linkages between marine biodiversity and the social-economic context of a region. The program will use the novel eDNA techniques and ongoing observations to evaluate habitat diversity and diversity of lower to higher trophic levels, to define the ecological state variables responsible for significant change in biodiversity indices and help identify invasive species. Multidisciplinary remote sensing will be used to evaluate dynamic ‘seascapes’ to extend the spatial footprint of the in situ data. These time series of biodiversity and environmental observations will help construct conceptual and forecast models of the inter-relations between human dimensions, climate and environmental variability, and ecosystem structure at multiple trophic levels. A plan to transition the MBON to operations will be developed in partnership with NOAA and the IOOS program. This effort is structured to address the Pressure-State-Response framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and to assess ecosystem integrity, advance protection of marine resources, and promote conservation.

Publications:

Andruszkiewicz, E. A., Starks, H. A., Chavez, F. P., Sassoubre, L. M., Block, B. A., Boehm, A. B. 2017. Biomonitoring of marine vertebrates in Monterey Bay using eDNA metabarcoding. PLOS ONE. 12(4), e0176343. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176343

Barnes, B. B., Hallock, P., Hu, C., Muller-Karger, F., Palandro, D., Walter, C., Zepp, R. 2015. Prediction of coral bleaching in the Florida Keys using remotely sensed data. Coral Reefs. 34(2), 491-503. DOI: 10.1007/s00338-015-1258-2

Bax, N. J., Miloslavich, P., Muller-Karger, F. E., Allain, V., Appeltans, W., Batten, S. D., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Buttigieg, P. L., Chiba, S., Costa, D. P., Duffy, J. E., Dunn, D. C., Johnson, C. R., Kudela, R. M., Obura, D., Rebelo, L., Shin, Y., Simmons, S. E., Tyack, P. L. 2019. A Response to Scientific and Societal Needs for Marine Biological Observations. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00395

Bosquilia, R. W., Neale, C. M., Duarte, S. N., Longhi, S. J., Ferraz, S. F. D. B., Muller-Karger, F. E. 2019. Evaluation of evapotranspiration variations according to soil type using multivariate statistical analysis. Geoderma. 355, 113906. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.113906

Canonico, G., Buttigieg, P. L., Montes, E., Muller-Karger, F. E., Stepien, C., Wright, D., Benson, A., Helmuth, B., Costello, M., Sousa-Pinto, I., Saeedi, H., Newton, J., Appeltans, W., Bednarsek, N., Bodrossy, L., Best, B. D., Brandt, A., Goodwin, K. D., Iken, K., Marques, A. C., Miloslavich, P., Ostrowski, M., Turner, W., Achterberg, E. P., Barry, T., Defeo, O., Bigatti, G., Henry, L., Ramiro-Sanchez, B., Duran, P., Morato, T., Roberts, J. M., Garcia-Alegre, A., Cuadrado, M. S., Murton, B. 2019. Global Observational Needs and Resources for Marine Biodiversity. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00367

Capotondi, A., Jacox, M., Bowler, C., Kavanaugh, M., Lehodey, P., Barrie, D., Brodie, S., Chaffron, S., Cheng, W., Dias, D. F., Eveillard, D., Guidi, L., Iudicone, D., Lovenduski, N. S., Nye, J. A., Ortiz, I., Pirhalla, D., Pozo Buil, M., Saba, V., Sheridan, S., Siedlecki, S., Subramanian, A., de Vargas, C., Di Lorenzo, E., Doney, S. C., Hermann, A. J., Joyce, T., Merrifield, M., Miller, A. J., Not, F., Pesant, S. 2019. Observational Needs Supporting Marine Ecosystems Modeling and Forecasting: From the Global Ocean to Regional and Coastal Systems. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00623

Closek, C. J., Santora, J. A., Starks, H. A., Schroeder, I. D., Andruszkiewicz, E. A., Sakuma, K. M., Bograd, S. J., Hazen, E. L., Field, J. C., Boehm, A. B. 2019. Marine Vertebrate Biodiversity and Distribution Within the Central California Current Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) Metabarcoding and Ecosystem Surveys. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00732

Djurhuus, A., Closek, C. J., Kelly, R. P., Pitz, K. J., Michisaki, R. P., Starks, H. A., Walz, K. R., Andruszkiewicz, E. A., Olesin, E., Hubbard, K., Montes, E., Otis, D., Muller-Karger, F. E., Chavez, F. P., Boehm, A. B., Breitbart, M. 2020. Environmental DNA reveals seasonal shifts and potential interactions in a marine community. Nature Communications. 11(1). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-14105-1

Duffy, J. E., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Trinanes, J., Muller-Karger, F. E., Ambo-Rappe, R., Bostrom, C., Buschmann, A. H., Byrnes, J., Coles, R. G., Creed, J., Cullen-Unsworth, L. C., Diaz-Pulido, G., Duarte, C. M., Edgar, G. J., Fortes, M., Goni, G., Hu, C., Huang, X., Hurd, C. L., Johnson, C., Konar, B., Krause-Jensen, D., Krumhansl, K., Macreadie, P., Marsh, H., McKenzie, L. J., Mieszkowska, N., Miloslavich, P., Montes, E., Nakaoka, M., Norderhaug, K. M., Norlund, L. M., Orth, R. J., Prathep, A., Putman, N. F., Samper-Villarreal, J., Serrao, E. A., Short, F., Pinto, I. S., Steinberg, P., Stuart-Smith, R., Unsworth, R. K. F., van Keulen, M., van Tussenbroek, B. I., Wang, M., Waycott, M., Weatherdon, L. V., Wernberg, T., Yaakub, S. M. 2019. Toward a Coordinated Global Observing System for Seagrasses and Marine Macroalgae. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00317

Fennel, K., Alin, S., Barbero, L., Evans, W., Bourgeois, T., Cooley, S., Dunne, J., Feely, R. A., Hernandez-Ayon, J. M., Hu, X., Lohrenz, S., Muller-Karger, F., Najjar, R., Robbins, L., Shadwick, E., Siedlecki, S., Steiner, N., Sutton, A., Turk, D., Vlahos, P., Wang, Z. A. 2019. Carbon cycling in the North American coastal ocean: a synthesis. Biogeosciences. 16(6), 1281-1304. DOI: 10.5194/bg-16-1281-2019

Gomez, F. A., Lee, S., Hernandez, F. J., Chiaverano, L. M., Muller-Karger, F. E., Liu, Y., Lamkin, J. T. 2019. ENSO-induced co-variability of Salinity, Plankton Biomass and Coastal Currents in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Scientific Reports. 9(1). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36655-y

Gomez, F. A., Lee, S., Liu, Y., Hernandez Jr., F. J., Muller-Karger, F. E., Lamkin, J. T. 2018. Seasonal patterns in phytoplankton biomass across the northern and deep Gulf of Mexico: a numerical model study. Biogeosciences. 15(11), 3561-3576. DOI: 10.5194/bg-15-3561-2018

Goodwin, K. D., Muller-Karger, F. E., Djurhuus, A., Zeigler Allen, L., Allen, A. E., McCrow, J. P., Canonico Hyde, G. 2019. Molecular Approaches for an Operational Marine Biodiversity Observation Network in: World Seas: an Environmental Evaluation. Elsevier, 613-631. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-805052-1.00032-2

Hartman, S., Hallock, P., Muller-Karger, F. 2022. Obligation to Enhance OBIS Data for Sea- and Shorebirds of the Americas. Diversity. 14(12), 1099. DOI: 10.3390/d14121099

Hu, C., Feng, L., Holmes, J., Swayze, G. A., Leifer, I., Melton, C., Garcia, O., MacDonald, I., Hess, M., Muller-Karger, F., Graettinger, G., Green, R. 2018. Remote sensing estimation of surface oil volume during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico: scaling up AVIRIS observations with MODIS measurements. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. 12(02), 1. DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.12.026008

Johns, E. M., Lumpkin, R., Putman, N. F., Smith, R. H., Muller-Karger, F. E., T. Rueda-Roa, D., Hu, C., Wang, M., Brooks, M. T., Gramer, L. J., Werner, F. E. 2020. The establishment of a pelagic Sargassum population in the tropical Atlantic: Biological consequences of a basin-scale long distance dispersal event. Progress in Oceanography. 182, 102269. DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102269

Kavanaugh, M. T., Church, M. J., Davis, C. O., Karl, D. M., Letelier, R. M., Doney, S. C. 2018. ALOHA From the Edge: Reconciling Three Decades of in Situ Eulerian Observations and Geographic Variability in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00130

Kavanaugh, M. T., Church, M. J., Davis, C. O., Karl, D. M., Letelier, R. M., Doney, S. C. 2018. ALOHA From the Edge: Reconciling Three Decades of in Situ Eulerian Observations and Geographic Variability in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00130

Kavanaugh, M. T., Oliver, M. J., Chavez, F. P., Letelier, R. M., Muller-Karger, F. E., Doney, S. C. 2016. Seascapes as a new vernacular for pelagic ocean monitoring, management and conservation. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 73(7), 1839-1850. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsw086

Kavanaugh, M. T., Rheuban, J. E., Luis, K. M. A., Doney, S. C. 2017. Thirty-Three Years of Ocean Benthic Warming Along the U.S. Northeast Continental Shelf and Slope: Patterns, Drivers, and Ecological Consequences. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 122(12), 9399-9414. DOI: 10.1002/2017JC012953

Laureano-Rosario, A. E., Duncan, A. P., Symonds, E. M., Savic, D. A., Muller-Karger, F. E. 2018. Predicting culturable enterococci exceedances at Escambron Beach, San Juan, Puerto Rico using satellite remote sensing and artificial neural networks. Journal of Water and Health. 17(1), 137-148. DOI: 10.2166/wh.2018.128

Le Henaff, M., Muller-Karger, F. E., Kourafalou, V. H., Otis, D., Johnson, K. A., McEachron, L., Kang, H. 2019. Coral mortality event in the Flower Garden Banks of the Gulf of Mexico in July 2016: Local hypoxia due to cross-shelf transport of coastal flood waters? Continental Shelf Research. 190, 103988. DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2019.103988

Lizcano-Sandoval, L., Anastasiou, C., Montes, E., Raulerson, G., Sherwood, E., Muller-Karger, F. E. 2022. Seagrass distribution, areal cover, and changes (1990-2021) in coastal waters off West-Central Florida, USA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 279, 108134. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2022.108134

Louca, S., Taylor, G. T., Astor, Y. M., Buck, K. N., Muller-Karger, F. E. 2022. Transport-limited reactions in microbial systems. Environmental Microbiology. 25(2), 268-282. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16275

Lutz, V., Chidiak, M., Frouin, R., Negri, R., Dogliotti, A. I., Santamaria-del-Angel, E., Berghoff, C. F., Rojas, J., Filipello, C., Astor, Y., Segura, V., Gonzalez-Silvera, A., Escudero, L., Ledesma, J., Ueyoshi, K., Silva, R. I., Ruiz, M. G., Cozzolino, E., Allega, L., Tan, J., Kampel, M. 2023. Regulation of CO2 by the sea in areas around Latin America in a context of climate change. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 195(3). DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-10997-1

Lutz, V., Chidiak, M., Frouin, R., Negri, R., Dogliotti, A. I., Santamaria-del-Angel, E., Berghoff, C. F., Rojas, J., Filipello, C., Astor, Y., Segura, V., Gonzalez-Silvera, A., Escudero, L., Ledesma, J., Ueyoshi, K., Silva, R. I., Ruiz, M. G., Cozzolino, E., Allega, L., Tan, J., Kampel, M. 2023. Regulation of CO2 by the sea in areas around Latin America in a context of climate change. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 195(3). DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-10997-1

MacDonald, I. R., Garcia-Pineda, O., Beet, A., Daneshgar Asl, S., Feng, L., Graettinger, G., French-McCay, D., Holmes, J., Hu, C., Huffer, F., Leifer, I., Muller-Karger, F., Solow, A., Silva, M., Swayze, G. 2015. Natural and unnatural oil slicks in the G ulf of M exico. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 120(12), 8364-8380. DOI: 10.1002/2015jc011062

McCarthy, M. J., Colna, K. E., El-Mezayen, M. M., Laureano-Rosario, A. E., Mendez-Lazaro, P., Otis, D. B., Toro-Farmer, G., Vega-Rodriguez, M., Muller-Karger, F. E. 2017. Satellite Remote Sensing for Coastal Management: A Review of Successful Applications. Environmental Management. 60(2), 323-339. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-017-0880-x

McCarthy, M. J., Radabaugh, K. R., Moyer, R. P., Muller-Karger, F. E. 2018. Enabling efficient, large-scale high-spatial resolution wetland mapping using satellites. Remote Sensing of Environment. 208, 189-201. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.021

McCarthy, M., Dimmitt, B., Muller-Karger, F. 2018. Rapid Coastal Forest Decline in Florida's Big Bend. Remote Sensing. 10(11), 1721. DOI: 10.3390/rs10111721

Miloslavich, P., Bax, N. J., Simmons, S. E., Klein, E., Appeltans, W., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Andersen Garcia, M., Batten, S. D., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Checkley, D. M., Chiba, S., Duffy, J. E., Dunn, D. C., Fischer, A., Gunn, J., Kudela, R., Marsac, F., Muller-Karger, F. E., Obura, D., Shin, Y. 2018. Essential ocean variables for global sustained observations of biodiversity and ecosystem changes. Global Change Biology. 24(6), 2416-2433. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14108

Miloslavich, P., Zitoun, R., Urban, E. R., Muller-Karger, F., Bax, N. J., Arbic, B. K., Lara-Lopez, A., Delgado, C., Metian, M., Seeyave, S., Swarzenski, P. W., Uku, J., Valauri-Orton, A. 2022. Developing Capacity for Ocean Science and Technology in: Blue Economy. Springer Nature Singapore, 467-504. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-5065-0_15

Min, M. A., Needham, D. M., Sudek, S., Truelove, N. K., Pitz, K. J., Chavez, G. M., Poirier, C., Gardeler, B., von der Esch, E., Ludwig, A., Riebesell, U., Worden, A. Z., Chavez, F. P. 2023. Ecological divergence of a mesocosm in an eastern boundary upwelling system assessed with multi-marker environmental DNA metabarcoding. Biogeosciences. 20(7), 1277-1298. DOI: 10.5194/bg-20-1277-2023

Montes, E., Djurhuus, A., Muller-Karger, F. E., Otis, D., Kelble, C. R., Kavanaugh, M. T. 2020. Dynamic Satellite Seascapes as a Biogeographic Framework for Understanding Phytoplankton Assemblages in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, United States. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00575

Montes, E., Muller-Karger, F. E., Cianca, A., Lomas, M. W., Lorenzoni, L., Habtes, S. 2016. Decadal variability in the oxygen inventory of North Atlantic subtropical underwater captured by sustained, long-term oceanographic time series observations. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 30(3), 460-478. DOI: 10.1002/2015gb005183

Muhling, B. A., Brill, R., Lamkin, J. T., Roffer, M. A., Lee, S., Liu, Y., Muller-Karger, F. 2016. Projections of future habitat use by Atlantic bluefin tuna: mechanistic vs. correlative distribution models. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 74(3), 698-716. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsw215

Muller-Karger, F. E., Astor, Y. M., Benitez-Nelson, C. R., Buck, K. N., Fanning, K. A., Lorenzoni, L., Montes, E., Rueda-Roa, D. T., Scranton, M. I., Tappa, E., Taylor, G. T., Thunell, R. C., Troccoli, L., Varela, R. 2019. The Scientific Legacy of the CARIACO Ocean Time-Series Program. Annual Review of Marine Science. 11(1), 413-437. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010318-095150

Muller-Karger, F. E., Hestir, E., Ade, C., Turpie, K., Roberts, D. A., Siegel, D., Miller, R. J., Humm, D., Izenberg, N., Keller, M., Morgan, F., Frouin, R., Dekker, A. G., Gardner, R., Goodman, J., Schaeffer, B., Franz, B. A., Pahlevan, N., Mannino, A. G., Concha, J. A., Ackleson, S. G., Cavanaugh, K. C., Romanou, A., Tzortziou, M., Boss, E. S., Pavlick, R., Freeman, A., Rousseaux, C. S., Dunne, J., Long, M. C., Klein, E., McKinley, G. A., Goes, J., Letelier, R., Kavanaugh, M., Roffer, M., Bracher, A., Arrigo, K. R., Dierssen, H., Zhang, X., Davis, F. W., Best, B., Guralnick, R., Moisan, J., Sosik, H. M., Kudela, R., Mouw, C. B., Barnard, A. H., Palacios, S., Roesler, C., Drakou, E. G., Appeltans, W., Jetz, W. 2018. Satellite sensor requirements for monitoring essential biodiversity variables of coastal ecosystems. Ecological Applications. 28(3), 749-760. DOI: 10.1002/eap.1682

Muller-Karger, F. E., Miloslavich, P., Bax, N. J., Simmons, S., Costello, M. J., Sousa Pinto, I., Canonico, G., Turner, W., Gill, M., Montes, E., Best, B. D., Pearlman, J., Halpin, P., Dunn, D., Benson, A., Martin, C. S., Weatherdon, L. V., Appeltans, W., Provoost, P., Klein, E., Kelble, C. R., Miller, R. J., Chavez, F. P., Iken, K., Chiba, S., Obura, D., Navarro, L. M., Pereira, H. M., Allain, V., Batten, S., Benedetti-Checchi, L., Duffy, J. E., Kudela, R. M., Rebelo, L., Shin, Y., Geller, G. 2018. Advancing Marine Biological Observations and Data Requirements of the Complementary Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) Frameworks. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00211

Muller-Karger, F. E., Rueda-Roa, D., Chavez, F. P., Kavanaugh, M. T., Roffer, M. A. 2017. Megaregions among the large marine ecosystems of the Americas. Environmental Development. 22, 52-62. DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2017.01.005

Muller-Karger, F. E., Smith, J. P., Werner, S., Chen, R., Roffer, M., Liu, Y., Muhling, B., Lindo-Atichati, D., Lamkin, J., Cerdeira-Estrada, S., Enfield, D. B. 2015. Natural variability of surface oceanographic conditions in the offshore Gulf of Mexico. Progress in Oceanography. 134, 54-76. DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2014.12.007

Munoz-Mas, C., Pearlman, J., Przeslawski, R., Bushnell, M., Muller-Karger, F., Mader, J., Hermes, J., Buttigieg, P. L., Simpson, P., Pearlman, F., Horstmann, C., Wehde, H. 2021. Best Practices uptake process across the Ocean Observing Community. OCEANS 2021: San Diego - Porto. DOI: 10.23919/oceans44145.2021.9706048

Navarro, L. M., Fernandez, N., Guerra, C., Guralnick, R., Kissling, W. D., Londono, M. C., Muller-Karger, F., Turak, E., Balvanera, P., Costello, M. J., Delavaud, A., El Serafy, G., Ferrier, S., Geijzendorffer, I., Geller, G. N., Jetz, W., Kim, E., Kim, H., Martin, C. S., McGeoch, M. A., Mwampamba, T. H., Nel, J. L., Nicholson, E., Pettorelli, N., Schaepman, M. E., Skidmore, A., Sousa Pinto, I., Vergara, S., Vihervaara, P., Xu, H., Yahara, T., Gill, M., Pereira, H. M. 2017. Monitoring biodiversity change through effective global coordination. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 29, 158-169. DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.02.005

Obura, D. O., Aeby, G., Amornthammarong, N., Appeltans, W., Bax, N., Bishop, J., Brainard, R. E., Chan, S., Fletcher, P., Gordon, T. A. C., Gramer, L., Gudka, M., Halas, J., Hendee, J., Hodgson, G., Huang, D., Jankulak, M., Jones, A., Kimura, T., Levy, J., Miloslavich, P., Chou, L. M., Muller-Karger, F., Osuka, K., Samoilys, M., Simpson, S. D., Tun, K., Wongbusarakum, S. 2019. Coral Reef Monitoring, Reef Assessment Technologies, and Ecosystem-Based Management. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00580

Otis, D., Le Henaff, M., Kourafalou, V., McEachron, L., Muller-Karger, F. 2019. Mississippi River and Campeche Bank (Gulf of Mexico) Episodes of Cross-Shelf Export of Coastal Waters Observed with Satellites. Remote Sensing. 11(6), 723. DOI: 10.3390/rs11060723

Pearlman, J., Bushnell, M., Coppola, L., Karstensen, J., Buttigieg, P. L., Pearlman, F., Simpson, P., Barbier, M., Muller-Karger, F. E., Munoz-Mas, C., Pissierssens, P., Chandler, C., Hermes, J., Heslop, E., Jenkyns, R., Achterberg, E. P., Bensi, M., Bittig, H. C., Blandin, J., Bosch, J., Bourles, B., Bozzano, R., Buck, J. J. H., Burger, E. F., Cano, D., Cardin, V., Llorens, M. C., Cianca, A., Chen, H., Cusack, C., Delory, E., Garello, R., Giovanetti, G., Harscoat, V., Hartman, S., Heitsenrether, R., Jirka, S., Lara-Lopez, A., Lanteri, N., Leadbetter, A., Manzella, G., Maso, J., McCurdy, A., Moussat, E., Ntoumas, M., Pensieri, S., Petihakis, G., Pinardi, N., Pouliquen, S., Przeslawski, R., Roden, N. P., Silke, J., Tamburri, M. N., Tang, H., Tanhua, T., Telszewski, M., Testor, P., Thomas, J., Waldmann, C., Whoriskey, F. 2019. Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices and Standards for the Next Decade. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00277

Rheuban, J. E., Kavanaugh, M. T., Doney, S. C. 2017. Implications of Future Northwest Atlantic Bottom Temperatures on the American Lobster ( Homarus americanus ) Fishery. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 122(12), 9387-9398. DOI: 10.1002/2017JC012949

Rueda-Roa, D., Mendoza, J., Muller-Karger, F., Cardenas, J. J., Achury, A., Astor, Y. 2017. Spatial variability of Spanish sardine (Sardinella aurita) abundance as related to the upwelling cycle off the southeastern Caribbean Sea. PLOS ONE. 12(6), e0179984. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179984

Santora, J. A., Mantua, N. J., Schroeder, I. D., Field, J. C., Hazen, E. L., Bograd, S. J., Sydeman, W. J., Wells, B. K., Calambokidis, J., Saez, L., Lawson, D., Forney, K. A. 2020. Habitat compression and ecosystem shifts as potential links between marine heatwave and record whale entanglements. Nature Communications. 11(1). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-14215-w

Sathyendranath, S., Brewin, R., Brockmann, C., Brotas, V., Calton, B., Chuprin, A., Cipollini, P., Couto, A., Dingle, J., Doerffer, R., Donlon, C., Dowell, M., Farman, A., Grant, M., Groom, S., Horseman, A., Jackson, T., Krasemann, H., Lavender, S., Martinez-Vicente, V., Mazeran, C., Melin, F., Moore, T., Muller, D., Regner, P., Roy, S., Steele, C., Steinmetz, F., Swinton, J., Taberner, M., Thompson, A., Valente, A., Zuhlke, M., Brando, V., Feng, H., Feldman, G., Franz, B., Frouin, R., Gould, R., Hooker, S., Kahru, M., Kratzer, S., Mitchell, B., Muller-Karger, F., Sosik, H., Voss, K., Werdell, J., Platt, T. 2019. An Ocean-Colour Time Series for Use in Climate Studies: The Experience of the Ocean-Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI). Sensors. 19(19), 4285. DOI: 10.3390/s19194285

Sawaya, N. A., Djurhuus, A., Closek, C. J., Hepner, M., Olesin, E., Visser, L., Kelble, C., Hubbard, K., Breitbart, M. 2019. Assessing eukaryotic biodiversity in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary through environmental DNA metabarcoding. Ecology and Evolution. 9(3), 1029-1040. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4742

Sayre, R., Wright, D., Breyer, S., Butler, K., Van Graafeiland, K., Costello, M., Harris, P., Goodin, K., Guinotte, J., Basher, Z., Kavanaugh, M., Halpin, P., Monaco, M., Cressie, N., Aniello, P., Frye, C., Stephens, D. 2017. A Three-Dimensional Mapping of the Ocean Based on Environmental Data. Oceanography. 30(1), 90-103. DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2017.116

Schroeder, I. D., Santora, J. A., Bograd, S. J., Hazen, E. L., Sakuma, K. M., Moore, A. M., Edwards, C. A., Wells, B. K., Field, J. C. 2019. Source water variability as a driver of rockfish recruitment in the California Current Ecosystem: implications for climate change and fisheries management. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 76(6), 950-960. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2017-0480

Singh, A. A., Maharaj, A., Kumar, M., Singh, P., Singh, S., Muller-Karger, F. E., McCarthy, M., Joseph, L., Damlamian, H., Begg, Z. 2019. Developing High Resolution Baseline Coast Resource Maps Using World View 2 Imagery for a Coastal Village in Fiji. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00207

Smail, E. A., DiGiacomo, P. M., Seeyave, S., Djavidnia, S., Celliers, L., Le Traon, P., Gault, J., Escobar-Briones, E., Plag, H., Pequignet, C., Bajona, L., Zhang, L., Pearlman, J., Steven, A., Hodge, J., Racault, M., Storlazzi, C., Skirving, W., Hoeke, R., Marra, J., van Dongeren, A., Muller-Karger, F., Cripe, D., Takaki, D. 2019. An introduction to the 'Oceans and Society: Blue Planet' initiative. Journal of Operational Oceanography. 12(sup2), S1-S11. DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2019.1634959

Soto, I. M., Cannizzaro, J., Muller-Karger, F. E., Hu, C., Wolny, J., Goldgof, D. 2015. Evaluation and optimization of remote sensing techniques for detection of Karenia brevis blooms on the West Florida Shelf. Remote Sensing of Environment. 170, 239-254. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.09.026

Speich, S., Lee, T., Muller-Karger, F., Lorenzoni, L., Pascual, A., Jin, D., Delory, E., Reverdin, G., Siddorn, J., Lewis, M. R., Marba, N., Buttigieg, P. L., Chiba, S., Manley, J., Kabo-Bah, A. T., Desai, K., Ackerman, A. 2019. Editorial: Oceanobs'19: An Ocean of Opportunity. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00570

Symonds, E. M., Sinigalliano, C., Gidley, M., Ahmed, W., McQuaig-Ulrich, S. M., Breitbart, M. 2016. Faecal pollution along the southeastern coast of Florida and insight into the use of pepper mild mottle virus as an indicator. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 121(5), 1469-1481. DOI: 10.1111/jam.13252

Torres, H. R., Reynolds, C. J., Lewis, A., Muller-Karger, F., Alsharif, K., Mastenbrook, K. 2019. Examining youth perceptions and social contexts of litter to improve marine debris environmental education. Environmental Education Research. 25(9), 1400-1415. DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2019.1633274

Valente, A., Sathyendranath, S., Brotas, V., Groom, S., Grant, M., Taberner, M., Antoine, D., Arnone, R., Balch, W. M., Barker, K., Barlow, R., Belanger, S., Berthon, J., Besiktepe, S., Borsheim, Y., Bracher, A., Brando, V., Canuti, E., Chavez, F., Cianca, A., Claustre, H., Clementson, L., Crout, R., Frouin, R., Garcia-Soto, C., Gibb, S. W., Gould, R., Hooker, S. B., Kahru, M., Kampel, M., Klein, H., Kratzer, S., Kudela, R., Ledesma, J., Loisel, H., Matrai, P., McKee, D., Mitchell, B. G., Moisan, T., Muller-Karger, F., O'Dowd, L., Ondrusek, M., Platt, T., Poulton, A. J., Repecaud, M., Schroeder, T., Smyth, T., Smythe-Wright, D., Sosik, H. M., Twardowski, M., Vellucci, V., Voss, K., Werdell, J., Wernand, M., Wright, S., Zibordi, G. 2019. A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean-colour satellite applications - version two. Earth System Science Data. 11(3), 1037-1068. DOI: 10.5194/essd-11-1037-2019

Yurganov, L., Muller-Karger, F. and Leifer, I., 2019. Methane increase over the Barents and Kara seas after the autumn pycnocline breakdown: satellite observations. Advances in Polar Science, pp.382-390. DOI: 10.13679/j.advps.2019.0024

Zhang, M., English, D., Hu, C., Carlson, P., Muller-Karger, F. E., Toro-Farmer, G., Herwitz, S. R. 2016. Short-term changes of remote sensing reflectancein a shallow-water environment: observations from repeated airborne hyperspectral measurements. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 37(7), 1620-1638. DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2016.1159746

Zhang, M., Hu, C., English, D., Carlson, P., Muller-Karger, F. E., Toro-Farmer, G., Herwitz, S. R. 2015. Atmospheric Correction of AISA Measurements Over the Florida Keys Optically Shallow Waters: Challenges in Radiometric Calibration and Aerosol Selection. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 8(8), 4189-4196. DOI: 10.1109/jstars.2015.2437326

2015 NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop Poster(s)

  • Climate-induced shifts of pelagic habitat revealed through seascape-based model intercomparison   --   (Maria T Kavanaugh, Ivan Lima, Scott Doney)   [abstract]
  • National Marine Sanctuaries as Sentinel Sites for a Demonstration Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON): Remote Sensing of Dynamic Biogeographical Seascapes   --   (Maria T Kavanaugh, Scott Doney, Frank Muller-Karger, Francisco Chavez, Enrique Montes, Steve Gittings)   [abstract]

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