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NOAAsupports16NOAACoopera@veIns@tutes

•  Academicandnon-profitresearchins@tu@onsthatdemonstratethehighestlevelofperformanceandconductresearchtosupportNOAA'sMissionGoalsandStrategicPlan

•  Linkresourcesofaresearch-orienteduniversityorins2tu2onwithOARandotherbranchesofNOAAtodevelopandmaintainacenterofexcellenceinresearchrelevanttoNOAA’smission.

•  Formal,collabora@velong-termresearchpartnerships•  EstablishedunderaMemorandumofAgreement(MOA)

• TaskI:Administra2onandEduca2on• TaskIA:Administra2on&managementoftheCI• TaskIB:Generaleduca2on,outreach,&R2Xac2vi2es

• TaskII:Researchac2vi2esthatinvolveon-goingdirectcollabora2onwithNOAAscien2sts.Thiscollabora2onistypicallyisfosteredbyjointpar2cipa2onofNOAAandCIscien2stsoncommiPeesandteams(andbyco-loca2onofNOAAandCIscien2sts).

• TaskIII:Researchac2vi2esthatrequireminimalcollabora2onwithNOAAscien2stsandmayincluderesearchfundedbyNOAAnon-compe22veandcompe22veintramuralandextramuralgrantprograms,aswellasfundingfromotherFederalagenciesforprojectsthataredirectlylinkedtoCIOERTthemes.

Cooperative Institute Activities = “Tasks”

Coopera2veIns2tuteResearchTopics=“Themes”

“NOAAmaintainsflexibilityindefiningtheresearchtopics(themes)oftheCIbecauseofthediversenatureofNOAAresearch.ForsomeCIs,aregionalresearchfocusmaybeappropriate,whileatothersalargerglobalperspecDvemaybenecessarytoaddressproblemsrelatedtophenomenawithlargetemporalandspaDalscales.”

Coopera2veIns2tuteInterimHandbook

NOAACOOPERATIVEINSTITUTEFOROCEAN

EXPLORATION,RESEARCHANDTECHNOLOGY

ManagingPartners:HBOI/FAUandUNCW/CMSShirleyPomponi,HBOI-FAU,PI,Execu@veDirector

DanBaden,UNCW,Co-PI,ManagingDirectorDeborahGlickson,HBOI-FAU,AssociateDirectorDennisHanisak,HBOI-FAU,Educa@onDirector

LimitedPartners:UM/RSMAS/CIMASandSRI

CIOERTThemesExplorecon@nental

shelffron@ers(withafocusonthesoutheastUS

andGulfofMexico)

Improveunderstandingofvulnerablecoral&spongeecosystems

Educate&engage:

ourNextGenworkforce!

Developadvancedunderwatertechnologies

ProjectSelec2on&PerformanceCriteria

•  AnnualSciencePlan•  Projectsdevelopedwithinthemeareas

– RelevancetoNOAApriori2es– Meritandqualityofmilestonesanddeliverables– Realis2ctransi2onplananddemonstratedreadinesslevelprogressinR2X

•  Performancemetrics–  Timelycomple2onofmilestones&deliverables

CIOERTProjectHighlights:FY09-15

•  Discoveryandprotec2onofdeepcoralreefs•  Discoveryofnoveltherapeu2cs

•  Newtechnologydevelopment

•  Explora2on,educa2on&telepresence

CIOERT Mesophotic and Deepwater MPA Study Sites

Why are these reefs important? Why do they need to be protected?

Golden crab, Chaceon fenneri, are common on the Lophelia reefs and are fished with longline crab pots, which would destroy coral habitat (Reed and Farrington, 2010).

Deepwater corals grow very slowly, ~1/2” year, and are very fragile and subject to breakage from bottom tending fishing gear, including weights, longlines, fish/crab traps and trawls. A single coral mound may be 100-thousands of years old.

Slide courtesy John Reed, HBOI-FAU

Bottom trawling for rock shrimp has devastated a vast amount of the Oculina reef habitat.

TheSAFMCrecommendedexpansionoftheOculinaHabitatAreaofPar2cularConcern

basedonthesediscoveries.

ProposedextensionapprovedJuly2015!

OculinaHAPC

Newdeepcoralsiteswithabundantcommercially-

importantfishspecieswerediscoveredalongtheFloridaeastcoast,fromJacksonvilleto

VeroBeach.

UnderstandingCoralEcosystemConnec2vityintheGulfofMexico:

PulleyRidgetotheFloridaKeysProcessestoDecision-SupportTools

NOS-NCCOS

Fisheries(SEFSC)

OAR(OER)

ProposedPulleyRidgeHAPCandTortugasMesopho2cReefHAPCextensions.

•  Map&characterizethebenthichabitat,macrobenthicbiota,andfishpopula2onswithinandadjacenttonewlydesignatedshelf-edgeMPAsandCHAPCsofftheSEUS.

•  ComparewithpriorandfuturesurveystobePerunderstandlong-termhealthandstatusoftheseimportantdeepwatercoral/spongeecosystems.

•  Provideinforma2ontoresourcemanagerstoinformdecisionsonprotectedhabitatsandmanagedkeyspecies.

•  PulleyRidgeisthedeepestknownphotosynthe2ccoralreefoffthecon2nentalU.S.

•  In2005,thruEFHauthorityoftheGOMFMC,PulleyRidgewasdesignatedasaHabitatAreaofPar2cularConcern(HAPC).

Morethan60speciesofreeffishesoccuronPulleyRidge.TheredgrouperEpinephelusmorioformslargepits6-10mwide,providinganoasisforsmaller

reeffish(likethisChromisscoG),262i.

PhotoCredit:UniversityofNorthCarolinaatWilmington,NaDonalUnderseaResearchCenter.

Mul2beamsonarmapshowingredgrouperburrows(10mdia)atPulleyRidgeHAPC

Estimated number of red grouper on Pulley Ridge = 156,000. Most burrows have 1 grouper plus 10+ lionfish.

LionfisharenowprevalentthroughoutthePulleyRidgeHAPCandinpar2cularassociatedwithredgrouperburrowsor“pits”–

depopula2ngthesmallandjuvenilereeffish?

In 2014 & 2015 we discovered vast fields of plate coral – outside of the Pulley Ridge protected area!

Mesopho@cExplora@onandCharacteriza@onintheFlowerGardenBanksNa@onalMarineSanctuary:

Evalua@ngReefResources&EcosystemConnec@vity�

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BenthicHabitatMapsbyCommunityTypeCoralReefCapZoneAlgalNodulesZoneCorallineAlgaeReefZoneDeepCoralZone

WestBank EastBank•  Overallcoralcover51%(onCap)•  Poten@alforpar@al,experimentalfisheriesclosureacer3years

ofbaselineassessment

ProjectOutcomes

•  Basedonthethreeyearsofbaselinedatacollec2onintheFlowerGardenBanks,theSanctuaryCouncilisconsideringaproposed8-yearfishingexclusioninapor2onoftheSanctuary.

CIOERTProjectHighlights

•  Discoveryandprotec2onofdeepcoralreefs•  Discoveryofnoveltherapeu2cs

•  Newtechnologydevelopment

•  Explora2on,educa2on&telepresence

Aphrocallistin Kills Cancer Cells •  Aphrocallistin was isolated from a sponge

Aphrocallistes beatrix collected in 1600 fsw off Fort Pierce

•  It shows strong selectivity for cancer cells with mutations in DNA repair

•  It is most active against triple negative breast cancer cells and malignant melanoma cancer cells

•  Compound can be synthesized: potent analog will be clinically evaluated.

•  Research to applications!

“Shrek”SpongeMayCureAlzheimers

•  compoundsac2veinAlzheimer’s•  invivo(animal)studiesplanned

CIOERTProjectHighlights

•  Discoveryandprotec2onofdeepcoralreefs•  Discoveryofnoveltherapeu2cs

•  Newtechnologydevelopment

•  Explora2on,educa2on&telepresence

CISME:NewTechnologyDevelopmenttoMeasureCoralInSituMetabolism

o  Goal:developadiver-operatedunderwaterinstrumentfornon-

destruc2velymeasuringcoralmetabolicratesinsitu

o  Measurements:respira2onrates,photosynthesisrates,andaporttocollectwatersamplesforotheranalyses(e.g.calcifica2on,nutrientandtoxicanteffects)

o  Proposeduse:rapidassessmentandmonitoringofmetabolichealthofcoralsandotherkeycoralreefspecies.

o  Capability:comparemetabolicratesamongsitesorover2me(e.g.comparediseased/bleachingandnormalappearingcorals).

o  Value:toNOAAcoralreefmonitoringandresearchprograms.

o  Techdevelopment:canbeadaptedforuseondeepcoralandotherbenthicorganismsorsubstratetypes.

Pump

Tie-downs

LEDheatsink

Pulltabs

Removablevolume

LEDcircuitboardFlowchamberSeal

Window

AutonomousUnderwaterHybridPlanorm(BluefinU-4000)IntegratedwithHighResolu2onCarbonateChemistrySensors

HydroCpCO2sensor•  High-precisionop2cal

analyzingNDIRsystem•  Standardcalibra2onis

200–1000µatm•  Op.depth2,000m•  Response2me:60•  Accuracy:±1%of

reading

SAMI-pHsensor•  Highaccuracyfastresponse•  Accuracy:+/-0.003pHunits•  Response2me:3min.•  Salinityrange:25-40•  pHrange:7-9units•  Longdeployment(234d)

CTD,DOandChlsensorswillbeintegratedaswell.OthermeasurementswillincludeCTDRosePesforwaterproper2es.

SubseaEnvironmentalLiDARTechnology•  WaveGliderSV3&FastCoastalGlider(PMEL)LiDARIntegra2on–OAR

TechnologyDevelopmentFunds•  Long-termgoal:bePerunderstandfinetemporalandspa2alscalebeam

aPenua2onandbackscaPerproper2esofundisturbedthree-dimensionalscaPeringvolumes.

•  ImportantforobservingintermiPentturbulentmixingeventsandresolvingshort-livedprocesses(e.g.,thermal,chemical,andbiologicalfluxes)throughoutthewatercolumn,whichareotherwisenearlyimpossibletocapturefromconven2onalship-basedmeasurements.

Small-volume“needle-biopsy”sampler:TheS2nger

DavidGruber,CUNYBreieretal.,DeepSeaResearch,2012,doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2012.10.006

CIOERTProjectHighlights

•  Discoveryandprotec2onofdeepcoralreefs

•  Discoveryofnoveltherapeu2cs

•  Newtechnologydevelopment

•  Explora2on,educa2on&telepresence

CIOERT Ocean Discovery Cruises

•  Pre-cruisemee@ngswithpar@cipants

•  7-10dayoceanographicresearchcruise

•  Semestercourse•  Researchposter

presenta@ons(endofcourse)

CIOERT Ocean Discovery Cruises

•  OkeanosExplorerpilotcruise–HBOIECC(CaribbeanTrenches&Seamounts,April2015)

•  Developmentofgraduatecourse–OkeanosExplorercruise(PacificMarineMonuments&Sanctuaries,September2015)

•  Telepresence–CIOERTcruises

Cooperative Institute Funding Mechanisms •  BasefundingisprovidedannuallybyNOAAtotheCI,pending

availabilityoffunds.

•  Throughoutawardperiod,fundingforaddiDonalac2vi2esisaddedtotheCIawardasproposalsaresubmiPedbytheCIandapprovedbyNOAA.

•  TheCIawardfunc2onsasanadministra@vevehicleestablishedjointlywitharesearchins2tu2ontomorecloselylinkNOAA&CIresearch.

•  BecausetheCIisestablishedthrougharigorouscompe22veprocess,fundingforanyproposalassociatedwithoneoftheapprovedscien9ficthemesisnotrequiredtoundergoacompe99vemeritreviewprocess.

•  NOAAs2llreviewseachproposaltodetermineiftheprojectisscien2ficallysound&thebudgetisappropriate.

CIOERTHistory

•  FFO:OAR-CIPO-2008-2001403•  Coopera2veAgreementawardedMay2009•  $22.5Mauthorized–5years:FY09-14•  ProgressreviewedbySABin2012:

“Outstanding”•  Non-compe22verenewal(FY14–19)•  $22.5Mauthorized–5years:FY14-19•  Todateactuals(FY09-15):$11M

FundingbySource&Type

Total:$11MM/7yrs

OERCore,$7,975,970,

71%

OERPartnership,$992,312,9%

OAR/PMEL,$962,500,9%

NMFSPartnership,$918,727,8%

DSCRTPPartnership,$311,690,3%

Leveraging

•  AcrossNOAALO’s,Labs,andCI’s– OAR(AOML,PMEL)– NOS(CSCOR,Sanctuaries)– Fisheries(SEFSC,DSCRTP)

•  AcrossFederal&StateAgencies– NIH(NCI)– DOE– StateofFlorida(DEP,FWC)– StateofNorthCarolina

NOAACollaborators•  OAR

– OER,PMEL,AOML/CIMAS

•  Fisheries–  SEFSC–  DSCRTP

•  NOS–  Sanctuaries

•  FGBNMS•  FKNMS

–  CCMA–  CSCOR

FY16andbeyond

•  Synthesize&integratethemeareas

•  Buildonsuccesses:–  Con2nuetoprovidevaluetoNOAAacrossLO’s&agencies

•  ShiimoreresourcestoHR/HRprojects

•  Roadmaptotransi2onE/R/Ttoapplica2ons

US-Cuba“SisterSanctuary”Designa2on

•  Incorporatesarela2onshipwiththeFKNMSandtheFGBNMS

– BancodeSanAntonio–FGBNMS– Guanahacabibes–FKNMS

•  Givesresearchersthekeytoevaluateecosystemfunc2onsandchangesatthetwosites.

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www.cioert.org

NOAAFisheriesTechnologyProjects

•  SRI:Real-TimeImageDetec2onandTrackingforImprovedFishClassifica2onandCoun2ng

•  USF:Instrumen2ngandTes2ngaFisheryEchosounderinanOceanGlider

•  USF:UntrawlableHabitatStrategicIni2a2ve:SnapperandGrouperBehaviortowardCBASSandOtherMovingCameraVehicles

•  TheshallowestknownLopheliaecosystemintheU.S.wasdiscoveredat~200moffJacksonville,Florida.

•  Thesouthern-mostlivingdeepwaterLopheliareefinthecon2nentalU.S.waterswasdiscoveredat500mofftheFloridaKeys.

•  AnewLopheliareefwasdiscoveredinthesoutheasternGulfofMexico.

DeepCoral“Superla2ves”