NOAACOOPERATIVEINSTITUTEFOR
OCEANEXPLORATION,RESEARCHANDTECHNOLOGY
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.
NOAACOOPERATIVEINSTITUTEFOR
OCEANEXPLORATION,RESEARCHANDTECHNOLOGY
www.cioert.org
NOAAFisheriesTechnologyProjects
• SRI:Real-TimeImageDetec2onandTrackingforImprovedFishClassifica2onandCoun2ng
• USF:Instrumen2ngandTes2ngaFisheryEchosounderinanOceanGlider
• USF:UntrawlableHabitatStrategicIni2a2ve:SnapperandGrouperBehaviortowardCBASSandOtherMovingCameraVehicles
• TheshallowestknownLopheliaecosystemintheU.S.wasdiscoveredat~200moffJacksonville,Florida.
• Thesouthern-mostlivingdeepwaterLopheliareefinthecon2nentalU.S.waterswasdiscoveredat500mofftheFloridaKeys.
• AnewLopheliareefwasdiscoveredinthesoutheasternGulfofMexico.
DeepCoral“Superla2ves”