THE ANNUAL BULLETIN 2013-2014

We are pleased to present the Harbor Branch 2013-2014 Annual Bulletin: a celebration of what has been another landmark year for the researchers, educators, staff, students, volunteers and partners whose collective

talents and dedication deliver on the promise of Ocean Science for a Better World. Fulfilling this ambitious vision requires collaboration, and so the stories that follow – examples of progress in service of our 2012-2017 strategic plan, “Our Living Oceans” – are shared accomplishments.

Our research in the areas of marine ecosystem health, drug discovery, coral reefs, aquaculture, marine mammals and ocean exploration and technology depends on our success in obtaining and delivering results from competitively awarded federal and state funding, along with the sales of Florida specialty license plates. Furthermore, having an interested and engaged public that shares the wonders of marine ecosystems and appreciates the societal benefits they provide can be a catalyst for change. This was reflected in the community’s unprecedented level of interest in the Indian River Lagoon over the past year, which captured the attention of policymakers and reinforced the momentum we’ve built with more than 40 years of Lagoon research.

In 2013, we began our sixth year as a research institute of Florida Atlantic University. The mutual enrichment of research and education is providing ever-greater rewards as the interaction between students and our faculty continues to grow. Our research provides students of all ages with experiential learning as they unravel the mysteries of science and engineering in our labs and in the field. We take great pride in having the opportunity to train the next generation of ocean scientists and engineers.

Thank you for your involvement in all that we do. The benefits and challenges of our oceans are shared, and so are the solutions.

Interim Executive Director, FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

A Message From the Executive Director

“OUTSTANDING” WORK OF COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE CONTINUES FAU Harbor Branch became host to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research and Technology (CIOERT) in 2009, and in 2013 the organization received its fifth straight year of funding support and an “outstanding” rating by a NOAA-appointed external review panel. FAU and University of North Carolina Wilmington are the co-managing partners of CIOERT, which also includes University of Miami and SRI International in St. Petersburg, Fla. Research Professors Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D., and Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D., serve as Executive Director and Education Director, respectively, and several other Harbor Branch researchers serve as project leaders or participants.

Current areas of focus include discovery and characterization of unknown or poorly-known reef communities in the Gulf of Mexico, discovery of new marine resources with human health applications, research on coral diseases and continued development of instrumentation for coral health monitoring, and engagement of graduate students in exploration, research and technology development,

including development of an Exploration Command Center (ECC) for telepresence-enabled ocean exploration at Harbor Branch. Through the use of innovative communications technology, the ECC would enhance ocean research expeditions by broadening the participation and collaboration of students and researchers, the variety of objectives that can be pursued, and the number and types of places that can be explored.

EXPEDITIONS STUDY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES Establishing marine protected areas is the primary means of conserving ecologically important ocean habitats, and it’s the job of scientists to prove the productivity of the practice. Last spring, Assistant Research Professor Joshua Voss, Ph.D., was a co-principal investigator on two expeditions in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the western Gulf of Mexico, completing a three-year project to map and characterize the sea life and habitats there. The project, funded by NOAA partners including CIOERT, established baseline coral and fish community data that will be used to help develop more effective resource-management strategies for the Sanctuary.

Understanding interactions between two ecosystems was a central premise behind a multi-institution research expedition called “Coral Ecosystem Connectivity 2013: From Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys.” The Pulley Ridge Habitat Area of Particular Concern lies to the west and north of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and because of the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current, Pulley Ridge also is upstream from the Florida Keys. CIOERT investigators and Research Professors John Reed, M.Sc., and Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D., were part of the effort to

understand how marine life survives and potentially travels between these two regions.

AMENDMENT EXPANDS OCULINA CORAL PROTECTIONIn August 2013 the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) approved Coral Amendment

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OCEAN EXPLORATION8, which increases the Oculina Habitat Area of Particular Concern (HAPC) along Florida’s east coast by more than 300 square miles; a near doubling. Discovered in the 1970s by Research Professor John Reed, M.Sc., and other Harbor Branch scientists, the damaged Oculina reefs became the world’s first deep-water coral marine protected area in 1984. This latest action was built on CIOERT-led research in partnership with NOAA’s Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program. In June 2011, Reed and Biological Scientist Stephanie Farrington joined NOAA Fisheries partners to survey deep-water and shelf-edge reef sites, and discovered extensive areas of high-relief Oculina coral mounds between Cape Canaveral and St. Augustine. Previously only reefs from Fort Pierce

to Cape Canaveral were known, leading Reed to petition SAFMC to increase the Oculina HAPC. The amendment, passed after extensive negotiations with the Council and commercial trawlers and fishermen,

will provide long-term protection for these fragile reefs. The presence of relatively young Oculina coral colonies, black and gorgonian coral, sponges and various grouper species gives hope for recovery.

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NEW LASER SYSTEMS FOR UNDERSEA DEFENSE APPLICATIONS Laser technology is revolutionizing the ability of humans to visualize the undersea environment, and the Ocean Visibility and Optics Lab (OVOL), led by Associate Research Professor Fraser Dalgleish, Ph.D., and Harbor Branch Assistant Research Professors Bing Ouyang, Ph.D., and Anni Vuorenkoski Dalgleish, Ph.D., is at the forefront of the movement. The use of optical receivers such as cameras in the ocean is complicated in part by cloudy water that attenuates and spreads light, particularly as distance to the target increases. In 2013, the lab delivered a new imaging system that included a recently patented synchronous laser scanner to the U.S. Navy at the Naval Air Station Command in

Maryland. The synchronization is between the laser, which delivers bursts of nanosecond-duration pulses; the scanner, which directs the tandem movement of the laser and the telescopic receiver as each element of the scene is illuminated; and the receiver, which is turned on at precisely timed intervals to only collect the light that has interacted with each element of the scene. Long-time FAU Harbor Branch volunteer Carl Andren, a retired electronics engineer with more than 20 patents to his name, conceived, designed and developed a critical electronic subsystem for the receiver, and joined the team in Maryland to answer questions and assist with the delivery.

The work is another milestone in a relationship dating to 2008 in which OVOL supports Navair undersea electro-optic research with prototype hardware development and computer modeling to better acquire and

transmit high-resolution imagery in turbid coastal waters. Partners include local businesses in Florida and device manufacturers in Pennsylvania, France and the United Kingdom.

In 2013 the Office of Naval Research also awarded a grant to Ouyang to support development of underwater compressive sensing lidar, which uses algorithms to select for processing only the data necessary for image construction. Ouyang’s work has further support from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, which chose his “Airborne Compressive Sensing Topographic Lidar” project as one of its 40 Young Investigator Research Program grants. The project title highlights another advantage of optics relative to acoustic technology: lasers can penetrate the air-water interface, enabling underwater object detection from the air.

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Harbor Branch scientist Dr. Dennis Hanisak on the Coral Ecosystem Connectivity 2013 research expedition

Research professor John Reed conducts growth rate experiment on deep-water coral Oculina vericosa

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in 2011 and included dissolved nutrients in water samples and stable isotopes in macroalgae. Another study by Research Professor Peter McCarthy, Ph.D., and Epidemiologist Adam Schaefer, M.P.H., focusing on IRL sediments found a spike in levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in 2013 compared to 2011 and 2012 samples.

This work was supported by sales of Save Our Seas and Protect Wild Dolphins license plates, and both studies underscore the importance of long-term monitoring as a means of documenting change.

Harbor Branch researchers also served as valued resources to members of city and county commissions, Congress and the Florida Legislature. Lapointe and Schaefer were among the presenters at an August 2013 meeting convened by U.S. Senator Bill Nelson to discuss IRL issues with local community leaders, scientists and public officials. Lapointe also was among the presenters the same month at a Florida Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing, which led to the Committee’s report recommending more than $220 million in state funding to improve water quality and expand water storage and flow capacities. Also, Lapointe traveled to Washington, D.C., in October as an invited participant in Congressman Patrick Murphy’s hearing to discuss IRL issues at the federal level.

REEF STUDY LOOKS AT EFFECTS OF LAGOON FLOWS

On Florida’s east coast, most concern over freshwater discharges from Lake Okeechobee centers on how the flows affect the St. Lucie Estuary and the southern Indian River Lagoon, but FAU Harbor Branch research on the matter also includes an important

ecosystem beyond the St. Lucie Inlet. Assistant Research Professor Joshua Voss, Ph.D., Research Professor Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D., and Voss’ team are collaborating with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and St. Lucie Inlet State Park to study the effect of the discharges on the St. Lucie Reef, which is the known northern limit of many tropical coral reef species and serves as habitat for more than 250

fish species of both commercial and recreational importance. Funding sources include FWC, Florida Sea Grant, Robertson Coral Reef Program, River Branch Foundation and sales of Save Our Seas Florida license plates. The group is assessing the coral and algal communities of the reef, often in fairly challenging dive conditions, to provide data and information for enhanced adaptive management for regional restoration and conservation efforts including the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.

A NEW WAY OF MONITORING THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOONIn the summer of 2013 FAU Harbor Branch embarked on a new way of monitoring water quality parameters in the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) by installing two Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory (LOBO) devices - one in the HBOI channel and the other in the lagoon near the mouth of the channel. Harbor Branch researchers have been monitoring water quality in the lagoon for decades, but what makes this project different is that the LOBO units provide real-time, high-accuracy and high-resolution water measurement data through a dedicated interactive website accessible anytime, anywhere,

by anyone (http://fau-hboi.loboviz.com/). Introducing these devices to the lagoon enables continuous transmission of real-time physical, chemical and biological data, allowing scientists of various disciplines at Harbor Branch and at other organizations instant access to valuable information including salinity, chlorophyll, nitrates, phosphates, water temperature and turbidity.

The LOBO was developed by leading scientists with competitive funding provided by the National Science Foundation, and is used in several estuaries in Florida and the east and west coast of the U.S. The LOBO was selected by Harbor Branch for use in the IRL because it is the only technology that has been scientifically proven over time by oceanographers

and estuarine researchers to produce the highest caliber needed for oceanographic and coastal data. The goal is to have a network of LOBOs located at various points throughout the lagoon to allow for water measurement comparisons in different ecosystems of the lagoon.

RESEARCHERS A VALUED RESOURCE DURING 2013 LAGOON CRISIS Because of excessive freshwater releases, algal blooms and die-offs of seagrasses and marine creatures in the IRL, 2013 will be remembered by many as a year of crisis in the estuary. These factors generated a significant amount of local, state and national attention, including more than 100 news reports featuring FAU Harbor Branch experts and their research. At a time when runoff of lawn fertilizers dominated public discussion, Research Professor Brian Lapointe, Ph.D., reported data from an IRL-wide monitoring program that identified septic

systems as a greater source of nutrients in the northern, central and southern segments of the lagoon. Supported by sales of Save Our Seas Florida specialty license plates, the analyses were initiated

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The installation of Harbor Branch’s first LOBO device near the entrance of the HBOI channel

Dr. Brian Lapointe and research assistant Laura Herren conduct water and algae sampling in the northern Indian River Lagoon

Taylor Creek meets the Indian River Lagoon in Fort Pierce

Research professor Dr. Brian Lapointe, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and HBOI epidemiologist Adam Schaefer

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RESEARCHING TO SAVE ENDANGERED SPECIES With an estimated population of only 500, North Atlantic right whales (NARW) are the most endangered of the great whales inhabiting U.S. waters. Their primary threats are ship strikes and entanglement with fishing gear. During the 2012-2013 calving season, the FAU Harbor Branch Marine Mammal Research and Conservation Program, along with Associate Research Professor and Director of Marine Mammal Research in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Edmund Gerstein, Ph.D., and postdoctoral research associate Vasilis Trygonis, Ph.D., conducted photo-identification, surface video and synchronized underwater acoustic recordings of more than 28 NARWs. This included 13 different mother and calf pairs of the 18 total pairs sighted. Specially designed GPS-instrumented, autonomous, acoustic-recording buoys were deployed in close proximity to the whales to record the acoustic conditions and calls of known individuals. Real-time passive acoustic monitoring techniques are being developed to monitor these whales in an effort to alert and divert approaching ships. This work is supported by sales of Florida’s Protect Florida Whales specialty license plates.

COMPARATIVE DOLPHIN STUDIES For the first time since 2005, the bottlenose dolphin Health and Environmental Risk Assessment (HERA) project team returned to South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor (CHS) to continue a comparative study that began a decade ago. The research

is designed to assess individual dolphin and population health in two southeast estuarine regions, and compare the environmental and anthropogenic stressors that may affect the health and long-term viability of bottlenose dolphin

populations. HERA is conducted under NOAA Fisheries permit No. 14352-01 issued to Greg Bossart, V.M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Veterinary Officer of the Georgia Aquarium and former director of the FAU Harbor Branch Marine Mammal Research and Conservation Program (MMRC). The MMRC team provided logistical support during

the operation where 35 dolphins were captured during the seven-day period. More than 253 Indian River Lagoon and CHS dolphins have been safely captured, examined and released since HERA began in 2003. Many of the CHS dolphins examined this year had previously been examined, enabling comparisons of health changes over an extended period of time. Funding for this project was provided by a grant from the Office of Naval Research, The Low Country Institute and donations provided by the Brockman Trust and the Georgia Aquarium.

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AQUACULTUREINNOVATION CONTINUESThe ever-expanding global need for food ensures that aquaculture will remain a growth industry, but minimizing system inputs and wastes is essential to the long-term viability of the solution. The FAU Harbor Branch Aquaculture & Stock Enhancement

program is helping define the future of food production through its innovative approach to integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA). This system achieves efficiency in part by co-culturing species that are

fed and others that subsist on waste nutrients and other leave-behinds. Although the concept is ancient, there is room for innovation in species selection, nutritional management and water circulation and reuse.

As of June 2013, the prototype IMTA system, which cultures different species in separate tanks around a computer-controlled hub distributing and filtering water and wastes as needed, had been in operation for

one year. New crops of pompano and shrimp, both fed components, were introduced earlier in their development to better simulate commercial grow-out conditions. Also new to the system are sea cucumbers, a high-value seafood export that is being tested as a species to help graze on food that the shrimp produce. Other studies include integration of microalgae as a feed supplement for oysters and clams, and the use of dried

sea lettuce, a system product, as a supplemental protein for the shrimp. The work is being conducted by Principal Investigator Paul Wills, Ph.D., along with Harbor Branch scientists John Scarpa, Ph.D., Susan Laramore, Ph.D. and Dennis

Hanisak, Ph.D. and is supported by the sales of Florida’s Aquaculture specialty license plate.

MEDICINES FROM THE SEA A primary mission for the FAU Harbor Branch Marine Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Program (MBBR) is to discover marine natural products that can be used as medicines or as tools to understand the molecular basis of disease. In 2013, MBBR scientists continued this important research with the help of several new grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Over the past decade, more than 250 dolphins have been examined and released during HERA.

Research Professor and MBBR Director Amy Wright, Ph.D., secured two grants for collaborative research with University of Central Florida researchers on marine natural products for use against tuberculosis and malaria. One supports a two-year project with principal investigator Kyle Rhode, Ph.D., of UCF titled “Discovery of marine natural products targeting latent M. tuberculosis,” and the other supports a two-year project with co-investigator Debopam Chakrabarti, Ph.D., of UCF titled “Discovery of marine invertebrate-derived antimalarial agents.”

Associate Research Professor Esther Guzmán, Ph.D., and co-investigator Amy Wright, Ph.D., secured a two-year grant to identify marine natural products with potential use in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. This project initiates a screening effort to discover inhibitors of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) in pancreatic cancer cells from Harbor Branch’s unique library of marine natural products. RAGE has emerged as an important regulator of inflammatory, stress and cell survival pathways, which contribute to the aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer.

RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM THE OCEAN FAU’s Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC), led by SNMREC Executive Director Sue Skemp, made major progress in 2013 in the quest to establish the world’s first offshore ocean current turbine test site. During the summer, the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a final Environmental

Assessment with a finding of no significant impact, which was published to the Federal Register for SNMREC’s proposed offshore ocean current turbine testing facility. The ocean current turbine that will be used in the testing was constructed by engineers and fabrication technicians at FAU

Harbor Branch under the direction of SNMREC Chief Engineer Bill Baxley, who previously was Harbor Branch Director of Technical Operations. The turbine will be suspended in the water from a vessel tethered to an offshore bouy, allowing researchers to investigate new technologies that commercial turbines will eventually use. The next step in the process is to negotiate a five-year lease to conduct testing activities on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.

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FOUR DECADES OF SUMMER INTERNS

2013 marked an important milestone for the FAU Harbor Branch Summer Intern Program: this year’s group was the 40th to spend a summer studying at HBOI. The Summer Intern Program was launched in 1974 with support from the Link Foundation. Over the past four decades, the program has hosted more than 500 college and university students from around the world for a 10-week summer research experience. The 2013 cohort was sponsored by the Link Foundation,

the Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation and the Barrows Family Charitable Fund, and included 18 students from institutions including Florida Atlantic University, University of Florida, Tulane University, Centenary College, Bialystock University of Technology and the United States Coast Guard Academy.

INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST PARTNERSHIPIn collaboration with the Indian River Land Trust, FAU Harbor Branch has embarked on an innovative program that combines science with education of the next generation. The Indian River County Junior Scientist Fellows Program is engaging a group of local high school students in scientific research to manage waterfront properties and habitats

along the Indian River Lagoon. Working alongside Harbor Branch scientists, Student Fellows are learning about conservation of land and environmental issues facing the lagoon through field and laboratory activities, informal lectures and discussions. By conducting team projects, students are gaining an understanding of

environmental challenges and learning how to provide solutions by contributing critical data that is necessary in addressing the health of the lagoon.

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Four FAU graduate students conducting research at Harbor Branch were recipients of the FAU President’s Challenge Scholarship in 2013. Michael Studivan, a Ph.D. student working with Assistant Research Professor Joshua Voss, Ph.D., is using a combination of genetic analysis and adaptation experiments to determine if mesophotic coral reefs (30-150 m deep) can help to replenish degraded shallow reefs. Courtney Klepac, a

master’s student also in the Voss Lab, is assessing the ecological impacts of Lake Okeechobee discharges on St. Lucie Reef by characterizing the diversity and community structure of symbiotic algae found in corals. Marie Tarnowski, a master’s student working with Research Professor Brian Lapointe, Ph.D., is sampling the St. Sebastian River and the three main relief canals in Indian River County for levels of nitrogen and ammonia,

as well as septic tank influences, to determine from where these nutrients – which can cause algal blooms – are coming. Master’s student Katelyn Lynch, also working with Lapointe, is looking at concentrations of nutrients from storm water runoff in the seven tributaries that flow into the Indian River Lagoon at the beginning, middle and end of major storm events and tying the results back to land use (i.e., urban, agricultural or natural) in the watershed. The awards are a testament to talents and ambitions of the students.

GRADUATE STUDENTS RECEIVE PRESIDENT’S CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIPS

Deep-water sponge, Asteropus, has antimicrobial activity against MRSA

HBOI engineers contribute to the SNMREC project

HBOI’s 2013 summer internsStudents seining in the lagoon

FLORIDA MARITIMESCIENCE FESTIVALIn June 2013 hundreds of people gathered at FAU Harbor Branch for the inaugural Florida Maritime Science Festival. The event was a joint effort by HBOI, the Florida Historical Society and the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) and featured 15 exhibitors along with lectures by Harbor Branch Research Professor Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D., Jeff Moates of FPAN and Florida’s State Underwater Archaeologist Dr. Roger Smith.

EDUCATING ABOUT AQUACULTUREHBOI’s Aquaculture Center for Training, Education and Demonstration (ACTED) hosts a series of workshops throughout the summer and into the fall that aim to educate everyone from students and teachers to city planners, engineers and biologists. In June a free workshop, “Florida Pompano Culture in Recirculating Systems,” attracted 60 aquaculturists and those interested in getting into the business.

The workshop covered the culture of Florida pompano including brood-stock maintenance and conditioning, spawning techniques, larviculture protocols, use of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) for grow-out and economic outlook for RAS culture of pompano. Participants were

treated to an in-depth tour of HBOI’s RAS hatchery and grow-out facilities. The pompano research and workshop were made possible by a grant from the Aquaculture Review Council and Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

OCEAN SCIENCE LECTURE SERIES 2013 was a great year for the Ocean Science Lecture Series. Speakers drew record crowds for lectures on everything from undersea exploration and ocean acidification to marine natural products and nutrient pollution. The 2013 season marked the first off-site lecture, as HBOI partnered with the Yale Club of the Treasure Coast to host Yale University’s Sir Peter Crane. Other distinguished guest lecturers included scientists from esteemed institutions including

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FRIENDS OF HARBOR BRANCH UPDATEThis year, the Friends of Harbor Branch (FoHB) program enjoyed a 37% increase in membership, with a larger and broader audience participating in trips, tours and lectures. FoHB activities aim to advance ocean literacy and knowledge about the impressive science and discoveries led by FAU Harbor Branch.

The summer 2013 “Passport to Science” move and lecture series brought more than 900 guests to the Institute to attend 12 weekly afternoon programs about the 21st century’s most critical environmental and earth science issues. Participants learned about Harbor Branch research

on the relevant topics and earned passport stamps entitling them to a Saturday of hands-on science in the Harbor Branch labs and on the shoreline of the Indian River Lagoon.

FoHB also hosted “A September Evening at Harbor Branch,” an

exhibition of photographic artwork by Paul Marcellini in the Link Library and a book signing by Tampa Bay Times environmental reporter and author Craig Pittman. Proceeds from the fundraiser supported manatee protection and monitoring.

Member tours of Harbor Branch continue to be an attraction, with regular open-air tours being offered through the FoHB program.

To learn more about FoHB or to become a member, contact

Cindy Willson at 772-242-2226 or cwillso1@fau.edu.

HBOI Interim Executive Director Dr. Megan Davis with Norm and Sandy Stevenson at “A September Evening at Harbor Branch”

Cornell University (Bob Howarth, Ph.D.), Johns Hopkins University (Rita Colwell, Ph.D.) and University of Delaware (Jennifer Biddle, Ph.D.). Those who attend lectures in 2014 will notice that the Johnson Education Center auditorium has a brand new look and feel, thanks to funding provided by a FAU Technology Fee grant. The overhaul included the installation of three new projectors, two large side screens and a new podium. Perhaps most important, the auditorium now has streaming and recording capabilities that enable students on other campuses to view broadcast lectures from Harbor

Branch, as well as presentations from other campuses to be seen in the auditorium. For the complete

2014 winter season schedule and information visit www.fau.edu/hboi.

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The inaugural Florida Maritime Science Festival

Participants in the Florida Pompano Culture workshop examine high intensity recirculating aquaculture technology

Sir Peter Crane presents at St. Edward’s School in Vero Beach

HBOI’s newly renovated Johnson Education Center auditorium

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SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATE FY 2013 UPDATE

AQUACULTURE

$356,0992013 Revenue

Designed by renowned marine life artist and conservationist Guy Harvey, the Aquaculture plate supports the development of environmentally friendly fish farming to meet the ever-increasing demand for affordable, healthy seafood while easing harvest pressure on wild populations (see story on page 9).

PROTECT FLORIDA WHALES

$384,4912013 Revenue

Designed by renowned marine life artist and conservationist Wyland, the Protect Florida Whales plate supports research, rescue, rehabilitation and education efforts to conserve the whale species that inhabit Florida waters, including the North Atlantic Right Whale – the most endangered of all great whale species (see story on page 8).

PROTECTWILD DOLPHINS

$1,169,3352013 Revenue

Designed by Istvan “Steve” Diossy and established as the first specialty license plate to benefit Harbor Branch in 1998, Protect Wild Dolphins supports the rescue and rehabilitation of sick or injured dolphins, and important education and research initiatives that increase awareness about the need to protect wild dolphins and their threatened coastal habitat (see story on page 8).

SAVE OUR SEAS

$762,1752013 Revenue

The Guy Harvey-designed Save Our Seas license plate supports Florida marine ecosystems research and education, with emphasis on the estuary and coral reef ecology that is essential to healthy populations of fish and other marine life (see stories on pages 6-8.)

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IRL SERIES AN ANNUAL SUCCESS FAU Harbor Branch, with support from the Harbor Branch Foundation, hosts a series of events annually that focus on the lagoon. Held each February, the week includes a scientific symposium, public forum and the “Love Your Lagoon” dinner.

The Indian River Lagoon Symposium draws an average of more than 200 scientists, students, water managers and interested public to provide a forum for discussing lagoon science and its application to management of the lagoon. The symposium is followed by a “Meet the Scientists” poster session, which allows the public to interact with researchers and find out more about the lagoon-related science that is being conducted at

Harbor Branch.

The Forum on Lagoon Health is held to encourage community involvement and brings together the public and policy makers for an open discussion of what can be accomplished to improve the health of the lagoon.

Each year, the week culminates with the Harbor Branch Foundation’s annual “Love Your Lagoon” dinner. Proceeds from the event fund lagoon research.

For more information on Harbor Branch’s Lagoon Events, visit www.indianriverlagoon.org.

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE REINVIGORATED2013 proved to be a productive year for the Center of Excellence in

Biomedical & Marine Biotechnology (CEBMB), headquartered at FAU Harbor Branch. The CEBMB, established in 2003 by the Florida legislature, was reinvigorated this year with an updated website and a scientific symposium. More than 50 scientists and researchers from around the state, including Harbor Branch CEBMB members Amy Wright, Ph.D., Peter McCarthy, Ph.D., and Esther Guzmán, Ph.D., gathered for a series of short talks highlighting work related to drug discovery at FAU and partner organizations. The CEBMB is designed to bring together groups with established expertise in marine biotechnology, functional genomics and bioinformatics to discover and develop new medicines and transfer new technology related to marine drug discovery to the industrial sector.

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NATIONAL ESTUARY WORKSHOP ATTRACTS EXPERTSIn October, FAU Harbor Branch hosted a workshop for the Our Global Estuary initiative (www.ourglobalestuary.org), which brought together 50 invited participants from across the US and Australia.

Top estuarine scientists, resource managers, urban planners, environmental lawyers, tribal representatives, coastal and ocean observing system managers, educators and other stakeholders came together to discuss issues facing the world’s estuaries and how observation and prediction systems can address these issues and enhance regional and global sustainability. The workshop,

funded by proceeds from the HBOI Foundation’s annual “Love Your Lagoon” dinner and donations, was the first step toward developing a set of recommendations that can be used for estuaries worldwide, including the Indian River Lagoon, to help address science and management questions and promote stewardship.

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UNDERSTANDING MARINE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONFOUNDATION NEWS

Warm greetings on behalf of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation’s Board of Directors!

The mission of the HBOI Foundation is to support Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, and we are excited to share some news about our significant accomplishments and funding initiatives over the past year.

The Foundation hosted its second annual Love Your Lagoon event in February 2013, which was attended by over 230 people. Proceeds from this event benefitted Harbor Branch’s scientific research on the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), a 156-mile estuary located on Florida’s east coast with an estimated $3.7 billion economic impact. Proceeds also supported the 2013 IRL Symposium, an annual event designed to foster collaboration among scientists, students and agency representatives.

Our IRL fundraising efforts also provided seed funding for Harbor Branch to host the first Our Global Estuary initiative workshop in October 2013, which brought together 50 invited participants from across the US and from Australia. These key players discussed issues facing the world’s estuaries and how observation and prediction systems can address these issues. The findings from the workshop will also help with issues facing the Indian River Lagoon.

The Foundation recently made a substantial commitment to rewarding faculty excellence by funding the new Faculty Incentive Program, which provides Harbor Branch faculty and project managers recognition and monetary rewards for excellence in grantsmanship, research, education and professional achievements. The Foundation has been able to provide this much needed incentive program in times when external project awards

and funding opportunities are limited due to national, state and other budget constraints.

In addition to rewarding the current faculty members, we have also made a commitment to support the hire of 8 new research faculty positions over the next 3 years. The first two hires joined the faculty in fall of 2013, Dr. Laurent Cherubin and Dr. Mingshun Jiang, both esteemed ocean dynamics and modeling researchers. Additional faculty will expand the breadth and scope of expertise at the Institute, which will help meet the goals of the “Our Living Oceans” Strategic Plan.

As you read through the pages of this Annual Bulletin, you will note the many remarkable accomplishments and ongoing efforts of the Harbor Branch community. Attending events, joining the Friends of Harbor Branch, purchasing a specialty license plate and donating are all ways that you can champion these important research, conservation and education programs.

Please join us in supporting Harbor Branch’s mission of Ocean Science for a Better World.

Thank you,

Joseph Z. DukeHBOIF Board Chairman

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Joseph Z. DukeChair/PresidentOff Road Holdings

Michael MintonVice-Chairman/Vice-PresidentDean, Mead, Minton & Zwemer

John N. McConnell, Jr.Treasurer/Chair, Finance CommitteeLabconco Corporation

William J. Stewart, Esq.Secretary/General Counsel (ex-officio)Stewart, Evans, Stewart & Emmons, P.A.

Megan DavisInterim Executive DirectorHarbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

C. Amos BussmannSea Technology Magazine & Compass Publications, Inc.

Nancy HiggsFormer Commissioner, Brevard County, Florida

Michael O’ReillyThe Chubb Group, retired

Sherry PlymaleFormer ChairFAU Board of Trustees

Karl M. SteeneHarbor Community Bank

Robert StilleyHeart Care Imaging, Former ChairFAU Board of Trustees

Jacqui Thurlow-LippischFormer Mayor/Current Commissioner, Sewall’s Point, Florida

Michael TonerMarine Systems Group, retired

EMERITUSMarilyn C. Link

STAFF

Katha KissmanInterim Executive Directorkkissman@hboifoundation.org

Colleen BrennanDirector of Operationscbrennan@hboifoundation.org

SLP Marketingcarinsmith@fau.edu

Sixty years ago, a visionary with strong ties to the Treasure Coast set into motion a plan that has since helped launch and nurture the careers of over a thousand new scientists and engineers. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute is the legacy of founder J. Seward Johnson, Sr. and famed inventor Edwin A. Link. In 1953, Link and his wife, Marion, established the Link Foundation to enhance technical leadership in ocean science and technology by providing scholarships to graduate students. This year, the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation commemorated the 60-year milestone with a special presentation, “A 60/40 Homecoming – Celebrating 60 Years of the Link Foundation and 40 Years of the Harbor Branch Summer Internship Program.”

The lecture highlighted some of the people and projects that have been fostered over the years, and brought together interns and scholarship recipients who have benefitted from the long-standing program.

60 TH ANNIVERSARY LINK FOUNDATION CELEBRATES

FOUNDATION NEWS

Attend a Harbor Branch Event and Become a Friend

In addition to the Harbor Branch Foundation’s Love Your Lagoon Dinner held each February in support of Indian River Lagoon research and outreach (more information at www.indianriverlagoon.org), the Institute hosts a variety of events year-round. The Ocean Science Lecture Series, Mission Ocean Discovery Days and Friends of Harbor Branch membership and regular programming are great avenues to learn while having fun. Visit www.fau.edu/hboi for event listings.

Purchase a Harbor Branch Specialty License PlateProudly display your support for conserving Florida’s vital ocean resources by purchasing one or more our four Florida specialty license plates. The Harbor Branch Foundation directs proceeds from these plates to Harbor

Branch ocean exploration, research, conservation and education. Order yours today at www.myfloridaspecialtyplate.com or at your local tax collector’s office.

Donate Today

Harbor Branch researchers and educators depend on external funding to operate their research programs and train the next generation of scientists. Private gifts are essential for the continued growth and development of Harbor Branch. For more information, call the FAU Harbor Branch External Relations office at 772-242-2317 or visit www.fau.edu/hboi.

Consider a Legacy Gift

Legacy or planned giving ensures future income streams for special projects and initiatives for Harbor Branch. For more information contact Katha Kissman, Interim Executive Director, at kkissman@hboifoundation.org or 772.466.9876, ext. 224.

WAYS TO GIVE

The Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation is a 501c3 and Direct-Support Organization of FAU that provides significant support for the Institute through funding from its endowment. The Foundation also takes great pride in overseeing the highly successful specialty license plate program which funds a variety of research through the sale of the “Protect Wild Dolphins,” “Protect Florida Whales,” “Florida Aquaculture” and “Save Our Seas” specialty license plates.

Jimmie Anne Haisley, former intern and current Link Board Member Dr. Andy Clark, former intern Priscilla Winder, former intern Chip Baumberger and Marilyn C. Link with future Link intern Logan Kai Baumberger

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Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute The Annual Bulletin

2013 PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

1. Alvarado, S., Roberts, B.F., Wright, A.E. & Chakrabarti, D. (2013). The Bis(indolyl)imidazole Alkaloid Nortopsentin A Exhibits Antiplasmodial Activity. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 57(5):2362-4. doi:10.1128/AAC.02091-12

2. Barnes, B.B., Hu, C., Holekamp, K.L., Blonski, S., Spiering, B.A., Palandro, D.A. & Lapointe, B.E. (2014) Use of Landsat data to track historical water quality changes in Florida Keys marine environments. Remote Sensing of Environment, 140(1):485-96. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2013.09.020

3. Bell, P.R., Elmetri, I. & Lapointe, B.E. (2013). Evidence of Large-Scale Chronic Eutrophication in the Great Barrier Reef: Quantification of Chlorophyll a Thresholds for Sustaining Coral Reef Communities. Ambio, Oct 11 (Epub ahead of print). doi: 10.1007/s13280-013-0443-1

4. Bergfelt, D.R., Steinetz, B.G., Reif, J.S., Schaefer, A.M., Bossart, G.D., Mazzoil, M.S., Zolman, E. & Fair, P.A. (2013). Evaluation of single-sample analysis of progesterone in combination with relaxin for diagnosis of pregnancy status in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Aquatic Mammals, 35(2): 187-95. doi: 10.1578/AM.39.2.2013.187

5. Bossart, G., Arheart, K., Hunt, M., Clauss, T., Leppert, L., Roberts, K., McCulloch, S., Goldstein, J.D., Gonzalez, C., Sweeney, J., Stone, R., Fair, P.A. & Cray, C. (2012). Protein Electrophoresis of Serum from Healthy Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Aquatic Mammals, 38(4), 412-7. doi 10.1578/AM.38.4.2012.412

6. Caimi, F.M. & Dalgleish F. R. (2013). Subsea Laser Scanning and Imaging Techniques. In: Watson, J. & Zielinkski, O. (eds.) Subsea Optics and Imaging. Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge. ISBN 978-0-85709-341-7

7. Castellote, M., Leeney, R.H., O’Corry-Crowe, G., Lauhakangas, R., Kovacs, K.M., Lucey, W., Krasnova, V., Lydersen, C., Stafford, K.M. & Belikov, R. (2013). Monitoring white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) with echolocation loggers. Polar Biology, 36(4): 493-509. doi 10.1007/s00300-012-1276-2

8. Citta, J.J., Suydam, R.S., Quakenbush, L.T., Frost, K.J. & O’Corry-Crowe, G.M. (2013). Dive behavior of eastern Chukchi Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), 1998-2008. Arctic 66(4):389-406

9. Cray, C., Arheart, K., Clauss, T. , Leppert, L. , Roberts, K., McCulloch, S. , Goldstein, J.D., Gonzalez, C. & Bossart, G. (2013). Acute Phase Protein Quantitation in Serum Samples from Healthy Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 25(1): 107-11. doi: 10.1177/1040638712467986

10. Dalgleish, F.R., Vuorenkoski, A.K, Nootz, G. A., Ouyang, B. & Caimi, F.M. Environmental Performance Bounds for Undersea Pulsed Laser Serial Imagers. Journal for Underwater Acoustics (US Navy), Special Edition on Electro-Optics, 2013 Online June 27, 2013 SIPRNet

11. Dalgleish, F.R., Vuorenkoski, A.K. & Ouyang, B. (2013). Extended-Range Undersea Laser Imaging: Current Research Status and a Glimpse at Future Technologies. Marine Technology Society Journal, 47 (5):128-47. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.47.5.16

12. Edge, S.E., Shearer, T.L., Morgan, M.B. & Snell, T.W. (2013). Sub-lethal coral stress: Detecting molecular responses of coral populations to environmental conditions over space and time. Aquatic Toxicology, 128-129: 135-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.11.014

13. Fair, P. A., Romano, T., Schaefer, A.M., Reif, J.S., Bossart, G.D., Houde, M., Muir, D., Adams, J., Rice, C., Hulsey, T.C. & Peden-Adams, M. (2013). Associations between perfluoroalkyl compounds and immune and clinical chemistry parameters in highly exposed bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 32:4, 736-746. doi: 10.1002/etc.2122

14. Gibson, Q.A., Howells, E.M., Lambert, J.D., Mazzoil, M. & Richmond, J.P. (2013). The ranging patterns of female bottlenose dolphins with respect to reproductive status: Testing the concept of nursery areas. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 445:53-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2013.03.020

15. Guzmán, E., Maher, M., Temkin, A., Pitts, T. & Wright, A. (2013). Spongiatriol Inhibits Nuclear Factor Kappa B Activation and Induces Apoptosis in Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Marine Drugs, 11(4): 1140-51. doi: 10.3390/md11041140. http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/11/4/1140

16. Hill, M.S., Hill, A.L., Lopez, J., Peterson, K.J., Pomponi, S., Diaz, M.C., Thacker, R.W., Adamska, M., Boury-Esnault, N., Cárdenas, P., Chaves-Fonnegra, A., Danka, E., De Laine, B.O., Formica, D., Hajdu, E., Lobo-Hajdu, G., Klontz, S., Morrow, C.C., Patel, J., Picton, B., Pisani, D., Pohlmann, D., Redmond, N.E., Reed, J., Richie, S., Riesgo, A., Rubin, E., Russell, J., Rützler, K., Sperling, A., di Stefano, M., Tarver, J., Tarver, J.E. & Collins, A.G. (2013). Reconstruction of family-level phylogenetic relationships within Demospongiae (Porifera) using nuclear-encoded housekeeping genes. Plos One, 8:1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050437

17. Kallifatidis, G., Hoepfner, D., Jaeg, T., Guzmán, E.A. & Wright, A.E. (2013) The Marine Natural Product Manzamine A Targets Vacuolar ATPases and Inhibits Autophagy in Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Marine Drugs, 11:3500-16. doi: 10.3390/md11093500

18. Kocak, D.M. & Ouyang, B. (2013). Underwater imaging: photographic, digital and video techniques. In: Watson, J. & Zielinkski, O. (eds.) Subsea Optics and Imaging. Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge. ISBN 978-0-85709-341-7

19. Mayakun, J., Ha, J., Lapointe, B.E. & Prathep, A. (2013). The effects of nutrient enrichment and herbivory on morphology, reproduction, and chemical content of Turbinaria conoides (Phaeophyceae). Phycological Research, 61(4):270-6. doi: 10.1111/pre.12023

20. Messing, C. G., Stanley, K., Reed, J.K. & Gilmore, R.G. (2013). The first in situ habitat observations and images of the Caribbean roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigón, 1961 (Squaliformes: Oxynotidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 126(3):234-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.3.234

21. Nootz, G., Hou, W., Dalgleish, F.R. & Rhodes, W.T. (2013). Determination of flow orientation of an optically active turbulent field by means of a single beam. Optics Letters, 38:2185-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.38.002185

22. Ouyang, B., Dalgleish, F.R., Caimi, F.M., Giddings, T.E., Shirron, J.J., Vuorenkoski, A.K., Britton, W., Metzger, B. , Ramos, B. & Nootz, G. (2013). Compressive sensing underwater laser serial imaging system. Journal of Electronic Imaging, 22(2), 021010. doi: 10.1117/1.JEI.22.2.021010

23. Ouyang, B., Dalgleish, F., Vuorenkoski, A., Britton, W., Ramos, B. & Metzger, B. (2013). Visualization and image enhancement for multistatic underwater laser line scan system using image-based rendering. Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of, 38(3):566-80. doi:10.1109/JOE.2012.2229066

24. Pomponi, S.A., Jevitt, A., Patel, J. & Cristina Diaz, M. (2013). Sponge Hybridomas: Applications and Implications. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 53(3):524-30. doi: 10.1093/icb/ict032

25. Posch, P., Garr, A.L. & Reynolds, E. (2013). The presences of an exotic snail, Pomacea maculata, inhibits growth of juvenile Florida apple snails, Pomacea paludosa. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 1–3. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyt034

26. Redmond, N.E., Morrow, C.C., Thacker, R.W., Diaz, M.C., Boury-Esnault, N., Cárdenas, P., Hajdu, E., Lôbo-Hajdu, G., Picton, B.E., Pomponi, S.A., Kayal, E. & Collins, A.G. (2013). Phylogeny and Systematics of Demospongiae in Light of New Small-Subunit Ribosomal DNA (18S) Sequences. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 53(3):388-415. doi:10.1093/icb/ict078

27. Reed, J.K., Messing, C., Walker, B., Brooke, S., Correa, T., Brouwer, M., Udouj, T. & Farrington, S. (2013). Habitat characterization, distribution, and areal extent of deep-sea coral ecosystem habitat off Florida, southeastern United States. Journal of Caribbean Science, 47:13-30

28. Reif, J., Schaefer, A. & Bossart, G. (2013). Lobomycosis: Risk of Zoonotic Transmission from Dolphins to Humans. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 13(10):689-93. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1280

29. Richards, V.P., Greig, T.W., Fair, P.A., McCulloch, S.D., Politz, C., Natoli, A., Driscoll, C.A., Hoelzel, A.R., David, V., Bossart, G.D. & Lopez, J.V. (2013). Patterns of Population Structure for Inshore Bottlenose Dolphins

along the Eastern United States. Journal of Heredity, 104(6):765–78. doi: 10.1093/jhered/est070

30. Riche, M.A., Weirich, C.R., Wills, P.S. & Baptiste, R.M. (2013). Stocking density effects on production characteristics and body composition of market size cobia, Rachycentron canadum, reared in recirculating aquaculture systems. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 44(2):259-66. doi: 10.1111/jwas.12023

31. Robinson, C.B., Wills, P.S., Riche, M.A. & Straus, D.L. (2013). Tissue-specific copper concentrations in red drum after long-term exposure to sublethal levels of waterborne copper and a 21-day withdrawal. North American Journal of Aquaculture, 75(1): 1-6. doi: 10.1080/15222055.2012.676007

32. Russell, F., Harmody, D., McCarthy, P.J., Pomponi, S.A. & Wright, A.E. (2013). Indolo[3,2-a]carbazoles from a Deep-water Sponge of the Genus Asteropus. Journal of Natural Products, 76(10):1989-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/np400501u

33. Trygonis, V., Gerstein, E., Moir, J. & McCulloch, S. (2013). Vocalization characteristics of North Atlantic right whale surface active groups in the calving habitat, southeastern United States. Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 134(6):4518–31. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4824682

34. Vuorenkoski, A.K., Dalgleish, F.R. & Ouyang, B. (2013) Real-Time Natural Seep Detection and Characterization Using Autonomous Persistent Presence Surface Vehicles. Marine Technology Society Journal – Special Issue on New Technologies for Oil and Gas Industry (accepted)

35. Wills, P., Weirich, C.R., Baptiste, R.M. & Riche, M.A. (2013). Evaluation of Commercial Marine Fish Feeds for Production of Juvenile Cobia in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems. North American Journal of Aquaculture, 75(2):178-85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15222055.2012.750635

36. Zhao, Y., McCarthy, P. & Parkanyi, C. (2013). Synthesis and In Vitro Evaluation of Novel Acyclic and Cyclic Nucleoside Analogs with a Thiadiazole Ring. ISRN Organic Chemistry, Vol. 2013, Article ID 159164, 10 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/159164

37. Zhao, J., Barnes, B., Melo, N., English, D., Lapointe, B., Muller-Karger, B., Schaeffer, B. & Hu, C. (2013). Assessment of satellite-derived diffuse attenuation coefficients and euphotic depths in south Florida coastal waters. Remote Sensing of Environment, 131: 38-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.12.009

38. Zhao, J., Hu, C., Lapointe, B., Melo, N., Johns, E. & Smith, R.H. (2013). Satellite observed “black water” events off Southwest Florida: Implications for coral reef health in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Remote Sensing (Basel, Switzerland), 5(1) 415-31. doi: 10.3390/rs5010415

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