Monitoring Locations:​

Dr. Kimberly Yates is a senior research scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg
Center for Coastal and Marine Science and founding member of the Steering Committee for the Southeast Ocean and Coastal Acidification Network (SOCAN). She specializes in integrated science studies that examine how changes in coastal ecosystem processes may impact or mitigate risks from coastal hazards, using a whole system perspective that considers the interactions and linkages among chemistry, biology and the physical environment. Much of her recent work has focused on how coral reef seafloor erosion changes risks from sea level rise, waves and storms; impacts on coral reefs and estuaries from coastal and ocean acidification; and identifying and characterizing coastal climate change refuges.

Dr. Leticia Barbero is a chemical oceanographer at NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at the University of Miami. In her role, she works with NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory to study the carbon dioxide system in the ocean, specifically ocean acidification in the coastal waters of the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico.

Dr. Emily Hall joined the Chemical Ecology Program at Mote Marine Laboratory in 2005, researching and monitoring nutrient patterns in relation to harmful algal blooms in the west-central coast of Florida, and investigating sources of nutrients in aquatic systems. She currently manages Mote's Ocean Acidification Program, where she has developed ocean acidification and climate change experimental systems (in the Florida Keys - OAFTERU and in Sarasota - OASys) to study the effects of global and local variables on coral reef ecosystems as well as on other marine organisms. She is the SOCAN Science Working Group Chair. 

Dr. Jim Fourqurean is a Professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the Center for Coastal Oceans Research at Florida International University in Miami. Dr. Fourqurean researches ecological and biogeochemical processes in coastal plant communities, including carbon and nutrient cycling. He is one of the lead scientists in the International Blue Carbon Working Group and he also serves as a scientific representative to the International Blue Carbon policy Working Group. These groups have highlighted the importance of carbon cycling for climate change mitigation and influenced the decision to include these ecosystems in national greenhouse gas inventories.  For 10 years, Dr. Fourqurean has focused on translating the science of carbon dynamics in coastal ecosystems into actionable policy and climate change mitigation strategies.

Dr. Chris Langdon is a Professor of Marine Biology and Ecology at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Dr. Langdon is a co-founder of the South Florida Coral Reef and Climate Change Lab, which has been active since 2007 in researching how corals respond to acidification and warming. His research includes laboratory experiments on biomineralization and larval survivorship, as well as field studies to understand effects of natural variability and how corals currently cope with extreme conditions. He has served as an instructor for ocean acidification workshops internationally and actively organizes and participates in acidification stakeholder roundtables in South Florida. 

Ian Enochs is a principal investigator of ACCRETE. His research focuses on understanding the responses of corals and reef biota to global change. He is particularly interested in the impacts of warming and ocean acidification on the persistence of coral reef framework structures that provide essential habitat and support numerous ecosystem services. Enochs applies a multidisciplinary approach, conducting research in both the laboratory and the field, as well as developing new technologies to address pressing research questions. He is a co-PI of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, and leads several projects pertaining to the Coral Reef Conservation Program’s restoration pillar and NOAA’s Omics initiative.  Enochs is a research ecologist with the Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division of NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami.

Derek Manzello is a principal investigator of ACCRETE, the coral reef climate change and ocean acidification monitoring of NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), which is co-funded by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program and Ocean Acidification Program. Dr. Manzello manages the climate and acidification sentinel monitoring site at Cheeca Rocks within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, one of three such sites within the wider Atlantic. He is also a co-PI on the National Science Foundation funded project "Are eastern Pacific Reefs becoming more resilient to ENSO?" that is a collaboration with the University of California-Los Angeles, the University of the Virgin Islands, the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University, and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami (RSMAS). He is a research oceanographer with the Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division of NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami.