Dauphin Island Sea Lab 2013 Annual Report

Alabama’s Marine Science Education and Research Institution The Twenty-Two Member Schools of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab/ Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium

• Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, AL* • Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL* • Athens State University, Athens, AL • Auburn University, Auburn, AL* • Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL • Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, AL • Huntingdon College, Montgomery, AL • Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL* • Judson College, Marion, AL • Samford University, Birmingham, AL* • Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL • Talladega College, Talladega, AL • Troy University, Troy, AL • Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL* • University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL* • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL* • University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL* • University of Mobile, Mobile, AL • University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL • University of North Alabama, Florence, AL • University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL* • University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL

* Schools with Graduate Degree Programs

Annual Report 2013 - page 2 Statement of Purpose

The Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) is Alabama’s marine research and educational institution. Founded in 1971 by the Alabama Legislature to maximize the marine sciences capabilities of several Alabama institutions and minimize duplication, DISL serves twenty-two Alabama colleges and universities, both public and private. DISL and its faculty work toward the combined purposes of conducting pure and applied research, and sponsoring structured educational programs for individuals and organizations interested in and dependent upon the marine environment. Table of Contents Member Schools...... 2 Statement of Purpose/Table of Contents...... 3 Dauphin Island Sea Lab/ Letter from the Executive Director...... 4-5 MESC provides equal Administration and Facilities...... 6-13 educational opportunity to, •@ Administration and is open and accessible to, •@ Business/Finance all quali@ed students, without •@ Information Technology regard to race, color, creed, •@ Library national origin, sex or quali@ed •@ Public Relations handicap/disability with •@ Institutional Advancement •@ Facilities and Vessel Operations respect to all of its programs •@ Technical Support and activities. •@ Data Monitoring/Data Management/Metadata Discovery Hall Programs...... 14-17 Disabled students will •@ Academic Year Programs be provided “reasonable •@ BayMobile accommodations” when they •@ Summer Programs have identi@ed themselves •@ Professional Development for K-12 Teachers and Informal Educators •@ Public Outreach and validated their special •@ Professional Activities need(s). Complete The Estuarium...... 18-19 con@dentiality is maintained •@ Docent Program unless authorization for University Programs...... 20-22 release or information has been given in regards to Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation...... 23-24 disability. Mobile Bay National Estuary Program/ Coastal Policy Program...... 25-31 Dauphin Island Sea Lab •@ Respect the Connect: Five-Year Plan 101 Bienville Boulevard •@ Measuring Status and Trends Dauphin Island, AL 36528 •@ Ecosystem Restoration and Protection Ph: (251) 861-2141 •@ Education, Outreach and Capacity Building Fax: (251) 861-4646 Resident Research Faculty...... 32-33 www.disl.org Faculty Activity...... 34-46 •@ Faculty News and Awards For questions about this •@ Book Chapters and Projects Annual Report, please e-mail •@ Peer-Reviewed Publications Lisa Young, Public Relations •@ Other Publications - Technical Reports, Miscellaneous •@ Abstracts@and@Presentations@for@Scienti@c@Meetings Consultant, at lyoung@disl. •@ Other Presentations org. •@ Workshops, Meetings Attended or Organized Photos on cover: (Top) New signage •@ Public Outreach and Other Service indicates the DISL campus. Credit: J. •@ Of@ces,@Boards,@Panels,@Consulting Dindo. (Bottom) Classes at the DISL •@ Grants in Force are rarely con@ned to the classroom •@ Research Projects Abroad - here, an overview of Mobile Bay Board of Directors/Executive Committee/ yields a red drum. Program Committee...... 47-48 Federal Awards/Grants...... 49-50 Balance Sheet...... 51 DISL Educational Impact in Alabama, by County...... 52 Annual Report 2013 - page 3 2013 Letter from the Executive Director

It seems like only yesterday that I was crafting my letter generated some $2.5 million dollars in extramural research, for the 2012 Annual Report and now it is time to write a 35 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters and they new one. As I indicated in my previous two efforts, I think gave@some@100@scienti@c@presentations@at@meetings@held@ you will see that the faculty, educators, staff and students in around the world this past year. As a further statement on residence at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) have had the recognition that our researchers have achieved, almost another highly productive year and that their efforts have half of our faculty now serve as editors for some of the not gone unnoticed by the citizens of Alabama! leading journals in the marine sciences, and Dr. Kenneth L. Heck is the President of the internationally prestigious This past year I have talked about the value of our programs Coastal Estuarine Research Federation. All of this is but to just about everyone who would agree to meet with me. a small glimmer of the fantastic year that DISL’s University Locally, our creativity and productivity have been described Programs had in 2013. to the Mayors of Mobile, Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, Fairhope, Enterprise and Discovery Hall Programs (DHP) faculty had a similarly Dothan. Most of the County Commissioners of Mobile and impressive year. This year, ten unique experiential, hands- Baldwin Counties have similarly heard of our successes, on, courses were taught to 235 groups of K-12 students who along with the Governor’s Chief of Staff and Commissioner came to Dauphin Island to embrace many of our most basic of Conservation. In addition, virtually all of the members science principles and to learn about our state’s coastal of our local, state and national legislatures have heard resources. Among the curricula provided by DHP were the about what good stewards of the taxpayers’ money Sea new and exciting Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) class, Lab employees are. I have also begun to meet with the an associated teacher workshop and a ROV competition Presidents of our member institutions and their faculties, for high school students. I would add the DHP faculty and will continue to do so throughout the summer, as I took the show on the road and reached another 13,000 seek to strengthen academic and research relationships students in 44 schools through Bay Mobile, our traveling throughout the Marine Environmental Science Consortium marine science classroom. There was also another new, (MESC). equally exciting development and that was the involvement of our educators in Alabama’s ACCESS Distance Learning Without exception, everyone has expressed a very positive Program. Last year our educators participated in six view of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. As more evidence virtual@@eld@trip@exercises.@@More@than@3,000@of@Alabama’s@ of the encouraging perceptions of the lab, there were over school-age children took part in these classes. That’s an 400 attendees at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation’s astounding new cutting edge teaching tool we are adding to (DISLF) annual Cocktails with the Critters event last our repertoire. As you will see when you read further in the year. This event was supported by over 60 individual and included materials, DHP has also had another great year! corporate sponsors. In only its second year, the DISLF annual Marine Environmental Awards Luncheon had over Our@mission@is@to@provide@leadership@in@the@@elds@of@marine@ 200 attendees. The attendance and the large number of research, education and community service. As such, sponsorships at these events say a lot about how Sea Lab I would be remiss in not calling your attention to the programs are viewed in lower Alabama. I would add that contributions of our Mobile Bay National Estuary Program’s the lab was packed with visitors during last year’s Discovery (MBNEP) impacts in lower Alabama. This past year, the Day. It is clear that our brand has never been stronger in MBNEP was lead on 36 projects aimed at improving our the State of Alabama than it is today! Having said that, I feel coastal area’s water quality and expanding community there remain many new unexplored opportunities to pursue stewardship of our state’s marine resources. In total, this as we grow our research and education programs. In the program managed over $2,000,000 in funds to improve our coming year, it is my intention to build new partnerships coastal environment. Most recently, they were awarded with our local, state and federal counterparts in hopes that two grants under the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation we@will@reach@our@full@potential.@Clearly,@I@@rmly@believe@the@ Gulf@Environmental@Bene@t@fund@to@undertake@large-scale@ Lab’s future is bright and limitless. restoration within the Mobile Bay ecosystem. In every way I can imagine, the MBNEP is doing an excellent job In one way or another, Sea Lab programs reached the of@translating@the@@ndings@of@our@research@activities@into@ citizens of all of Alabama’s 67 counties. Last year we had projects@that@bene@t@our@society. almost 80,000 people visit our exhibits in the Estuarium. Nearly 1,500 credit hours of college instruction were taken It should be noted that DISL also administers the NOAA- by students from 15 of our members institutions located Northern Gulf Institute Diversity Internship Program. around the state. Our small 14-member university faculty This program provides summer research experiences to

Annual Report 2013 - page 4 As we look to the future, we are planning for new additions to our research and educational capabilities as well as much needed renovations to our existing facilities. Already in progress is the top-to-bottom renovation of Discovery Hall. Completion of this task, when coupled with the new capabilities in Endeavor Hall, and the addition of a new vehicle for Bay Mobile, both of which were made possible through the excellent efforts of the DISLF, will set the stage to unleash the potential of our educators to do great new things in K-12 education. Soon you will also see the replacement of the roof on Challenger Dormitory. You will also notice that signs have gone up on the campus announcing the soon-to-begin construction of the new Marine Mammal Research Building and the addition of some 2,500 square feet to the Estuarium, which will house a number of new exhibits. Both of these projects should be completed before I put pen to paper for next year’s annual report. Lastly, we continue to move forward with our sponsorship of a Signature Academy in Coastal Studies at Alma Bryant High School in Bayou La Batre.

We are also moving quickly to complete the development of@a@Request@for@Quotes@designed@to@@nance@the@much-@ needed renovations of our visiting scientists housing, cafeteria, and administration building. We will also be Dr. John Valentine, DISL Executive Director adding a handicapped-accessible bathroom to Beagle Hall. Lastly, we will re-roof and renovate Galathea Hall from top- to-bottom. Importantly, all of these tasks, if approved, will be completed in three years’ time. It should be clear to all undergraduate and early stage graduate students from that read this letter; we are not sitting around waiting for underrepresented populations at federal agencies and better days ahead. We are taking control of our future now! organizations across the Gulf Coast. With all of this said, I feel strongly that it is time to shift None of these successes would have been possible without our conversation from the events of the past to the events the efforts of our staff who have worked tirelessly to ensure we want to take place in a new brighter future. To that our vessels are ready on-time, meals are healthy, and our end, I have begun brainstorming with scientists, and dorms are clean. Our faculty, staff and students spent administrators throughout our Consortium about what the nearly 4,000 hours on the water. Our researchers used future of our facilities, and programs should look like. I am some 670 dives to spend 300 hours doing research under also spending time talking with local K-12 administrators water.@@Mike@Dardeau,@our@Dive@Safety@Of@cer,@is@the@current@ about how future teachers will deliver curriculum to our treasurer of the national American Academy of Underwater students. It seems clear to me a strategic plan will be Scientists. This is just another example of how MESC needed. scientists lead the way in the marine sciences. While some might argue that Alabama’s coastline is small This past year, our cafeteria served over 36,000 meals. I and limited, I counter by saying that if one were to draw a want to call your attention to the fact that fresh veggies of all line that traced our shorelines beginning at the Alabama- kinds are available for students in residence on our campus. Mississippi border to its northern most extent, and then Our very capable facilities crew completed the construction back down to the coast at the Alabama-Florida border, you of the new state-of-the-art classroom in Endeavor Hall. would see that Alabama’s coast line extends all of the way Our wizards of the wire have completed the installation into Tennessee and Georgia. As such, I feel it is important of campus-wide Wi-Fi and the addition of new distance that we strengthen our relationships throughout the Marine learning hardware into the new DHP classroom. And as I Environmental Sciences Consortium to establish a stronger write, they are pushing forward with the completion of a new state-wide research group that can serve as a model for DISL website which should go ‘live’ this summer. I would what is possible when collaborations replace confrontations also add that Mr. David England, Head of our Administration in the world of competitive science. In this way we will Department is now President Elect for Alabama Chapter of become a beacon for marine science education and Society of Research Administrators International. Not bad- research throughout the nation. I think that when you read not bad at all. this year’s Annual Report, you will see why I am so excited about the Dauphin Island Sea Lab’s future. I think you can see that despite our continuing to be mired in some of the toughest economic times our country has seen in some time, we are zealously continuing to perform Dr. John F. Valentine our teaching, research, and education mission at a very Executive Director, Dauphin Island Sea Lab high level!

Annual Report 2013 - page 5 Administration and Facilities

The DISL library is highly specialized in the marine sciences, particularly those areas relating to the ecology and geology of the Gulf Coast region. Its holdings include more than 7,400 bound volumes and approximately 500 periodical titles.

Wet Lab facilities house modular An aerial view of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab campus. sea-water systems, DISL is located on 36 acres on the eastern end kreisels, of Dauphin Island, a barrier island approximately and other instruments for experimental work on three miles from the mainland and 40 miles south living marine organisms. Research laboratories of Mobile, Alabama. The Sea Lab spans the island are equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation and thus has direct access to the Gulf of Mexico, for biogeochemical research. Field collection Mississippi Sound and Mobile Bay. A causeway and equipment for marine ecological and oceanographic bridge connects the island to the mainland. research is available.

There are 38 buildings on campus, including eight DISL maintains two large research vessels, including instructional buildings; three dormitories; nine family- the 65-ft. R/V Alabama Discovery and the 46-ft. style houses; and two research buildings. The E.O. Wilson,@in@addition@to@a@@eet@of@small@boats@and@ DISL@also@houses@the@Auburn@Shell@sh@Laboratory.@ skiffs. The Richard C. Shelby Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management@Center@is@a@LEEDS@Gold@certi@ed@ Of@ce of the Executive Director building. The Shelby Center and the instructional Dr. John Valentine - Executive Director buildings on the south campus are solar-powered, David England - Director, Finance and Administration making the Sea Lab the second largest solar- Dr. Tina Miller-Way - Director, Outreach and producing entity in the state of Alabama. Education

Annual Report 2013 - page 6 Dr. Kenneth Heck - Director, University Programs Dennis Patronas-Librarian/Clerk Dr. John Dindo - Director, Operations and Angela Rattler-Human Resources Institutional Advancement Daphne Wood-Grants and Contracts Manager Michael Dardeau - Coastal Policy Programs Lisa Young - Consultant, Public Relations Auxiliaries Lori Angelo - Adminstrative Assistant to the Auxiliaries of the DISL include the Cafeteria, Executive Director Estuarium Gift Shop, Laundromat and vending machines. Business/Finance The@Business@Of@ce@of@the@DISL@operates@under@ Cafeteria Personnel the principles of Fund Accounting set forth by the Classie Beritiech-Manager National Association of College and University Faye Bentley Business@Of@cers.@@The@State@Examiners@of@Public@ Renee Cain Accountants audit annually the procedures, Linda Gazzier accounting records and policies of the DISL. Michael Morris Taylor Rhodes Business/Finance Personnel Karen Saunders David A. England – Director of Finance & David A. Althea Spittell England-Director of Finance & Administration Gail Zirlott Katy Blankenhorn-Scheduling Coordinator Mary Darby-Accounts Payable Estuarium Gift Shop Personnel Ashley Foster-Bursar/Purchasing Agent Jeana Layne – Manager/Buyer/Event Coordinator Cindy Grimes-Receptionist Amy Hannah – Clerk/Stocking Gerard Kwilecki-Accountant Mary Catherine (Cathy) Miller - Clerk

Mobile Bay National Estuary Program/Coastal Policy Program (Roberta Swann/Michael Dardeau

2013

Annual Report 2013 - page 7 Jamelle Roy – Clerk & Reorders/Docent Coordinator the entire state, while not even leaving Dauphin Janice Watanabe – Clerk Island. Sally Jo Williams - Clerk A small project that was also completed was an Information Technology (IT) interactive kiosk in the Estuarium that replaced a During the 2013 year IT has been wrapping up viewing microscope that was beginning to show large projects that began in 2012. Campus-wide its age. The Soup of the Sea exhibit allowed for wi@@is@fully@deployed@and@operational.@@We@are@ students to see plankton via a large viewing scope. implementing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) While it had wonderful merit in showing student policy for students, staff and faculty. BYOD allows plankton, it was hard to focus and use. It has now for our trusted users to bring their own devices and been replaced with a touchscreen interactive kiosk use them on our network while still maintaining a that allows for viewing of more plankton samples level of security. BYOD differs from guest wireless with both stills and video. access as it is meant to help our faculty, staff and students with trusted accounts use the device of This Soup of the Sea project has also allowed their choosing while still implementing security us to reuse this technology for a project that will measures.

IT has also designed and implemented a Video Conferencing room at the University of South Alabama (USA) that has allowed our students greater participation in classes that are held at USA’s campus. This technology has already been successfully used for one class taught by Dr. Sean Powers and has allowed for greater attendance and@@exibility@for@ both instructors and students while maintaining a productive classroom experience for both.

After this successful installation, we Analysis for DISL’s website www.disl.org duplicated this model for our Discovery Hall Programs (DHP) and installed a Video Conferencing be completed next year. This project will be an system for them as well. It is complete with dual interactive video wall that will display content cameras, interactive LCD whiteboard monitor and designed by the Gulf of Mexico Alliance (GOMA). dual microphones. One of the cameras is celling This display will help illustrate the wonderful features mounted and doubles as a document & dissection of the Gulf of Mexico. The video wall will consist of a camera. This system has allowed DHP to have 2 x 2 matrix of 46” lcd screens that will be driven by greater visibility in the statewide ACCESS program a separate 40” touchscreen. without the scheduling restriction of sharing a unit that was installed in another department. The ACCESS program has allowed for DHP to teach a shark dissection to 300 students at one time across

Annual Report 2013 - page 8 The winning name for this manatee? Brodie, voted on by Facebook fans of DISL’s Manatee Sighting Network. This contest, and many other Sea Lab programs, was promoted by the Public Relations department during 2013.

Information Technology Personnel Public Relations Melissa Mills - IT Manager The reporting year of 2013 was a productive one for Shane Johnson - Systems Administrator the@Public@Relations@Department,@a@re@ection@of@the@ Sam Hardwick - PC / Network Support Specialist busy year that the Sea Lab had in every aspect of its educational, research and outreach programs.

Library Public relations campaigns were created and The DISL library is highly specialized in the marine implemented for the opening of Rays of the Bay, the sciences, particularly those areas relating to the Estuarium’s@@rst@outdoor@touch@tank;@Discovery@Day,@ ecology and geology of the Gulf Coast region. Its DISL’s annual open house; Summer Excursions, holdings include more than 7400 bound volumes @eld@trips@for@families@to@Dauphin@Island’s@marsh,@ and approximately 500 periodical titles; hundreds beach and forest; Mobile Manatee Sighting of open access titles are also available. Besides Network’s Name a Manatee contest; the Estuarium’s free Alabama Virtual Library, subscriptions to docent training workshop; and many more programs. online databases Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Oceanic Abstracts and Current Contents One of the bigger advertising campaigns was on Diskette continue to give students and faculty launched for the December 2013 Estuarium “free- current bibliographic resources. child-admission-with-paid-adult-admission” program, a way of thanking Mobile and Baldwin residents Library Personnel for their ongoing support of the Estuarium, which Dennis Patronas - Librarian marked its 15-year anniversary in 2013.

(Note: The DISL is saddened to note that Dennis The Sea Lab scientists received local, regional and Patronas, a much-loved employee who worked for national attention for their published research in the DISL for thirty years, passed away in December prestigious journals, such as PLoS One. 2013. His gentle manner and good cheer will be missed by all who knew him.)

Annual Report 2013 - page 9 We were pleased to work with the Dauphin been generated over all these years by having a Island Sea Lab Foundation in promoting their single site for the teaching of marine science. events Cocktails with the Critters and the Marine Environmental Awards Luncheon. Both events Both Drs. Valentine and Dindo have interacted boasted high attendance. with Senator Sessions, Senator Shelby and former congressman Jo Bonner on topics We would like to thank ExxonMobil for their varying@from@@sheries@to@the@BP@oil@spill@and@the@ continuing support of a public relations internship future of the RESTORE Act. They will continue every summer. This year’s recipient was Andy Cuff, to inform legislative staffers of the research a communications major from Spring Hill College, efforts being conducted at the DISL and to make who did an excellent job promoting the Sea Lab’s recommendations for future research in this area. summer programs. His enthusiasm, drive and hard work resulted in many media hits throughout the Institutional Support Personnel state for the lab. Dr. John Dindo - Director

Public Relations continues to produce a monthly Facilities and Vessel Operations e-newsletter, the Sea Lab Skimmer, and the DISL’s As the Sea Lab continues to grow its educational Annual Report. If you’d like to receive a free and research programs, so must the physical subscription to the Skimmer, please email lyoung@ plant respond to those changing needs. With an disl.org. aging campus and limited budget, credit goes to the skilled and hardworking team of Facilities, Public Relations Personnel Housekeeping and Vessels, who daily go about the Lisa Young – Public Relations Consultant task of improving and maintaining the campus with Lori Pritchett - Administrative Assistant to the dedication@and@ef@ciency. Executive Director Robert Dixon - Estuarium Manager Carpentry, electrical, HVAC, painting – these are but a few disciplines employed daily by this skilled crew. Among the projects undertaken in 2013: Institutional Advancement Dr. John Dindo heads the DISL’s Institutional •@@@Gutting@and@remodeling@laboratories,@faculty@ Advancement program, committed to improving housing, and classrooms. the Lab’s partnership with national, state and local •@@@Building@several@new@kiosks@for@the@Estuarium legislative bodies, seeking new opportunities for •@@@Installing@hot@water@boilers@for@the@Challenger@and@ revenue streams, serving as liaison with the DISL’s Beagle dormitories Foundation, and overseeing all capital improvements •@@@Building@the@deck@and@installing@fencing@for@the@ for the campus. new Ray Tank at the Estuarium •@@@Painting@the@student@dormitories@and@new@of@ces During the last legislative session, the Dauphin •@@@Installing@light@and@power@for@new@displays,@ Island Sea Lab was successful in increasing its signage and laboratories budget by approximately four percent. This is a very •@@@Building@a@new@classroom@at@the@Endeavor@ positive sign and helps to offset some of the budget building challenges from pro-rated years. •@@@Installing@new@pool@pump@and@piping@ •@@@Building@a@wave@tank@for@pompano@research@and@a@ Drs. Valentine and Dindo have made strong inroads shark sling for shark research with members of the local delegations in Mobile and Baldwin counties, as well as with other statewide These are but a few of the vast accomplishments of legislative members. The growth of the DISL our team during the reporting year. through educational and research programs across the state has resulted in the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Facilities also addressed needs for the Sea Lab’s becoming better known throughout all 67 districts. @eet@of@vessels,@including@building@davits@for@the@new@ The Dauphin Island Sea Lab is a small percentage vessel Pelican and the R/V Alabama Discovery; of the educational budget of higher education but building a new trailer for the Pelican; and building a has@a@signi@cant@impact@on@the@twenty-two@colleges@ ladder for the Discovery. and universities that are members of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium. The efforts It should be noted that all our vessels operations this year have been to highlight the 43 year success crew have their 100-ton Coast Guard license. of DISL and the savings to the tax payers that have

Annual Report 2013 - page 10 Vessels operations Rodney Collier Tom Guoba Willie Johnston Russell Wilson

Technical Support Technical Support encompasses four services in support of the faculty and students, including: diving operations; laboratory services;@@eld@ support services; and data management.

Kyle Weis The facilities crew built a new classroom on the Endeavor building for the Discovery Hall Program. left DISL and Alabama in May to pursue a life on the West Coast where he We never want to take for granted the enormous is currently employed as a technician working with hard work put in by the talented, resourceful and industrious members of our Facilities, Housekeeping and Vessel crew. It is because of their constant support that we can continue to provide far- reaching educational and research programs to our constituency, the State of Alabama.

Facilities and Vessel Operations Personnel Dr. John Dindo - Director Troy McBride - Manager, Facilities and Vessel Operations

Facilities Rickie Gibbs - Assistant Supervisor Tommie Blocker Wilfred Gazzier Joey Johnson Tom Pritchett Jody Schultz

Housekeeping Tammy McClantoc - Supervisor Shirley Emerson Cindy Johnson Tammy Ladnier Sue Ramsey

Annual Report 2013 - page 11 environmental conditions in and around Mobile Bay, http://www. mymobilebay.com/.

Additionally, the Tech Support department is responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of the many sensors located at the various stations. In 2013, over 140 trips were made in support of the weather station system, including swap out of much of the instrumentation and installation of a new tower on the Bon Secour station to reduce tampering and increase security of the sensors. The Tech Support team also met with local representatives of the National Weather System to discuss the current needs for Tech Support bid farewell to Kyle Weis (l) and welcomed Grant Lockridge (r) environmental monitoring and what in 2013. role the MyMobileBay system adds to local weather monitoring. CenCOOS, Central and Northern California Ocean Observation System, working out of Humbolt State Yantzee Hintz rejoined Tech Support in October University. Kyle began his career with DISL as an 2013 after an active stint with the Alabama Army aquarist in the Estuarium and transitioned to the National Guard, where he is a helicopter pilot. Upon Technical Support Department where he quickly his return, the department began a project to re- became our “Mr. Wizard” coming up with novel plumb and re-work the systems in the Mesocosm solutions for many of the technical requests handled facility and the Wet Lab. Yantzee was part of the by our department. original set up of both of these facilities and was able to address issues with the original systems and Grant Lockridge joined Tech Support in May 2013. improve the design and layout. He has a B.S. in Marine Science and an M.S. in Coastal Marine and Weltand Studies, both at The surface buoy at FOCAL mooring was damaged Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina. by an unknown vessel and was lost in late June. Grant has extensive dive experience and both Luckily, the instrument string and subsurface technical and electronic expertise. He is working buoy were not damaged. A new surface buoy with@Mike@Dardeau,@our@Dive@Safety@Of@cer,@to@create@ was purchased and the attachment system was curriculum@for@a@scienti@c@diver@course@to@be@taught@at@ overhauled by late July and no data was lost due to DISL. In the half- year with DISL, Grant has made 43 the incident. dives. These dives included many efforts in support of@DISL@property,@including@@nding@lost@equipment@ Al Gunter and Grant Lockridge attended the Dive and vessel maintenance in addition to supporting the Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA) show weather@station@system@and@other@scienti@c@dives. in@the@fall@and@were@certi@ed@and@re-certi@ed@for@ SCUBA tank inspection. In May 2013, Technical Support had a meeting with a private company, Algae Systems, to discuss The Analytical Laboratory billed out approximately installation of an observation station to aid in their $2000 to in house grants, $3000 in support development of their sewage treatment of a biofuel of Graduate Student research and $23,000 to operation in Daphne, Alabama. Discussions outside entities, of which $15,000 was to member focused on what parameters were needed to be institutions. determined and what role DISL might have with the installation and maintenance of the station. If DISL Technical Support Personnel participates with this private company, the station Laura Linn - Coordinator, Technical Support would be included with the real time weather station Services, Analytical Technician system which already has 8 stations monitoring Al Gunter - Field Technician

Annual Report 2013 - page 12 Renee Collini – Field Technician 4. Supported administrative functions such as Kyle Weis - Field Technician School Trip Reservations, DISL Graduate Student Grant Lockridge - Field Technician Fellowship Application, Graduate Student Research Yantzee Hintz - Field Technician Support Application, and Fuel Usage records.

Data Monitoring Metadata Www.mymobilebay.com continued to share real- The Data Management oversees the creation and time meteorological and water conditions throughout publication of federally compliant metadata to make coastal Alabama. Renee Collini, Kyle Weis, Al local data sets broadly accessible and perdurable. Gunter, Yantzee Hintz and Grant Lockridge all The DISL’s Data Management collaborates closely helped maintain the equipment at seven sites in with NOAA’s National Coastal Data Development coastal Alabama and Lei Hu ensured that the data Center (NCDDC) to train personnel, publish was promptly displayed on the website. metadata on national clearinghouses, and archive Other partners in the environmental monitoring datasets at federal data centers. program for 2013 were the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Mobile County, Baldwin County, In 2013, twelve metadata records were created for the Gulf of Mexico Alliance, Alabama Dept. of datasets@generated@at@DISL,@including@@ve@legacy@ Conservation and Natural Resources, the University datasets. A metadata training class was offered to of South Alabama and the Alabama Lighthouse faculty and graduate students. Association. Data Management personnel participated in several EarthCube end-user workshops organized by the Data Management National Science Foundation. These workshops Data Management at DISL, a division under were designed to articulate and document the University Programs, facilitates the data-processing geoscience communities’ cyberinfrastructure needs needs@of@scienti@c@research@and@administration@ and future plans with regards to accessing data and functions. Working closely with scientists and information within and outside their disciplines. researchers, data management designs and develops customized information systems that allow Data Monitoring/Management/Metadata data analysis, reporting, and archival storage and Personnel retrieval. Mike Dardeau - Marine Scientist, Diving Safety Of@cer@ In 2013 Data Management accomplished the Lei Hu - Data Manager following tasks: Mimi Tzeng - Data Management Specialist

1. Continued the development of a Fisheries Online Database. This customized and secured database allows data entry, analysis, and reporting for bottom long- line, vertical long-line, hook-and-line, and trawl data.

2. Managed monitoring data for Mobile Bay Environmental Monitoring website (http://www.mymobilebay.com), allowing real-time meteorological and hydrographic data to be available 24/7. Data are transmitted to National Data Buoy Center and Gulf of Mexico Ocean Observation System near real-time. Data quality control is performed every thirty minutes. Datasets are archived and downloadable from the website.

3. Supported the online Manatee Data Management is supported by Lei Hu (l) and Mimi Tzeng (r). Sighting Network web page, and the data processing activities related to this web page.

Annual Report 2013 - page 13 Discovery Hall Programs

The mission of Discovery Hall Programs (DHP) is education and outreach for K-12 students, K-12 teachers, other educators and the public. Our focus is on marine and environmental science issues as seen through a lens of national and state science standards as well as ocean and climate science literacy principles. We believe strongly in the value of a hands-on or experiential approach to education. To achieve our goals, we offer a variety of programs and activities throughout the year. In addition to the programs highlighted below, DHP educators routinely work to assist DISL research DHP held their @rst Remotely Operated Vehicle (TOV) competition, a popular event sure to faculty in their education be repeated. and outreach programs and are, in turn, assisted by faculty participation in our classes on salt marsh ecology and Alabama’s DHP programs. marine@@ora@and@fauna@are@our@most@popular@classes.@ Additional individuals including chaperones, parents, Academic Year programs other subject matter teachers and classroom aides During@the@school@year,@DHP@offers@@eld-based@ typically accompany visiting school groups and hands-on classes to school groups visiting DISL participate@in@classroom@and@@eld@activities.@@Thus,@ facilities. We currently offer 10 different classes: in 2013, an additional 1089 individuals learned each class includes presentation of content as well about various aspects of marine and coastal science as an outdoor or hands-on activity. School groups through DHP classes. About 40% of visiting groups may come just for the day or elect to say overnight. and 33% of students stay overnight. Most groups Through our scheduler, teachers of visiting school came from Alabama’s public school system: 63% groups@select@those@classes@that@most@closely@@t@ came from public schools and 87% were from their learning objectives. All DHP classes are tied to Alabama. Students from homeschool groups, the Alabama Course of Study Standards and Ocean private schools, scout troops and informal adult Literacy Principles. groups also visit and take our classes.

In 2013, 235 groups, representing 9769 K-12 While each group participating in our program students came to the Sea Lab to take one or more has the opportunity to evaluate and comment on of these classes. DHP Staff taught 727 classes to their visit, we also objectively assess changes in these groups. These students came from 7 different content knowledge by the students using pre and states and 32 counties in Alabama. As in 2012, post-testing procedures: asking the question - have they learned? In 2013, we tested 2384 students,

Annual Report 2013 - page 14 approximately 24% of the total number of students storm surge, which causes a great deal of damage participating in DHP programs. Data from the 10 in coastal Gulf communities. In 2013, we added question pre- and post quizzes showed a statistically an interactive learning game in which students can signi@cant@increase@in@students’@knowledge@for@ control the strength and location of hurricane landfall each of the 7 classes in which we use this testing and then explore surge and inundation levels in their procedure. neighborhood (or other geographic area of interest) using a Google Earth interface. In@2013,@DHP@held@their@@rst@annual@Remotely- operated vehicle (ROV) competition for high school BayMobile students. Over a long spring weekend, 6 teams of During the school year, our traveling marine science high school students brought their uniquely designed classroom known as the BayMobile, visits schools and student-built ROV to DISL to compete in a throughout the state. In 2013, DHP staff visited 44 series@of@ROV-based@scienti@c@missions.@@In@this@ schools and taught approximately 13,250 students. program, supported by the Gulf of Mexico Research Most of these schools are Title I schools in which Initiative’s Deep-C Consortium, high school teachers a@signi@cant@portion@of@the@student@body@receives@ received training during the preceding summer in free or reduced price lunches. While not all of our how to build a ROV, the uses of ROVs in marine classes are amenable to off-site teaching, DHP exploration, research and industry and the use of educators taught classes about Alabama’s marine ROVs in documenting and assessing the impacts of @ora@and@fauna,@oil@and@oil@spills,@watersheds@and@ the Deepwater Horizon event on the Gulf. They also water quality, sea turtles, and GPS systems and received@@nancial@support@to@implement@the@program@ remote sensing on their visits. at their school. Successful implementation of the program and a fantastic competition has resulted Summer programs in a continuation of the training (teachers) and During the summer, DHP offers activities for every competition (students) in 2014. Additionally, DHP- age group. We offered multiple sessions of 2 DISL@has@now@been@designated@an@of@cial@regional@ overnight camps, Barrier Island Explorer and Gulf competition site for the well-known international Island@Journey:@both@camps@were@@lled@to@capacity@at@ Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) 152 children. We also offer several day camps for ROV competition. young and older school-age students, Oceans Alive!, Survivor: Dauphin Island, and Art-Sea Discovery. Lastly, we continue to develop and pilot curricula More than 110 children participated in these camps addressing marine science for K-12 students. in 2013. These summer camps drew students from Collaboration with the Northern Gulf Coastal Hazard 14 states and 13 Alabama counties. Lastly, we also Collaboratory (funded by the National Science offer one of the few high school immersion marine Foundation) permitted the development and testing science programs available in the US. Students live of a series of lesson plans on hurricane-associated at the lab for a month taking classes (and exams), conducting laboratory and@@eld@exercises,@ exploring research methods and exploring different marine habitats@through@@eld@ trips and earning high school science credit. In 2013, as in 2012, this program @lled@to@capacity@at@ 30 students coming from 11 states and 9 counties in Alabama. We could not offer these programs without the able assistance of our counselors and our undergraduate interns.

Annual Report 2013 - page 15 Professional development for K-12 teachers and public. In addition to Discovery Day, DISL’s annual informal educators open house, we take our message ‘on the road’ and Throughout the year, DHP offers professional attend a variety of environmental themed festivals development for K-12 classroom and informal and community outreach events throughout the educators. These workshops allow teachers to year. These include Earth Day, Celebrate the Gulf, increase their content knowledge, learn new age/ Delta Woods and Waters, Working Waterfront grade level-appropriate laboratory or classroom festival, BayFest, BirdFest, ShrimpFest, Kids Days activities to share with their students, participate in Bienville, Ocean Commotion, events at the in@@eld@trips@and@activities,@interact@with@research@ Exploreum, My Two Boots, Mobile County, Mobile scientists, network with other teachers and in many regional and Alabama State Science Fairs as well as cases renew their enthusiasm. In 2013, we were numerous science nights and career days. In 2013, successful@at@@nding@grant@support@to@be@able@to@ we participated in 28 single and multiday events. offer 6 onsite workshops to educators free of charge Through these events, DHP reached more than (Fins, Fishes and Fisheries; Reefs, Rhizomes and 15,000 individuals. Restoration; Climate Change in the Gulf of Mexico; Technology in Marine Science; Bay Watershed Programs are also offered through the Estuarium, Education & Training – Watershed Education using including Boardwalk Talks, a series of informal Bivalves; How Do We Explore?; and Why Do We talks between visitors and Sea Lab scientists, Explore?). Our thanks to Mississippi-Alabama aquarists, technicians or other experts and Summer Excursions, a series of @eld@trips@for@the@public.@@In@ 2013, there were a total of 24 Boardwalk Talks with a total audience of approximately 600 individuals and 14 Summer Excursions with 343 participants.

Through a partnership with the state of Alabama’s ACCESS (Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators and Students Statewide) program, Discovery Hall Programs is now offering a series of distance- learning classes. In 2013, segments were presented on Alabama’s Amazing Animal Adaptations, Alabama’s Marine Educator Jenny Cook (center) takes a class out to s salt marsh on Dauphin Island. Sharks and Rays and Alabama’s Invasive Species. Additionally, we Sea Grant, NOAA’s B-WET program, the Deep-C participated in ACCESS’s distance learning month Consortium,@and@NOAA’s@Of@ce@of@Exploration@for@ by@offering@speci@c@timed@programs.@@More@than@ supporting these efforts. A total of 114 teachers 3000 school-age students from across the state from 11 states participated in these workshops participated in these classes. that ranged in duration from 1 day to 5 days. Nine teachers took these workshops for graduate credit; In 2013, DHP has continued to work with the Mobile all participants receive continuing education units. Bay National Estuary Program on a service-learning program for middle school students known as Public outreach Estuary Corps. In the 2013-2014 school year, the As part of our mission, DHP educators participate monthly program has been expanded to include 2 in and conduct a variety of programs for the general schools and Boys and Girls Club in Mobile, AL.

Annual Report 2013 - page 16 disciplines, the Environmental Education Association of Alabama’s (EEAA) annual meeting, and Alliance of Natural Resource Outreach and Service Programs (ANSROP) annual meeting. Additionally, several DHP educators participated in multiple training sessions of the Mobile Area’s Education Foundation’s STEM initiative. Individuals have also served as reviewers for education proposals and manuscripts.

Personnel Due to life changes such as babies and family needs, two members of Professional Activity Discovery Hall Programs staff resigned in 2013. In 2013, the Southern Association of Marine In their places we have hired Jennifer Latour, an Educators (marine science educators in the northern experienced educator from the Tennessee Aquarium Gulf coast area) with DHP educators playing a and have moved JoAnn Moody from curriculum key role hosted the annual meeting of the National development into our regular teaching rotation. Our Marine Educators Association (NMEA) in Mobile, AL. staff now includes: Approximately 300 teachers, informal educators and agency personnel convened at Springhill College in Jenny Cook - Marine Educator III, MS (1991, July and participated in professional development University of South Alabama) activities. DHP educators also gave 2 presentations Greg Graeber - Marine Educator III, ME (2008, during the meeting. Each DHP educator played key University of South Alabama) roles in committee assignments, handling meeting Mendel Graeber - Marine Educator II (part-time), BS organization,@logistics,@@eld@trips,@public@relations,@ (2001, University of Alabama) registration and the myriad of other details that go Sara Johnson - Administrative Assistant; BS (2004, into hosting a successful meeting. We are indebted Pennsylvania State University) to DISL’s Information Technology department for Jennifer Latour - Marine Educator I, BS (2004, their assistance and to the DISL administration for Thomas University) their support. Tina Miller-Way - Chair; MS, Ph.D. (1995, Louisiana State University) In@addition@to@this@signi@cant@undertaking,@DHP@ JoAnn Moody - Marine Educator I, MAT (2005, educators attended and/or presented sessions at (University of West Alabama) the annual National Science Teachers Association Joan Turner - Marine Educator III, BA (1999, (NSTA) meeting, iSTEM - Alabama Science University of Alabama - Huntsville) Teacher’s Association’s meeting focused on STEM Hazel Wilson - Marine Educator III, BS (1981, (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Memphis State University).

Annual Report 2013 - page 17 The Estuarium 251.861.7500 Toll Free: 866.403.4409 www.sealabestuarium.org

photographs, and the winners@of@the@@ve@ categories will be sent to Washington, DC for the national contest at Coastal America.

The Estuarium also displayed the winning artwork of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources yearly calendar contest.

The Estuarium hosted celebrity chef and Food Network star Martie Duncan on The new Ray Tank, heated by geothermal energy, proves a hit with visitors of all ages. November 2, 2013, for the “Seafood, Science & Celebrity” event The Estuarium continues to be a much-visited local sponsored by the attraction, with an increase in visitation of three South Mobile County Tourism Authority. The event percent over the 2012 attendance. The Estuarium was designed to help South Mobile County and the posted an attendance State of Alabama grow in tourism awareness about of 76,314 during the 2013 calendar year. This is the sustainable resources. In tribute to the red, white best attendance since 2003. and brown shrimp found in Alabama Gulf waters, the

Construction of the new exhibit, Rays of the Bay, opened in 2013. The ray tank features an unusual geothermal heating and cooling system that uses the ground’s temperature to maintain a comfortable 74 degrees in both the winter and summer.

The addition of an Attractions LCD Monitor to the Estuarium highlights other tourist favorites in the south Mobile County area. These include the Audubon Bird Sanctuary, Bayou La Batre, Bellingrath Gardens, Mobile Bay Ferry, Estuarium and Fort Gaines.

The Estuarium is again hosting the Coastal America Ocean Art Contest in 2013-2014 as part of the Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center network. Advertising for the Red, White and Brown Ball at the Over a hundred students submitted artwork and Estuarium.

Annual Report 2013 - page 18 evening was a celebration of Gulf shrimp and all the natural beauty Dauphin Island has to offer. Guests sampled and compared the three varieties of Gulf shrimp and enjoyed a tasting menu of award-winning shrimp recipes prepared by award-winning chefs who taught guests how to make these recipes at home. The lineup of chefs included: Martie Duncan, James Beard Award Semi-Finalist Chef Rob McDaniel, and Great American Seafood Cook-Off Winner Chef Jim Smith.

Docent Program Like all museums and aquariums around the nation, the Estuarium could not function at the level that it does today without the dedicated involvement of our docent volunteer force. Currently, we have over 50 docents who volunteer their time in the Estuarium or around the campus in other capacities helping to explain the Mobile Bay ecosystem to We also had 13 student volunteers during 2013, who visitors to greening up our campus. Our stalwart were especially excited about working at our Ray crew of docents provided over 4,000 hours of Touch Tank. The student docent volunteer hours service in 2013. There is no question that they are a alone accounted for over 850 hours! tremendous resource for us. Docents lent their special expertise at a series of During@the@reporting@year,@@ve@of@our@dedicated@ DISL-related events, including Discovery Day; Open landscape docents retired – Blanche Emerson (19 House at the Environmental Studies Center; The years of service); Rina Schuett (19 years); Stella Roy Martin Young Anglers Tournament; The Dauphin Anderson (16 years); Kay Breitenfeld (15 years); and Island Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo; and BayFest. Pierce and Bonnie Staples (3 years). If you are interested in volunteering at the Estuarium, please contact Ms. Jamelle Roy at jroy@ disl.org.

Estuarium Personnel Robert Dixon - Estuarium Manger Brian Jones - Senior Aquarist Joe Ingraham - Aquarist Melissa Torres - Aquarist, Partial Year Lauren Beasley - Part Time Aquarist, now Full Time Aquarist Tiffany Christiansen - Part Time Aquarist Alison Zenle - ExxonMobil Summer Intern Aquarist

Gift Shop Personnel Jeana Layne - Gift Shop Manager Jamelle Roy - Estuarium Docent Coordinator Amy Hannah Mary Catherine (Cathy) Miller Janice Watanabe Sallie Joe Williams

Annual Report 2013 - page 19 University Programs

University Programs (UP) oversees summer The UP Faculty contributed $2,537,405.39 in undergraduate and year round graduate (M.S. and extramural funding. Of this total, $911,721.63 was Ph.D.) education, as well as faculty research. faculty extramural funding through the University of Alabama and University of South Alabama. A full accounting of faculty activity, including peer- reviewed papers, grants and invited talks, can be During the reporting period, the faculty produced 34 found on pages 33-44. refereed publications; 13 technical reports; 1 book chapter;@and@108@scienti@c@abstracts/presentations.@@ Fifteen (15) of the 22 member institutions sent students to the DISL for the 2013 Summer Program. University Programs Personnel UP delivered 950 undergraduate hours and 80 non- Dr. Kenneth L. Heck, Jr. - Director DISL graduate hours during the summer and 468 Sally Brennan - University Programs Registrar DISL graduate hours during the academic year for a Carolyn Wood - Department Secretary total of 1,498 hours.

Six graduate students who conducted their research at the DISL received their degrees from their home institutions during the reporting period of October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013 (Table 1). Two of these were Ph.D. graduates.

Annual Report 2013 - page 20 Table 1. 2012-2013 Graduates:

Students Graduated D. Joe Dalrymple, M. S., Effects ontogeny on nitrogen sequestration and removal capacity of oysters (USA)

Crystal Louallen-Hightower, M.S., Evaluating the current status of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in offshore waters of the north central Gulf of Mexico: Age and growth, abundance, and mercury concentration (USA)

Lanora Lang, M.S., The effects of hypoxia and other environmental factors on the vertical distribution of larval@@shes@in@the@northern@Gulf@of@Mexico@(USA)

Kelly L. Robinson, Ph.D., Climate drives local to global variations of coastal gelatinous zooplankton (USA)

Charles A. Stapleton, III. Ph.D., Assessing the impact of natural and human disturbances on diatom assemblages in the lower delta, Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA: A forensic paleoecological study (USA)

Ben Wilson, M. S., Spatial and temporal variability in methane and carbon dioxide exchange at three coastal marshes along a salinity gradient in a northern Gulf of Mexico estuary (UA)

Annual Report 2013 - page 21 In 2013, Ph.D student Ali Rellinger (l) received a Student Presentation Award at the Association for the Sciences of Limnoogy and Oceanography conference in New Orleans. Pictured right are Masters students Andrea Kroetz (l) and Whitney Scheffel (r) who received Best Talk and Best Poster awards, respectively, at the annual Graduate Student Symposium in Ocean Springs, MS.

Annual Report 2013 - page 22 Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation PO Box 82151, Mobile, AL 36689 251-605-6624 www.sealabfoundation.org

The Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation supports the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in its mission “ to provide wise stewardship of the marine environment through education and research.” The Foundation provides funds to sustain the activities of the Sea Lab and promotes awareness of the Sea Lab and its environmental issues. The Foundation is also building the George C. Crozier Endowment for the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.

The Foundation, established in 2002, is overseen by a governing board, which currently has 27 members. An advisory board to the governing board was established in 2011 and consists of 18 non-voting members. Executive Director, Helene Hassell, a former board member, has served as the director since 2010.

The Foundation raises funds and promotes the Sea Lab through various means. The primary event@is@Cocktails@with@the@Critters,@held@the@@rst@ Thursday in May. It is an exciting band party with a wildly successful silent auction. Income for CWC is realized through sponsorships, ticket sales and the silent auction. The event has grown in popularity over the years. There were 450 people in attendance at the 2013 event.

In 2013, The Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation hosted its second annual Marine Environmental Awards luncheon on October 29. The awards were originally devised by Dr. George Crozier to recognize individuals in the community who Top photo (l-r) 2013 Marine Environmental Award recipient were having positive impacts on the sustainability Skipper Tonsmiere, DISL Executive Director Dr. John of the marine environment. There were two Valentine, and DISL Foundation Director Helene Hassell. awards given; one to an individual, Skipper Bottom photo (l-r) Dr. John Valentine, Helene Hassell, and Tonsmeire and to an organization, The Dog Dog River Clearwater Revival President Kim Sweet. River Clearwater Revival. A luncheon was held to showcase the awards and the recipients. The Keynote speaker was National geographic The Friends of the Sea Lab (FOSL) formerly the photographer, Brain Skerry. It is an honor for Friends of the Estuarium was established in 2010 members of the Gulf Coast Community to be and is administered by the Foundation. Letters are selected for these awards by the Sea Lab. There sent out each year and the members of the Friends were 200 people in attendance at this luncheon. receive@certain@bene@ts@based@upon@their@level@of@ Windcreek Casino was our underwriter. They sponsorship. Currently there are 150 Friends. donated $10,000.

Annual Report 2013 - page 23 Trustees Walsh Arendall Kinley Bell Rick Courtney Kevin Cross Fred Cushing John Dindo, PhD. Mary Epps Ellingwood David England Russ Ford Tom Gaillard John Goodloe Grant Harkness Doug Hungerford Luella Hunt Neil Kennedy Russell Ladd, IV Angela Payne Julie Sirmon Chuck Stapleton Jay Thompson This older BayMobile vehicle will soon be updated, thanks to a donation from PNC. Pictured (l-r) Richard Tremayne – Helene Hassell, Executive Director, DISL Foundation; Cedric Hatcher, PNC Regional President, Gulf Coast; and Dr. John Valentine, DISL Executive Director. Bud Urquhart

A Holiday appeal letter is sent to supporters each Honorary Trustees year. The letter generates donations for memorial George Crozier, PhD and honorarium cards to celebrate the season. E.O. Wilson, PhD The Foundation also seeks grants to fund special projects at the Sea Lab. DISL Representative John Valentine, PhD Grants 2013 • PNC Bank Funded a grant request to underwrite Advisory Committee a new Baymobile for the Discovery Hall Erin Wheeler, Chair program. Awarded $40,000. Melissa Baker Fred Brock •@ DISLF participated in the Wonders of the Gulf Goldie Burkholder campaign with Windcreek Casino and was Suzanne Damrich awarded $15,000 Karlos Finley Floyd Fraser DISL Foundation Personnel Lisa Goodloe Helene Hassell, Executive Director Bill Haffner Robert Harlin DISL Foundation Board Austill Lott Patrick Wilson - Chair Tara Marshall Bryan Thames - Vice Chair Tomi Sue Mayer Scott Browning - Treasurer Dottie McKean Margaret VanLoock - Secretary Eliska Morgan Sonny Middleton Jocko Potts Marty Stapleton

Annual Report 2013 - page 24 Mobile Bay National Estuary Program 118 North Royal Street, #601, Mobile, AL 36602 251-431-6409 www.mobilebaynep.com

The mission of the Mobile Bay National Estuary Respect the Connect: A Five Year Plan for Program is to promote wise stewardship of the Protecting Coastal Values water quality and living resources of the Alabama’s After two years of compiling input from over estuarine systems. Funding in part by the US EPA 1,000 citizens and 30 different scientists, MBNEP and administratively sponsored by the DISL, MBNEP published a Draft @ve-year plan that addresses is a non-regulatory program, bringing together community values and captures consensus citizens; local, state, and federal government among stakeholders about the estuary’s most agencies; businesses and industries; conservation critical management needs. The plan is based on and environmental organizations; and academic protecting the six things that citizens value most institutions to meet the environmental challenges about coastal quality of life: Access (to water that face the unique and imperiled resources that and open spaces), Beaches and Shorelines, characterize our coastal estuaries. The MBNEP is Fish, Heritage/Culture, Resiliency, and Water part of the Sea Lab’s Coastal Policy Program. Quality. This draft plan will be accompanied by @ve year strategies for measuring status DURING THE 2012-2013 PROGRAM YEAR, and trends, undertaking ecosystem restoration, MBNEP demonstrated its ability to collaborate building community capacity, and increasing citizen with numerous partners. Thirteen grants from stewardship to improve the status of freshwater eight different organizations were active including wetlands, streams and rivers, and intertidal marshes two grants from the U. S. EPA Gulf of Mexico and @ats of coastal watersheds (the habitats Program, six grants from Alabama Department of identi@ed by the Science Advisory Committee as Conservation and Natural Resources, one grant from most stressed). Alabama Department of Transportation, and two grants from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Match To determine which actions should be included in the funding for the MBNEP annual U.S. EPA award was CCMP, MBNEP hosted a workshop in November, received from the State of Alabama, the Alabama 2012. Six teams – one for each of the identi@ed Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and several Mobile and Baldwin County municipalities, totaling $205,396. In total, the MBNEP managed over $2,200,000 to conduct 36 projects affecting the water quality and living resources of Mobile Bay. In addition, MBNEP was awarded two grants under the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Gulf Environmental Bene@t Fund: $6.7 million to undertake restoration in the D’Olive Watershed and $2.05 million to create marsh, stabilize the shoreline of the tip of Mon Louis Island, The restored @rst order creek at Prichard’s Jackson Reading Park, with wetlands, and prepare a watershed riparian, and @oodplain native plants thriving, post-restoration. (Photograph by Christian management plan for the Miller) Fowl River Watershed.

Annual Report 2013 - page 25 common coastal Values – each captained by local DOG RIVER WATERSHED SEDIMENT STUDY experts with ten to twenty community leaders, In December, 2012, the Geological Survey of resource managers, and experts, convened to Alabama completed a characterization of land 1) identify desired outcomes and barriers to their use, erosion, and sedimentation in the Dog River realization, 2) identify at least @ve actions that are Watershed to identify sources of sediment and to speci@c, measureable, realistic and time-bound establish baseline data and sedimentation rating that relate to the stressors and drivers identi@ed curves that can be used to evaluate future changes in the @rst step, and 3) discuss and recommend in erosion and sediment load transport. This implementation strategies. A list of over 140 actions monitoring project assessed suspended and bed was compiled from this effort. MBNEP posted sediment transport rates in 10 monitoring sites the draft of the CCMP for public comment and in selected tributaries of Dog River. Monitoring asked citizens to prioritize the actions identi@ed at was based on precipitation and resulting stream the workshop for further development of @ve year discharge and included basic @eld acquired physical strategies. The comment period closed on March 1, and water quality parameters as well as sediment. 2013. These data will be used to determine impacts of land use change, to focus resources in areas of greatest Determining which a process for prioritizing coastal need for remedial action, and to assist municipal watersheds in need of restoration or conservation and state erosion and sedimentation inspection fell to MBNEP’s Project Implementation Committee. programs. Initially, the wide range of environmental projects proposed in reaction to the Deepwater Horizon Biological Condition Gradient Development for the incident and subsequent passage of the RESTORE Mobile Bay Estuary Act were compiled/consolidated into a single The MBNEP Science Advisory Committee, with list. A Working Group was appointed with the assistance from Barry Vittor and Associates, is goal of determining a framework for watershed undertaking identi@cation of both indicators of prioritization. This group collected data sets relevant biological condition and representative indices to prioritization of watersheds on the 12-digit of anthropogenic stress to construct a biological Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUCs)-scale. Of the forty- condition gradient for the Mobile Bay Estuary. The eight 12-digit HUCs in the two county area, the “@rst SAC will focus on indicators related to the provision cut” included only those watersheds containing of ecosystem services by the three most stressed at least two of the three habitat types determined habitat types to calibrate biological condition. NASA by the SAC to be the most stressed. Data were and other partners are currently investigating presented and 24 watersheds reviewed at a public methods of representing both biological condition meeting, where attendees voted to determine where and stress via remote satellite imagery. attention and resources should be focused. MOBILE BAY HYDROLOGICAL AND WATER Measuring Status and Trends- Ongoing Activities QUALITY MODEL Mobile Bay Real-Time Monitoring In partnership with the U. S. EPA Region IV and With continued funding (7th year) from the Gulf of ADEM, MBNEP facilitated an update of the existing Mexico Program in 2013, water monitoring sites Loading Simulation Program (LSPC), Environmental at Meaher Park, Dauphin Island, Weeks Bay, and Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC) and Water Quality Mobile (Middle) Bay continue to provide real-time Analysis Simulation Program (WASP) that have data that can be viewed at www.mymobilebay. been applied to the Mobile Bay watershed and water com. That website also contains links to the body for the purpose of developing Total Maximum Mobile River, Fort Morgan, and the Farewell Buoy Daily Loads. Models were updated through 2011 to as part of the Physical Oceanographic Real-Time incorporate new datasets. The current model was System of the National Ocean Service with data developed by Tetra Tech and released in December, particularly pertinent to shipping interests. Data 2012. These models will ultimately be used to make is also available from Weeks Bay and Grand Bay management decisions for Mobile Bay and are through the NOAA National Weather Service intended to be built upon based on agency needs. Hydrometeorological Automated Data System. The My Mobile Bay website will ultimately be connected HEALTHY WATERSHEDS INITIATIVE to a larger network of stations as part of the Gulf In partnership with the U. S. EPA Headquarters, Coast Ocean Observing System with research MBNEP is undertaking scoping effort that works reports, maps, and other information available to the collaboratively across agency and organizational public. partners to develop an integrated assessment of watershed health using existing data across the

Annual Report 2013 - page 26 Mobile Bay watershed. This information will be used A Request for Quali@cations for an engineering/ to develop a strategic approach to maintaining, planning @rm to generate detailed designs and protecting and improving the high quality speci@cations for installation of a habitat-friendly, components of the watershed that currently support shoreline stabilization project for the northernmost Bay health and strategically preventing and restoring 1000-foot Mobile Bay shoreline was issued in July, degraded areas that exist within a systems context. 2013. Thompson Engineering was selected and The strategic approach outlined here will provide a contracted to develop the design, which is currently valuable framework for planning and stewardship in progress. Upon completion of design, a Request outreach strategies. Understanding the current for Bids for construction will be issued and a state of health throughout the greater Mobile Bay contractor selected. watershed will allow for strategic implementation of protection and restoration efforts. By strategically Prichard’s Jackson Reading Park/Eight Mile Creek coordinating protection and restoration efforts MBNEP was awarded a National Fish and Wildlife across agencies and organizations, there is greater Foundation Five Star Grant to restore a @rst order potential for successful environmental outcomes. tributary that borders Prichard’s Jackson Reading Park in the Whistler Community as an initial ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION AND PROTECTION implementation activity prescribed by the Watershed Management Plan for the Eight Mile Creek (EMC) D’Olive Creek Watershed Restoration Watershed,. This creek conveys stormwater from With restoration of the unnamed, head-cut a drainage area north of St. Stephens Road past tributary to Joe’s Branch and downstream wetlands the Park and downstream to Eight Mile Creek, (funded by a Clean Water Act Section 319 Grant) which was listed on the State’s 303(d) list for substantially completed, the project moves into impairment by pathogens. Partners from Auburn further phases of restoration. With $6.85M University (Landscape Architecture Department and secured through a grant from the National Fish Alabama Cooperative Extension System [ACES]) and Wildlife Foundation – AL Gulf Environmental co-developed an engineering plan for the stream Bene@t Fund 2013, continued restoration of restoration and oversaw construction by the City substantially degraded tributaries in the D’Olive of Prichard Public Works Department in early and Tiawasee Creek and Joe’s Branch Watershed November, 2012. MBNEP and the Coastal Alabama will be undertaken to “stop the bleeding” and Clean Water Partnership installed water lines and mitigate impairments resulting from stormwater oversaw a community planting to install almost 3,000 runoff. Upstream retention measures are currently native emergent and riparian plants in and around being implemented by the City of Spanish Fort and the stream bed. Partners also included the Prichard planning begun to complete the restoration of the Environmental Restoration Keepers and Mobile Joe’s Branch subwatershed. Baykeeper, who coordinated volunteer clean up and planting efforts. The restored stream will provide Mon Louis Island habitat for a broad diversity of wildlife and aquatic The western shore of Mobile Bay, impacted by organisms and an educational venue to connect erosion and degradation of its shallow water and school-aged students to environmental assets where intertidal habitats that provide nursery grounds for they live. Educational signage provides an overview @sh and shell@sh and promote benthic biodiversity, of the project, the ecosystem and the watershed. remains a primary target of restoration. This erosion stems not only from the effects of periodic Steele Creek Lodge Shoreline Restoration, tropical weather events, but also from chronic Satsuma, AL impacts like prevailing winds and ship wakes, with The City of Satsuma received technical assistance the northern end of Mon Louis Island particularly and $10,000 from MBNEP to purchase materials vulnerable to catastrophic degradation. MBNEP necessary to address erosion and undercutting has secured $2.05M in funding to restore the along the western shore of the embayment off vulnerable north end of the island at the mouth of Bayou Sara, where Steele Creek Lodge and of East Fowl River to its 1979 footprint, to fund municipal boat ramps are located. In August 2010 a Geological Survey of Alabama investigation of Dr. Bret Webb of the University of South Alabama sediment loading and dynamics, and to develop a investigated the site and provided conceptual comprehensive watershed management plan for the recommendations for restoration within that Fowl River Watershed to identify potential restoration limited budget. The City selected the creation of and protection projects to elevate this system to a perched terrace and in 2012 installed a rock sill “conservation” status. composed of class 1-2 riprap with a crest located an average of six feet from and along the 150-

Annual Report 2013 - page 27 Aerial photograph of the eroded northern end of Mon Louis Island at the mouth of East Fowl River. Note the short distance from the harbor embayment to the Bay shoreline. (Photograph by Sam St. John)

foot impacted shoreline. Clean sand was placed litter from city streets and parking lots, limited behind the sand @ll on geo-fabric to create a terrace public access, impaired water quality (nutrients and at a depth between MLW and MHW with an area pathogens), and environmental justice issues. The of approximately 900 square feet. This area was con@uence of stakeholder support and resources planted by Satsuma High School ROTC Students (University of South Alabama, Mobile In@rmary, with native emergent plants of species and diversity USA Medical Center, USA Children and Women’s similar to those found at an existing marshy area Hospital, Mobile Gas/Sempra, Scotch Gulf Lumber, adjacent to the boat ramps. and the Alabama State Port Authority), political jurisdiction (watershed includes portions of @ve Restoration of Three Mile Creek Watershed, Mobile, Mobile City Council Districts and all three Mobile AL County Commission Districts), and environmental In response to community concerns and following justice issues(watershed includes @ve public efforts to 1) Clean Up the Bottom and 2) restore the housing developments) make Three Mile Creek historic stream bed of Three Mile Creek, MBNEP and its watershed an extraordinary opportunity over $250,000 for the development of a Watershed to turn what is now a community liability, due to Management Plan for Three Mile Creek. Dewberry its degraded condition, into a community amenity won the contract for WMP development, and similar to “river walks” in other American cities. an initial draft, conforming to the EPA’s nine key The vision for this transformation, derived from a elements and including adaptation planning for series of public meetings hosted by the MBNEP, climate readiness is in production. includes construction of bicycle, running, or walking trails connecting a linear series of parks and green The Creek, which until the mid-twentieth century was spaces, restoration of hydrology to the Creek and its the water source for the City, has been degraded surrounding wooded wetlands, enhanced paddling or challenged by urban stormwater runoff, invasive and ecotourism opportunities, and improved water species (i.e., island apple snails, Chinese Tallow/ quality and @sh and wildlife health, resulting in Popcorn Trees, alligator weed, etc.), trash and enhanced community health and civic pride and increased property values.

Annual Report 2013 - page 28 Local Ecosystem Restoration Partnership and drainage improvement as demonstrations near In 2011, MBNEP solicited proposals from Baldwin the intersection of Central Boulevard and Westley and Mobile counties and coastal municipalities Streets as match to MBNEP funding. for projects related to stormwater management; • The City of Foley was awarded $82,500 to wetlands restoration, protection, enhancement, or address/reverse impacts of urban development on creation; and sediment management. Six projects Wolf Creek by restoring the stream and @oodplain received awards ranging from $15K to $82.5K, and to natural condition. This project will provide more project completion was expected by September 30, and improved habitat for increased species diversity, 2013. Project summaries follow: implement urban watershed management practices, • The City of Daphne was awarded $15,000 and serve as an example of holistic watershed to support the establishment of Low Impact restoration. The grant period has been extended to Development Policies to supplement the newly allow establishment of vegetation. adopted City Subdivision Regulations and to provide alternatives to traditional stormwater management EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND CAPACITY practices. The Daphne City Council approved the BUILDING LID ordinance on Monday, June 24, 2013 by a vote of 8-1. Alabama Current Connection • The City of Chickasaw was awarded The Alabama Current Connection is a joint $20,000 to construct 300 feet of boardwalk and newsletter published by the Alabama Department 1,000 feet of gravel trails allowing public access of Conservation and Natural Resources, State and providing public education through interpretive Lands Division – Coastal Section and the MBNEP to signage in the park. It also involved debris highlight current projects, Management Conference removal and eradication of invasive species to activities, and other issues of interest to local improve wetland function. Construction, wetland residents. Two newsletters were published for improvement, and installation of signage are distribution as hard copies as well as in electronic complete. (PDF) format. • The City of Orange Beach was awarded $27,500 to address stormwater management Educational Kiosks and wetland restoration by altering the contour The same Gulf of Mexico Program grant that funded of the east Highway 161 right-of-way to create production of two educational videos also funded a serpentine wetland system that will greatly the creation of three educational kiosks developed improve the receiving waters of Cotton Bayou. by Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. The three Additionally, interpretive signage will be installed kiosks include presentations in English and Spanish along a pedestrian and biking trail that runs through targeted to a middle school audience. Their goal the project area. With an extension approved, is to impart knowledge about critical issues of the construction is pending. Gulf of Mexico while raising public awareness • The City of Orange Beach was awarded about basic watershed concepts and motivating $30,000 to analyze usage along soon-to-be- behavior change related to activities that impact the improved Canal Road and design a plan to provide environment. The kiosks, currently located at 1) the for expanded traf@c usage in a way that promotes Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in stormwater in@ltration, minimizes the use of Fairhope, AL, 2) the Barataria-Terrebonne National impervious pavement, and is both pedestrian and Estuary Program, and 3) the Museum of Science bicycle friendly. With an extension approved, plan in Corpus Christi, TX, are available to educational completion and adoption are pending. venues in the @ve Gulf States. • The City of Fairhope was awarded $50,000 to develop a management plan for the Volanta Gully Coastal Alabama Clean Water Partnership subwatershed and to implement at least two projects As host to the Coastal Basin Clean Water recommended in that plan. Following a transparent Partnership Facilitator, one of eight throughout the process that included public input, the WMP was State, MBNEP supports activities to reduce the completed. (http://www.mobilebaynep.com/images/ amount of non-point source pollution entering our uploads/library/Volanta_Gully_ waterways. The CACWP is part of the Alabama Watershed_Management_Plan.pdf) The City Rain Barrel Project, conducting workshops for implemented three projects: Installation of best citizens to “make and take” a 55-gallon rain barrel. management practices and drainage improvements Included in the workshop is an educational session at City ball@elds, parking areas, and dog park; teaching citizens how to protect water quality and installation of best management practices and conserve water resources, including how rain barrels drainage improvements at the City’s Jasmine Park, contribute to water quality protection, replenish

Annual Report 2013 - page 29 From left to right, Shelly Luce of Santa Monica Bay, Lindsay Cross of Tampa Bay, and Chris Bason of Delaware Inland Bays inspecting “the plug” in the historic streamway of Three Mile Creek. (Photograph by MBNEP staff)

groundwater sources, and reduce the use of potable Preparatory School and Spanish Fort Middle School. water. During the past program year: The barrels are used to teach students about water • Seven workshops were held in Mobile conservation. and Baldwin Counties in Alabama and Jackson o Two rain barrels were donated to the County, MS with a total of approximately 110 barrels Dauphin Island Park and Beach Board for use in a constructed. migratory bird station. • An abstract and poster were presented at the 2012 Bays & Bayous Symposium in Biloxi, Estuary Corps MS, highlighting the Coastal Alabama Rain Barrel Estuary Corps was established by MBNEP, who program joined forces with the Alabama Coastal Foundation, • As part of the implementation of the D’Olive and DISL’s Discovery Hall to engage youth in Watershed Management Plan, which recommended activities that explore and improve the Mobile Bay the establishment of a residential rain barrel program estuary system. The purpose of Estuary Corps is to to raise public awareness of area stormwater issues, promote the wise stewardship of the water quality a concerted effort is being made in Daphne and and living resources of Alabama’s estuaries through Spanish Fort, AL. education, volunteer experience, and career path o Two rain barrel workshops were held in guidance. In its second year, the program operates Daphne, with assistance from the Cities of Daphne at Phillips Preparatory School and Spanish Fort and Spanish Fort. Middle School and the Boys and Girls Club of o One Low-Impact Development Cody Road. Students from all three programs demonstration site was established in Spanish Fort. engaged in water monitoring activities under § A demonstration site was installed at 5 the supervision of Alabama Water Watch using Rivers Delta Center consisting of a 250-gallon AWW kits and protocols, constructed rain barrels, cistern, rain barrel, rain garden, and educational conducted recycling collections on their campuses signage acknowledging project partners and participated in the Take Pride in Toulminville • Rain barrels were donated to support cleanup. Tree and native plant plantings have also several area projects. been undertaken. o One rain barrel was donated to each Phillips

Annual Report 2013 - page 30 Mobile Bay National Estuary Program Personnel Roberta Swann – Director Kelley Barfoot – Community Outreach Coordinator Tiffany England – Business and Grants Manager Rick Frederick – Community Relations Manager Debi Foster – Communications Coordinator Tom Herder – Watershed Protection Coordinator Christian Miller – Non-point Source Pollution Outreach Kristen O’Keefe – Project Coordinator

Annual Report 2013 - page 31 Resident Research Faculty

Ruth Carmichael, Ph.D. Senior Marine Scientist II, Marine@@sheries@ecology,@including@assessments@of@ DISL and Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, species’ life history, distributions and trophic ecology University of South Alabama. Employing natural in coastal ecosystems. abundance stable isotopes to understand biological and physiological responses to environmental Kenneth L. Heck, Jr., Ph.D. Chair, University perturbations, assessing nutritional importance Programs, DISL and Professor of Marine Sciences, of food sources, discerning physiological state University of South Alabama. Ecological studies of of organisms, and determining time scales of interactions between seagrasses and associated ecosystem-level change. macrofauna,@especially@shrimps,@crabs,@and@@shes;@ Global assessment of seagrass nursery value, and Just Cebrian, Ph.D. Senior Marine Scientist III, experimental investigations of herbivory, nutrient DISL and Professor of Marine Sciences, University enrichment@and@over@shing@as@they@impact@seagrass@ of South Alabama. Coastal Ecosystem Ecology. ecosystems. Human impacts on Coastal Ecosystem Function. Management and Resiliency of Coastal Ecosystems. Ronald P. Kiene, Ph.D. Senior Marine Scientist III, DISL and Professor of Marine Sciences, University Rob Condon*, Ph.D. Research Senior Marine of South Alabama. Biogeochemical cycling of organic Scientist, DISL. Plankton and microbial ecologist matter in coastal and ocean systems with emphasis interested in understanding the climatological, on compounds containing sulfur and nitrogen; cycling physical and biogeochemical processes controlling of climatically important trace gases in relation to zooplankton and bacterial communities, the phytoplankton and food web dynamics; and microbial biological pump and carbon (C) cycling in estuarine, ecology and biogeochemistry in sediments. coastal and open-ocean systems. Jeffrey W. Krause, Ph.D. Senior Marine Scientist John Dindo, Ph.D. Senior Marine Scientist III, DISL and Associate Director for Institutional Advancement. Marine vertebrate ecology; avian breeding biology; predator-prey relationships in avian and herpetological fauna, habitat assessments; and age, size class and recruitment rates of @sh@on@hardbottoms.

Marcus Drymon, Ph.D. Research Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Research Assistant Professor, University of South Alabama. Dr. Ron Kiene, pictured here at Eilat, Israel, is collaborating on a project funded by the US- Israel Binational Science Foundation

Annual Report 2013 - page 32 rivers, estuaries and coastal systems, using@@eld@data,@theoretical@analyses@ and@numerical@models.@Speci@c@topics@ include estuarine residual circulation, dispersion of pollutants, sediment transport, eutrophication, hypoxia/ anoxia, etc.

Will Patterson, Ph.D. Senior Marine Science I, DISL and Associate Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Research areas include population dynamics, trophic dynamics, and population structure of marine@@shes. Sean Powers, Ph.D. Senior Marine Scientist III, DISL and Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Fisheries, experimental ecology, Dr. Jeffrey Krause conservation and restoration of coastal shell@sh@and@@n@sh@populations. I, DISL and Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Diatom John F. Valentine, Ph.D. Executive Director DISL ecology and physiology, cyanobacteria physiology, and and Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South coupling of the global Silicon, Carbon and Nitrogen Alabama. Current interests focus on the role of biotic cycles in coastal and open-ocean regions. processes@in@controlling@the@@ow@of@energy@among@ trophic levels in marine habitats, particularly herbivory Christine (Tina) Miller-Way, Ph.D. Marine Scientist on seagrasses. The application of conservation and Director, Discovery Hall, DISL. Science education techniques for the protection of nearshore marine - curriculum development, inquiry-based marine ecosystems. The use of marine protected areas to science; Research - functional ecology of marine test the impacts of higher order consumers on the benthos, benthic community structure, macrofaunal strength of trophic linkages between seagrass and effects on benthic processes and coastal hypoxia. coral reef habitat.

Behzad Mortazavi, Ph.D. Senior Marine Scientist Post-Doctoral Fellows I, DISL and Assistant Professor and Director of the Leslie Baggett University of Alabama M.S. Degree Program in the LaTina Gambles Marine Sciences. Focus on the transfer and cycling Jennifer Hill of bioreactive material in terrestrial and marine Jungwoo Lee* ecosystems, with a particular emphasis on how Justin Liefer naturally occurring perturbation and anthropogenic Glenn Miller* activities are impacting biogeochemical cycles. Bidyut Mohapatra* Ryan Moody* Alice C. Ortmann, Ph.D. Senior Marine Scientist I, DISL and Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, (*indicates faculty/staff no longer at the DISL) University of South Alabama. Diversity and ecological roles of marine microbes including Bacteria, Archaea and their viruses using both culture-based and molecular biology techniques.

Kyeong Park, Ph.D. Senior Marine Scientist II, DISL and Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Physical transport processes and their effects on water quality and living resources in tidal

Annual Report 2013 - page 33 Faculty Activity

Faculty News and Awards Science Technology. 46:12787-12795. Hernandez, F. J. Jr., L. Carassou, W. Ron Kiene. USA 50th Anniversary DOI: 10.1021/es302369h. Featured by M. Graham and S. P. Powers. 2013. – Recognition for one of the top 50 Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Evaluation@of@the@taxonomic@suf@ciency@ Research Accomplishments in USA http://gulfresearchinitiative.org/studies- approach for ichthyoplankton community History (May 3, 2013) indicate-that-oyster-tissue-and-shell-were- analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series similar-in-pre-and-post-oil-spill-conditions/ 491:77–90. Book Chapters and Projects Valentine, J. F., K. L. Heck, Jr., M. R. Cebrian, J., J. P. Stutes, and B. Kim, C.-K., K. Park and S. P. Powers. Dardeau and H. Burch. 2013. Ecosystem- Christiaen. 2012. Impacts of grazing and 2013. Establishing restoration strategy of based management of Mobile Bay, fertilization on epiphyte growth dynamics eastern oyster via a coupled biophysical Alabama. Pp.71-92, In: Ecosystem-Based under moderately eutrophic conditions: transport model. Restoration Ecology Management (J.W. Day and A. Yanex- implications for grazing rate estimates. 21(3):353-362, doi:10.1111/j.1526- Arancibia (Eds.) ,TAMU Press. Marine Ecology Progress Series 467: 23- 100X.2012.00897.x. 40. Krause, J. W., M. A. Brzezinski, D. Peer Reviewed Publications Cebrian, J., A. L. Stutes, S. Phipps, J. P. A. Siegel and R. C. Thunell. 2013. Addis, D. T., W. F. Patterson III, M. A. Danc Stutes, B. Christiaen and J. R. Pennock. Biogenic silica standing stock and and G. W. Ingram, Jr. 2013. Implications 2012. Effects of short-term sediment export in the Santa Barbara Channel of@reef@@sh@movement@from@unreported@ nutrient enrichment and grazer (Neritina ecosystem. Journal of Geophysical arti@cial@reef@sites@in@the@northern@Gulf@of@ reclivata) removal on sediment microalgae Research Oceans 118 (2), 736-749. Mexico. Fisheries Research 147:349-358. in a shallow eutrophic estuary (Weeks Bay, doi:10.1029/2012JC008070 Alabama, USA). International Journal of Ajemian, M.J. and S. P. Powers. 2013. Tropical Biology 60: 1687-1706. Krause, J. W., M. A. Brzezinski, T. A. Foraging effects of cownose rays Villareal and C. Wilson. 2013. Biogenic (Rhinoptera bonasus) along barrier islands Christiaen, B., A. McDonald, J. Cebrian silica cycling during summer phytoplankton of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of and A. C. Ortmann. 2013. Sulfate blooms@in@the@North@Paci@c@subtropical@ Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology reducing communities have the potential gyre. Deep-Sea Research I 71, 49-60. 439:119–128 to reduce seagrass restoration success. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.09.002 Aquatic Botany 109:31-38. Baggett, L. P., K. L. Heck, Jr., T. J. Lee, J., B. M. Webb, B. Dzwonkowski, Frankovich, A. R. Armitage and J. W. Christiaen, B., R. Bernard, B. Mortazavi, K. Park and A. Valle-Levinson. 2013. Fourqurean. 2013. Stoichiometry, growth J. Cebrian and A. C. Ortmann. 2013. Bathymetric@in@uences@on@tidal@currents@at@ and fecundity response to nutrient Differences in urbanization are not the@entrance@to@a@highly@strati@ed,@shallow@ enrichment by invertebrate grazers in re@ected@in@the@@15N@of@seagrass@leaves@ estuary. Continental Shelf Research 58:1- sub-tropical turtle grass meadows. Marine at a global scale. Marine Pollution Bulletin 11, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2013.03.002. Biology. DOI 10.1007/s00227-012-2075-6 doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.06.024 Maaty, W. S., J. Steffens, J. Heinemann, A. Baines, S. B., B. S. Twining, M. A. D’Ambra, I., W. M. Graham, R. H. C. Ortmann, B. D. Reeves, S. K. Biswas, Brzezinski, J. W. Krause, S. Vogt, Carmichael, A. Malej, V. Onofri. 2013. E. A. Dratz, P. A. Grieco, M. J. Young and D. Assael and H. McDaniel. 2012. Predation patterns and prey quality of B. Bothner. 2012. Global analysis of viral Signi@cant@silicon@accumulation@by@marine@ medusae in a semi-enclosed marine lake: infection in an archaeal model system. picocyanobacteria. Nature Geoscience 5, implications for food web energy transfer Frontiers in Virology 3:411. 886-891. doi: 10.1038/ngeo1641. in coastal marine ecosystems. Journal of Plankton Research. 0:1-8. DOI: 10.1093/ Mohapatra, B., A. N. Rellinger, D. Blackmon, D., and J. F. Valentine. 2013. plankt/fbt065 J. Kieber and R. P. Kiene. (2013). Recurring nocturnal benthic emergence Comparative functional characteristics along the coral reef-seagrass interface Darnell, K. M. and K. L. Heck, Jr. 2013. of dimethylsulfoniopropionate lyases in the Florida Keys National Marine Species-speci@c@effects@of@prior@grazing@on@ extracted from polar and temperate Sanctuary: evidence of a possible novel the palatability of turtlegrass. Journal of Phaeocystis species. Aquatic Biology, 18, prey escape response. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 185-195. doi: 10.3354/ab00504 Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 440:225-232. 448: 220-227. Moody, R.M., J. Cebrian and K. L. Heck, Drymon, J. M., L. Carassou, S. P. Powers, Jr. 2013. Intraannual recruitment dynamics Carmichael, R. H. A. Jones, H. Patterson, M. A. Grace, T. A. Henwood, J. Dindo for resident and transient marsh species: W. Walton, A. Pérez-Huerta, E. Overton, and B. Dzwonkowski. 2013. Multiscale evidence for a lack of impacts by the M. Dailey, K. Willett. 2012. Assimilation of analysis of factors affecting the distribution Macondo oil spill. PLOS ONE 8(3): e58376. oil-derived elements by oysters due to the of sharks throughout the Gulf of Mexico. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058376 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environmental Fishery Bulletin 111:370–380.

Annual Report 2013 - page 34 Moody, R. M., J. Cebrian, S. M. Kerner, Scharer, R. M., W. F. Patterson III, J. K. Patterson, W. F. III and K. A. Dahl. 2013. K. L. Heck, S. P. Powers and C. Ferraro. Carlson and G. R. Poulakis. 2013. Age Acoustic@tracking@of@reef@@shes@associated@ 2013. Effects of shoreline erosion on and@growth@of@smalltooth@saw@sh@veri@ed@ with EE-LAARS refugia reefs. Final Report salt-marsh@@oral@zonation.@Marine@Ecology@ with LAICP-MS analysis of vertebrae. for FWC-10340 submitted to the Florida Progress Series 488:145-155. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47850.doi:10.1371/ Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. 29 p. journal.pone.0047850. Patterson, W. F. III and 6 other panelists. Mortazavi B., A. Horel, M. J. Beazley and 2013. Southeast Data, Assessment P. A. Sobecky. 2013. Intrinsic rates of Scyphers, S. B. and S. P. Powers. 2013. and Review. SEDAR 32, South Atlantic petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation Context-dependent effects of a marine Blueline@Tile@sh@Review@Workshop@Report.@@ in Gulf of Mexico intertidal sandy ecosystem engineer on predator-prey SEDAR, North Charleston, SC, USA. 25 p. sediments and its enhancement by organic interactions. Marine Ecology Progress substrates. Journal of Hazardous Materials Series 491:295–301. Patterson, W. F. III and 6 other panelists. 244-245: 537-54. 2013. Southeast Data, Assessment and Wilson, C., T. A. Villareal, M. A. Brzezinski, Review. SEDAR 32, A Gulf of Mexico Mortazavi, B., A. Horel, J. S. Anders, A. J. W. Krause and A. Y. Shcherbina Menhaden Review Workshop Report. Mirjafari, M. J. Beazley and P. A. Sobecky. 2013. Chlorophyll bloom development SEDAR, North Charleston, SC, USA. 19 p. 2013. Enhancing the degradation of crude and the subtropical front in the North oil in sandy sediments with choline: a Paci@c.@@@Journal@of@Geophysical@Research@ Patterson, W. F. III and 6 other panelists. naturally methylated nitrogen compound. Oceans 118 (3), 1473-1488. doi: 10.1002/ 2013. Southeast Data, Assessment, Environmental Pollution 182: 53-62. jgrc.20143 and Review. SEDAR 31, Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Review Workshop Report. Myers, J. and K. L. Heck, Jr. 2013. Other Publications SEDAR, North Charleston, SC, USA. 226 Amphipod control of epiphyte load and Technical Reports p. its concomitant effects on shoalgrass Carmichael, R. H., A. Aven, J. Lewis. biomass. Marine Ecology Progress Series West Indian Manatee Update. Alabama Patterson, W. F. III and 13 other panelists. 483:133-142. Nongame Wildlife Green Books, Vol. 1-4. 2012. Southeast Data, Assessment, University of Alabama Press. and Review. SEDAR, Episodic Events Patankar R., B. Mortazavi, S.F. Oberbauer Workshop for Gulf of Mexico Fisheries: and G. Starr. 2013. Diurnal patterns Carmichael, R. H. and C. Miller. Manatee Workshop Summary Report. SEDAR, of gas-exchange and metabolic pools Necropsy Report, DISL’s Manatees North Charleston, SC, USA. 26 p. in tundra plants during three phases of Sighting Network submitted to Florida Fish the arctic growing season. Ecology and & Wildlife Conservation Commission and Walter, J., D. Devries, J. M. Drymon, W. Evolution 3:375-388. USFWS, MSN012512-01. Patterson, S. Powers and J. Williams. 2013. A proposed methodology to Patankar R., G. Starr, B. Mortazavi, S. F. Carmichael, R. H., C. Miller and E. incorporate ROV length data into red Oberbauer and A. Rosenblum. 2013. The Hieb. Manatee Necropsy Report, DISL’s snapper stock assessments. SEDAR effects of mite galling on the ecophysiology Manatees Sighting Network submitted technical document SEDAR31-AW08, of two Arctic willows. Arctic, Antarctic, and to Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation SEDAR, North Charleston, SC. 16 p. Alpine Research 45: 99-106. Commission and USFWS, MSN061913.01. Miscellaneous Publications Peterson, B. J., J. F. Valentine and K. L. Carmichael, R. H., C. Miller and E. Carmichael, R. H., E. Hieb, J. Delo, A. Heck, Jr. 2013. The snapper-grunt pump: Hieb. Manatee Necropsy Report, DISL’s Aven, C. Miller. Save the Manatee Club habitat@modi@cation@and@facilitation@of@the@ Manatees Sighting Network submitted Newsletter, Updates on Alabama Manatees associated benthic plant community by to Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation (quarterly articles). 2011-2013 reef-resident@@sh.@@Journal@of@Experimental@ Commission and USFWS, MSN070913.03. Marine Biology and Ecology 441:50-54. Carmichael, R.H. Coastal and Estuarine Froeschke ,J. and J. M Drymon. 2013. Research Federation (CERF) Newsletter, Powers, S. P., F. J. Hernandez, R. Atlantic sharpnose shark: Standardized Af@liate@Society@News@for@Gulf@Estuarine@ H. Condon, J. M. Drymon and C. M. index of relative abundance using boosted Research Federation (three issues per Free. 2013. Novel pathways for injury regression trees and generalized linear year). 2011-2013 from offshore oil spills: direct, sublethal models. SEDAR technical document and indirect effects of the Deepwater SEDAR34-WP-12. Carmichael, R. H. 2012-2013. Newsletter Horizon oil spill on pelagic Sargassum of the Mobile Manatee Sighting Network, communities. PLOS One, 8(9): e74802. Hoffmayer, . E.R, A. Pollack, J. M. 2(1, 2). 3(1) Hendon, J. M. Drymon and M. Grace. Powers, S. P., F. J. Fodrie, S. B. Scyphers, 2013. Standardized catch rates of Atlantic Park,@K.@@2012.@@Importance@of@strati@cation@ J. M. Drymon, R. L. Shipp and G. W. Stunz. sharpnose sharks (Rhizoprionodon on salt transport in a northern Gulf 2013. Basin-wide decreases in the size of terraenovae) collected during bottom of Mexico estuary. Pp. 134-141, In: coastal sharks documented by generations longline surveys in Mississippi, Louisiana, Proceedings of the 4th International of@@shermen.@@Marine@and@Coastal@ Alabama, and Texas coastal waters, Conference on Estuaries and Coasts, Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and 2004-2011. SEDAR technical document Vol. 2 (N. Q. Kim, Ed.). Water Resources Ecosystem Science 5:93-102. SEDAR34-WP-11. University, Vietnam: Water Resources University, Hanoi, Vietnam, October 8-11, Rozas, L. P., C. W. Martin and J. F. Hollander, D., I. Romero, W. F. Patterson, 2012. Valentine. 2013. Effects of reduced III, A. Kane and M. James. 2013. Effect hydrological connectivity on the nursery of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Abstracts & Presentations for Scienti@c function of shallow estuarine habitats within @sh@communities@associated@with@arti@cial@ Meetings a river delta. Marine Ecology Progress reefs off northwest Florida. Final Report Allen, L., D. Johnson, C. Jagoe, W. F. Series. 492: 9-20. submitted to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Patterson III and J. H. Tarnecki. 2012. Research Institute. 131 p. PAH metabolites in bile and enzymatic

Annual Report 2013 - page 35 biomarkers@in@livers@of@reef@@sh@from@ Bernard, R. J. and B. Mortazavi. 2013. Dahl, K.A., W. F. Patterson III and J.H. the northern Gulf of Mexico after the Sediment nitrogen cycling across a salinity Tarnecki. 2013. Effects of a rapid invasion Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Society of gradient in Mobile bay, Alabama. ASLO of@Paci@c@lion@sh,@Pterois volitans, on Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2013 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. New reef@@sh@communities@at@arti@cial@reefs@in@ North America 33rd Annual Meeting. 11-15 Orleans, LA, February 17-22. the northern Gulf Of Mexico. Alabama November, Long Beach, California. Fisheries Association Annual Meeting. 6-9 Brzezinski, M. A., J. W. Krause, K. A. March, Guntersville, Alabama. Allen, L., D. Johnson, C. Jagoe, W. F. Barbeau, R. Bundy, M. R. Stukel, M. R. Patterson III and J. H. Tarnecki. 2013. Landry and M. D. Ohman, M.D. 2013. Dahl, K. A., W. F. Patterson III and J.H. PAH metabolites in bile and enzymatic Variable@in@uence@of@iron@on@siliceous@ Tarnecki. 2013. Effects of a rapid invasion biomarkers@in@livers@of@reef@@sh@from@ biomass and production in a frontal zone of@Paci@c@lion@sh,@Pterois volitans, on reef the northern Gulf of Mexico after the within the California Current. Association @sh@communities@at@arti@cial@reefs@in@the@ Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Gulf of for the Sciences of Limnology and northern Gulf Of Mexico. 143rd Annual Mexico Research Initiative Meeting. 21-23 Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. January, New Orleans, Louisiana. Meeting. New Orleans, LA. 8-12 September, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Allen, L., D. Johnson, C. Jagoe, W. F. Carmichael, R.H., D. Dalrymple, P. Dahl, K. A., W. F. Patterson III, P. C. Patterson III and J. H. Tarnecki. 2013. Biancani, C. Kovacs, W. Walton and Darby and A. L. Garr. 2012. Shell stable PAH metabolites in bile and enzymatic E. Condon. 2013. Nitrogen in bivalve isotope chemistry distinguishes hatchery biomarkers@in@livers@of@reef@@sh@from@ shell and soft tissues: Implications for reared from wild Florida apple snails. Gulf the northern Gulf of Mexico after the N sequestration and cycling in Coastal Estuarine Research Society Biannual Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. 143rd Annual Waters. Goldschmidt 2013, Mineralogical Meeting. 8-9 November, Dauphin Island, Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Magazine. Alabama. 8-12 September, Little Rock, Arkansas. Carmichael, R., D. Dalrymple, P. Biancani, Darrow, E., R. Carmichael, K. Calci and Amrani, A., W. S. Ahamed , Y. Shaked W. Walton, E. Condon. 2013. Nitrogen in W. Burkhardt III. 2013. Sedimentary and R. P. Kiene. 2013. The sulfur isotope bivalve shell and soft tissues: Implications organic matter source shifts due to land composition of DMS and DMSP in marine for N sequestration and cycling in coastal use change in a northern Gulf of Mexico water. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, waters. Goldschmidt 2013, Florence, Italy. estuarine system. Association for the February 17-22, New Orleans, LA. (Invited) Sciences of Limnology & Oceanography (ASLO), New Orleans, LA. Baggett, L. P., S. P. Powers, R. Carmichael, R., R. Crim, H. Patterson, Brumbaugh, L. Coen, B. DeAngelis, B. Dzwonski, K. Park and N. Taylor. Darrow, E. R. H. Carmichael, K. Calci B. Hancock and S. Morlock. 2012. 2013. The trophic importance of land- and W. Burkhardt III. 2013. Sedimentary Developing monitoring guidelines and derived organic matter in a freshwater organic matter source shifts due to land criteria for measuring performance of dominated northern Gulf of Mexico estuary. use change in a Northern Gulf of Mexico oyster restoration projects. Restore Association for the Sciences of Limnology estuarine system. Gulf Estuarine Research America’s Estuaries Conference, Tampa, & Oceanography (ASLO), New Orleans, Society (GERS) Biennial Meeting, Dauphin FL, October 22-25. LA. Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL.

Baggett, L. P., S. P. Powers, R. Carmichael, R., A. Shriver and I. Valiela. Dalrymple, D. J., R.H. Carmichael and Brumbaugh, L. Coen, B. DeAngelis, B. 2012. Bivalve response to estuarine W. Walton. 2013. Increased nitrogen Hancock@and@S.@Morlock.@@2012.@@De@nition@ eutrophication: The balance between removal by native triploid eastern oysters. and measurements of reef area and enhanced food supply and habitat Gulf Estuarine Research Society (GERS) vertical relief of restored oyster reefs. alterations. Coastal and Estuarine Biennial Meeting, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Restore America’s Estuaries Conference, Research Federation (CERF) Argentina, Dauphin Island, AL. Tampa, FL, October 22-25. Mar del Plata. Dimens, P., J. M. Drymon and S. P. Baggett, L. P., S. P. Powers, R. Christiaen, B., R. Bernard, B. Mortazavi Powers. 2013. Using a landing cradle Brumbaugh, L. Coen, B. DeAngelis, B. and A. C. Ortmann. 2012. How useful to@@ll@the@data@gap@left@by@really@big@@sh.@@ Hancock and S. Morlock. 2012. Developing are@@15N@isotopic@signatures@as@tracers@ Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean monitoring guidelines and criteria for for nutrient pollution in seagrass beds? Fisheries Institute. judging the success of oyster restoration Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Dauphin projects. Mississippi - Alabama Bays and Island, AL, November 8-9. Drymon, J. M., L. Carassou and S. P. Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, MS. November Powers. 2013. Multi-scale investigation 14-15. Christiaen, B., J. Stutes, A. C. Ortmann and of the factors affecting the distribution J. Cebrian. 2013. The relative contribution of sharks in the Gulf of Mexico. Annual Bernard, R. and B. Mortazavi. 2012. of the benthos and water column to total Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Benthic nitrogen cycling in Weeks Bay, primary production in shallow lagoons with Society (AES). Alabama. Gulf Estuarine Research different degrees of human disturbance. Federation, Dauphin Island, AL, November Ocean Sciences Meeting, ASLO, New Drymon, J. M., S. P. Powers, A. M. Kroetz, 8-9. Orleans, LA K. Feldheim, J. Gautreaux and F. Moore. 2012. Are tiger sharks a seasonal conduit Bernard, R. and B. Mortazavi. 2012. Coen, L., L. P. Baggett, S. P. Powers, R. of terrestrial energy into marine foodwebs? Biogeochemical@controls@on@denitri@cation@ Brumbaugh, B. DeAngelis, B. Hancock Mississippi - Alabama Bays and Bayous in a shallow lagoon. Mississippi-Alabama and S. Morlock. 2012. Evaluating Oyster Symposium, Biloxi, MS. November 14-15. Sea Grant Bays and Bayou Meeting, Biloxi, Reef Restoration: Critical ecosystem- MS, November 14-15. services based metrics. Restore America’s Dzwonkowski, B., K. Park, J. Lee, B. Estuaries Conference, Tampa, FL, October M. Webb and A. Valle-Levinson. 2013. 22-25 Spring season velocity structure on a river-

Annual Report 2013 - page 36 in@uenced@inner@shelf:@where@is@the@coastal@ Jackson, J., S. Garner, J. M. Drymon and (Sphyrna tiburo) in coastal Alabama using current? ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting: S. P. Powers. 2012. Estimating release acoustic telemetry. Annual Meeting of the Learning for the Future, New Orleans, LA, mortality in the Gulf of Mexico greater Gulf Estuarine Research Society (GERS). February 17-22. amberjack (Seriola dumerili) stock with acoustic telemetry. Mississippi - Alabama Leary A., J. Gelsleichter, J. M. Drymon Fitzgerald, L., W. M. Graham and W. F. Bays and Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, MS, and R. D. Grubbs. 2013. Biomarkers of Patterson III. 2012. Characterization November 14-15. polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exhibited of Aurelia@spp.@associated@@shes@in@the@ in coastal species from the Gulf of Mexico northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Estuarine James, M. O., W. F. Patterson III, A. S. after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Gulf Research Society Biannual Meeting. 8-9 Kane, L. R. Faux and G. Zhong. 2013. of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science November, Dauphin Island, Alabama. Activities of biomarker enzymes in livers of Conference. Gulf@of@Mexico@@shes.@@PRIMO17:@Pollutant@ Fodrie, F. J., M. D. Kenworthy, S. P. Responses in Marine Organisms. 5-8 May, Logsdon, M. G., A. Kleinhuizen and B. Powers, J. M. Fear, J. H. Grabowski, C. Faro, University Programs Portugal. Mortazavi. 2013. Evolution of the nitrogen A. Layman and C. H. Peterson. 2013. cycle over the formation of a saltwater Landscape-scale movement of red drum James, M. O., A. Kane, L. Rowland-Faux, marsh ecosystem. ASLO Aquatic Sciences in a diverse estuarine habitat mosaic: can G. Zhong, Q. Mievre, A. Beers, A. Espaillat Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 17- we@really@identify@‘essential@@sh@habitat’?@ and W. F. Patterson III. 2013. Biomarker 22. American Fisheries Society Annual enzymatic activities in livers of Gulf of Meeting, Little Rock, AK. August. Mexico@@shes.@Gulf@of@Mexico@Oil@Spill@&@ Marquez, I. A., J. W. Krause, M. A. Ecosystem Science Conference. 21-23 Brzezinski, M. R. Medrano, S. B. Baines. Free C., J. M. Drymon and S. P. Powers. January, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2013. Synechococcus: a major player in 2012. The impact of the Deepwater the ocean silicon cycle? Association for the Horizon oil spill on the composition of Kiene, R. P., J. Motard-Côté, L. Oswald Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography marine megafauna in the northern Gulf of and D. J. Kieber. 2013. Dissolved DMSP (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting. New Mexico. Mississippi-Alabama SeaGrant in seawater – a dynamic pool with a Orleans, LA. Consortium (MASGC), Bays and Bayous refractory component. ASLO Aquatic Conference, November 14-15. Sciences Meeting, February 17-22, New Marshak, A. M. and K. L. Heck, Jr. Orleans, LA. 2013. The effects of seasonality and Garner, S. B, W. F. Patterson III, C. E. regional@warming@on@the@juvenile@reef@@sh@ Porch Jr. and J.H. Tarnecki. 2013. Direct Kinsey, J. D., I.M . Tyssebotn, D. J. community of the northern Gulf of Mexico. estimates of circle hook selectivity in the Kieber and R. P. Kiene. 2013. Effects Benthic Ecology Meeting, Savannah, GA, northern Gulf Of Mexico recreational reef of irradiance on Phaeocystis antarctica March. @sh@@shery.@Alabama@Fisheries@Association@ organosulfur and acrylate production. Annual Meeting. 6-9 March, Guntersville, ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, February Martin, C. W., J. F. Valentine, J. J. Dindo, Alabama. 17-22, New Orleans, LA. S. Scyphers, T. C. Kauffman. 2013. Investigation of polycyclic aromatic Garner, S. B, W. F. Patterson III, C. E. Kleinhuizen, A., M. Logsdon and B. hydrocarbon accumulation in coastal Porch Jr. and J.H. Tarnecki. 2013. Effect Mortazavi. 2012. Evolution of the nitrogen Alabama waterfowl after the Deepwater of@circle@hook@size@on@reef@@sh@catch@rates,@ cycle over saltmarsh ecosystem formation. Horizon oil spill. 2013 Gulf of Mexico Oil composition, and selectivity in the northern Gulf Estuarine Research Federation, Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference. Gulf of Mexico. 143rd Annual Meeting Dauphin Island, AL, November 8-9. New Orleans, LA. of the American Fisheries Society. 8-12 September, Little Rock, Arkansas. (Invited) Kleinhuizen, A., M. Logsdon and B. Mortazavi, B., R. Bernard, A. Riggs, A. Mortazavi. 2012. Evolution of the nitrogen Kleinhuizen, M. Logsdon and S. Phipps. Gregalis, K., L. Schlenker, J. M. Drymon, cycle over saltmarsh ecosystem formation. 2013. The transformation of the nitrogen J. Markeska and S. P. Powers. 2012. Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Bays and cycle in a coastal landscape: the present Evaluating the performance of vertical Bayou Meeting, Biloxi, MS, November 14- and the future. ASLO Aquatic Sciences longlines@to@survey@reef@@sh@populations@in@ 15. Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 17- the northern Gulf of Mexico. Mississippi- 22. Alabama SeaGrant Consortium (MASGC), Krause, J. W., M. A. Brzezinski, M. R. Bays and Bayous Conference, November Stukel, M. R. Landry and M. D. Ohman. Motard-Côté, J., D. J. Kieber and R. 14-15. 2013. Biogenic silica cycling across P. Kiene. 2013. Microbial cycling frontal gradients in the California Current of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and Heck, K. L. Jr. 2013. Shifting species Ecosystem. Association for the Sciences dimethylsul@de@production@along@a@salinity@ interactions and the tropicalization of the of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) gradient in the northern Gulf of Mexico. northern Gulf of Mexico. Benthic Ecology Aquatic Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, February Meeting, Savannah, GA, March. LA. 17-22, New Orleans, LA.

Hightower, C. L., S. P. Powers and D. W. Kroetz, A. M., S. P. Powers, J. M. Drymon Nash, J., A. C. Ortmann and J. L. Jones. Evans. 2012. Examining current mercury and M. Ajemian. 2012. Anthropogenic 2012. Vibrio cholera, a common member concentrations in northern Gulf of Mexico impacts on the movement of a small of the summer microbnial community in red drum. Mississippi - Alabama Bays and coastal shark. Mississippi - Alabama Mobile Bay, AL. Gulf Estuarine Research Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, MS. November Bays and Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, MS, Society, Dauphin Island, AL. 14-15. November 14-15. Nash, J., A. C. Ortmann and J. L. Jones. Hill, J. M. and K. L. Heck, Jr. 2013. When Kroetz, A. M., M. J. Ajemian, J. M. Drymon 2012. Vibrio cholera, a common member birds attack: non-consumptive effects of and S. P. Powers. 2012. Monitoring of the summer microbial community in avian predators in seagrass communities. shifts in movement of bonnethead sharks Mobile Bay, AL. Mississippi-Alabama Bays Ecological Society of America Annual and Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, MS. Meeting, Estes Park, CO, August.

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Norberg, M. J., W. F. Patterson III and J. Park, K. 2012. Plugging the leak: Barrier Parsons, M. L., D. M. Anderson, A. H. Tarnecki. 2012. Tomtate, Haemulon island restoration following Hurricane Robertson, D. L. Erdner, T. Smith, M. aurolineatum, population demographics Katrina enhances habitat quality L. Richlen, R. Kiene, and Y. Okolodkov. and diet in the northern Gulf of Mexico. for oysters in Mobile Bay, Alabama. 2013. CiguaHAB: A Regional Study Gulf Estuarine Research Society Biannual Mississippi – Alabama Bays & Bayous of Ciguatera in the Greater Caribbean. Meeting. 8-9 November, Dauphin Island, Symposium, Mississippi Coast Coliseum GEOHAB (Global Ecology and Alabama. and Convention Center, Biloxi, MS, Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms) November 15. Open Science Conference, Paris, France, Norberg, M. J., W. F. Patterson III and J. April 23-26. H. Tarnecki. 2013. Tomtate, Haemulon Park, K. 2013. Bottom boundary layer aurolineatum, population demographics sediment dynamics using high-resolution Patterson H. K., A. Boettcher and R. and diet in the northern Gulf of Mexico. data in a shallow, micro-tidal northern Gulf H. Carmichael. 2013. Using protein Alabama Fisheries Association Annual of Mexico estuary. ASLO Aquatic Science biomarkers to measure sublethal stress Meeting. 6-9 March, Guntersville, Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 19. in the Eastern Oyster. Gulf Estuarine Alabama. Research Society (GERS) Biennial Park, K. 2013. High-resolution Meeting, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Norberg, M. J., W. F. Patterson III and J. investigation of sediment dynamics in Dauphin Island, AL. H. Tarnecki. 2013. Tomtate, Haemulon the bottom boundary layer of a shallow, aurolineatum, population demographics micro-tidal estuary with large freshwater Patterson, W. F. III, D. T. Addis and J. H. and trophic ecology in the northern Gulf discharge,”@2013@Paci@c@Marginal@Sea@ Tarnecki. 2013. Fishery independent of Mexico. 143rd Annual Meeting of Meeting, Hangzhou, China, April 23. sampling@of@reef@@sh@with@micro@remotely@ the American Fisheries Society. 8-12 operated vehicles. 143rd Annual Meeting September, Little Rock, Arkansas. Park, K. 2013. Jubilee, a celebratory of the American Fisheries Society. hypoxia-related event in Mobile Bay, 8-12 September, Little Rock, Arkansas. Ortell, N. and A. C. Ortmann. 2013. Alabama. UKC (US-Korea Conference (Invited) Not all Thaumarchaeota are involved in on Science, Technology, and ammonium oxidation. Ocean Sciences Entrepreneurship), Korean-American Patterson, W. F. III, J. Tarnecki, Michael Meeting, ASLO, New Orleans, LA. Scientists and Engineers Association Norberg and Dustin Addis. 2013. (KSEA), East Rutherford, New Jersey, Arti@cial@reef@research@in@the@northern@ Ortell, N., K. Gundersen and A. C. August 7-11. Gulf@of@Mexico.@Northwest@Florida@Arti@cial@ Ortmann. 2012. Thaumarchaeoa Reef Workshop. 19-20 February, Niceville, contribute@signi@cantly@to@the@total@ Park, K. and B. Dzwonkowski. 2013. Florida. (Invited) prokaryote community in bottom waters Across-shelf current and transport on from two distinct seasonally hypoxic a@coastal@shelf@directly@in@uenced@by@ Patterson W. F. III, J. Tarnecki, C. Jagoe, zones in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. estuarine@out@ow.@@Gulf@of@Mexico@Oil@Spill@ I. Romero, D. Hollander, A. Kane and M. Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous & Ecosystem Science Conference, New James. 2012. Acute and chronic effects Symposium, Biloxi, MS. Orleans, LA, January 21-23. of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on northern@Gulf@of@Mexico@reef@@shes.@Gulf@ Ortell, N., K. Gundersen and A. C. Park, K. and H. K. Ha. 2013. Bottom Estuarine Research Society Biannual Ortmann. 2012. How is the nitrogen boundary layer sediment dynamics using Meeting. 8-9 November, Dauphin Island, cycle affected by shifting Thaumarchaeota high-resolution data in a shallow, micro- Alabama. abundance in two distinct hypoxic zones tidal northern Gulf of Mexico estuary. in the Northern Gulf of Mexico? Gulf ASLO 2013 Aquatic Science Meeting: Patterson W. F. III, J. Tarnecki, C. Jagoe, Estuarine Research Society, Dauphin Learning for the Future, New Orleans, LA, I. Romero, D. Hollander, A. Kane and Island, AL. February 17-22. M. James. 2012. Acute and chronic effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Ortmann, A. C., B. Christian and R. H. Park, K. and H. K. Ha. 2013. High- on@northern@Gulf@of@Mexico@reef@@shes.@@ Condon. 2013. Interactions between resolution investigation of sediment SEDAR Episodic Mortality Workshop. 13- members of the microbial loop in an dynamics in the bottom boundary layer of 15 December, New Orleans, Louisiana. estuary dominated by microzooplankton a shallow, micro-tidal estuary with large (Invited) grazing. Ocean Sciences Meeting, ASLO, freshwater@discharge.@@Paci@c@Marginal@ New Orleans, LA. Sea Meeting, Hangzhou, China, April Patterson W. F. III, J. Tarnecki, C. Jagoe, 23-25. I. Romero, D. Hollander, A. Kane and M. Ortmann, A. C., C. Linder, N. Shelton James. 2013. Acute and chronic effects and R. H. Condon. 2012. Addition Park, K. and C.-K. Kim. 2013. A of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on of dispersant or dispersed oil results modeling study of salt exchange for northern@Gulf@of@Mexico@reef@@shes.@@Gulf@ in@bacterial@communities@signi@cantly@ Mobile Bay, a northern Gulf of Mexico of Mexico Research Initiative Meeting. 21- different from those exposed to crude oil. estuary. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & 23 January, New Orleans, Louisiana. Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Ecosystem Science Conference, New Symposium, Biloxi, MS. Orleans, LA, January 21-23. Powers, S. P. and J. M. Drymon. 2013. Preparing for ecosystem-based Pabody, C. M., S. P. Powers, K. Heck, Park, K., S. P. Powers, G. S. Bosarge management:@a@@sheries-independent@ J. Cebrian and S. Scyphers. 2012. and H.-S. Jung. 2012. Plugging the sampling@program@for@reef@@sh@in@the@ Fisheries enhancement by “Living leak: Barrier island restoration following northern Gulf of Mexico. Annual Meeting Shorelines” — Does this concept work in Hurricane Katrina enhances habitat of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries coastal Alabama waters? Mississippi - quality for oysters in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Institute. Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium, Mississippi-Alabama Bays & Bayous Biloxi, MS, November 14-15. Symposium, Biloxi, MS, November 14-15. Powers, S. P. and J. M. Drymon. 2013. 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Annual Report 2013 - page 38 sink populations in a shallow water benthic Shepard, A., J. Valentine and C. D’Elia. Walter, J., B. Linton, W. F. Patterson III system. Annual Meeting of the American 2013. V alue of ecosystem services. 2013. and C. E. Porch Jr. 2013. The value Elasmobranch Society (AES). Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem of empirical estimates of selectivity in Science Conference. New Orleans, LA. integrated assessments. Center for the Powers, S. P., C. L. Hightower and J. Advancement of Population Assessment M. Drymon. 2013. Age composition Spearman, T. P., D. Perez, N. Adams, Methodology Workshop, Selectivity: and distribution of red drum (Sciaenops J. M. Drymon and S. P. Powers. 2012. Theory, Estimation, and Application in ocellatus) in offshore waters of the north Expanding@@sheries@independent@surveys@ Fishery Stock Assessment Models. 11-14 central Gulf of Mexico: evaluating a stock into@Alabama’s@arti@cial@reef@permit@zones:@ March, LaJolla, California. under a federal harvest moratorium. traditional gear meets the unconventional. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Mississippi-Alabama SeaGrant Consortium Wang, L.; R. J. Bernard, B. Mortazavi and Society (AFS), Little Rock, AK. August. (MASGC), Bays and Bayous Conference, A. C. Ortmann. 2012. A higher elevation November 14-15. Juncus roemarianus marsh overcomes Presley, D. and A. C. Ortmann. 2012. sul@de@accumulation@that@inhibits@ Low abundances of Bacteroidales 16S Stone, L.C., A. M. Kroetz, J. M. Drymon nitri@cation@and@denitri@cation@in@other@ rRNA genes in Little Lagoon, AL suggest and@S.@P.@Powers.@2012.@The@in@uence@of@ vegetated coastal sediment. Gulf Estuarine detection of culturable coliforms may be depth on the distribution and composition Research Federation, Dauphin Island, AL, due to environmental strains of bacteria. of apex predators in the Northern Gulf of November 8-9. Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Dauphin Mexico. Mississippi & Alabama Bays and Island, AL. Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, MS. November Wang, L., R. Bernard, B. Mortazavi and 14-15. A. C. Ortmann. 2012. A higher elevation Presley, D. and A. C. Ortmann. 2012. Juncus roemarianus marsh overcomes Microbial source tracking techniques Tarnecki, J. H. and W. F. Patterson III. sul@de@accumulation@that@inhibits@ reveal a limited community composition 2012. Diet and trophic ecology of Red nitri@cation@and@denitri@cation@in@other@ of Escherichia coli in a coastal lagoon Snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, at vegetated coastal sediment. Mississippi- determined by Denaturing Gradient Gel natural@and@arti@cial@reefs@in@the@northern@ Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium, Electrophoresis. Mississippi-Alabama Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Estuarine Research Biloxi, MS. Bays and Bayous Symposium, Biloxi, MS. Society Biannual Meeting. 8-9 November, Dauphin Island, Alabama. Wang, L., R. Bernard, B. Mortazavi Rellinger, A.N., R. P. Kiene and D. and A. C. Ortmann. 2012. A higher J. Kieber. 2013. The effects of Tarnecki, J. H. and W. F. Patterson elevation Juncus roemarianus marsh prolonged darkness on DMSP and other III. 2013. Diet and trophic ecology of overcomes@sul@de@accumulation@that@ biogeochemically-relevant constituents red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, on inhibits@nitri@cation@and@denitri@cation@in@ in Phaeocystis antarctica. ASLO Aquatic natural@and@arti@cial@reefs@in@the@northern@ other vegetated coastal sediment. Gulf Sciences Meeting, February 17-22, New Gulf of Mexico. Alabama Fisheries Estuarine Research Society, Dauphin Orleans, LA. Association Annual Meeting. 6-9 March, Island, AL. Guntersville, Alabama. Romero, I. C., D. J. Hollander, W. F. Wang, L.; R. J. Bernard, B. Mortazavi Patterson III, S. W. Ross, A. S. Kane, Tarnecki, J. H. and W. F. Patterson III. and A. C. Ortmann. 2013. A higher S. Murawski, E. Quintana-Rizzo, E. B. 2013. Diet and trophic ecology of red elevation Juncus roemarianus marsh Peebles, E. A. Goddard and J. J. Torres. snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, on overcomes@sul@de@accumulation@that@ 2013. Spatio-temporal concentrations natural@and@arti@cial@reefs@in@the@northern@ inhibits@nitri@cation@and@denitri@cation@in@ and composition of polycyclic aromatic Gulf of Mexico. 143rd Annual Meeting other vegetated coastal sediment. ASLO hydrocarbons@in@@sh:@Evidence@for@DWH@ of the American Fisheries Society. 8-12 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, oil spill impact on mesopelagic and September, Little Rock, Arkansas. LA, February 17-22. outer@continental@shelf@@shes.@Gulf@of@ MexicoResearch Initiative Meeting. 21-23 Tyssebotn, I. M., J. D. Kinsey, D. J. Kieber, Wilson, B. J.; B. Mortazavi, R. P. Kiene and January, New Orleans, Louisiana. R. P. Kiene, A. N. Rellinger, L. Oswald G. S. Starr. 2012. Coupled methane and and J. Motard-Côté. 2013. Late summer carbon@dioxide@@uxes@in@coastal@marshes@ Scheffel, W. A., K. L. Heck, Jr., J. Cebrian concentrations and biological turnover along a salinity gradient. Gulf Estuarine and M. Johnson. 2013. Black mangrove rates of acrylate and dimethylsulfoxide Research Federation, Dauphin Island, AL, expansion into northern Gulf of Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico. ASLO Aquatic November 8-9. saltmarshes: What can we expect? Sciences Meeting, February 17-22, New Benthic Ecology Meeting, Savannah, GA, Orleans, LA. Wilson, B. J., B. Mortazavi, R. P. Kiene and March. G. S. Starr. 2012. Coupled methane and Valentine, J. F. and C.W. Martin. 2013. carbon@dioxide@@uxes@in@coastal@marshes@ Schrandt, M. N., A. C. Ortmann and Impacts of restoration of predators with along a salinity gradient. Mississippi- S. P. Powers. 2012. Coastal pelagic teeth and foundation species on energy Alabama Sea Grant Bays and Bayou @sh@resources@in@the@Gulf@of@Mexico:@A@ exchange among trophic levels: results Meeting, Biloxi, MS, November 14-15. population genetics analysis. Mississippi- from a mesocosm experiment. Benthic Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium, Ecology Meeting, Savanah, GA. Wilson, B. J., B. M. Mortazavi, R. P. Kiene Biloxi, MS, November 14-15. and G. S. Starr. 2013. Coupled methane Vedral, A., B. Mortazavi, L. Steel and J. F. and@carbon@dioxide@@uxes@in@coastal@ Schrandt, M. N., A. C. Ortmann and Valentine. 2012. Connecting food webs in marshes along a salinity gradient. ASLO S. P. Powers. 2012. Coastal pelagic Mobile Bay estuary: a stable isotope study Aquatic Sciences Meeting, February 17-22, @sh@resources@in@the@Gulf@of@Mexico:@ investigating blue crab migration. Gulf New Orleans, LA. A population genetics analysis. Gulf Estuarine Research Federation, Dauphin Estuarine Research Society, Dauphin Island, AL, November 8-9. Island, AL.

Annual Report 2013 - page 39 Other Presentations Krause,@J.@W.@@2013.@Ocean@Acidi@cation@ Patterson, W. F. III. 2013. Remotely Bernard, R. J. and B. Mortazavi. 2013. … the other CO2 Problem. Discovery operated vehicle marine research Sediment Nitrogen Cycling Across Hall Teachers Workshop Lecture, Dauphin applications in the northern Gulf of a Salinity Gradient in Mobile Bay, Island Sea Lab, 11 June. Mexico. Deep-C GoMRI Consortium AL. University of Alabama, Biological Teacher ROV Workshop. 10 July, Dauphin Sciences Colloquium, Tuscaloosa, AL, Krause, J. W. 2013. Primary production Island, Alabama. (Invited) March 15. of aquatic organic matter. Guest Lecture: Introduction to Oceanography, Instructor Patterson, W. F. III. 2013. Stuff an Carmichael, R. 2013. Multiple remote Robert Condon, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, academic@@sheries@ecologists@gets@to@work@ sensing and biogeochemical strategies 3 June 2013. on every day. Dauphin Island Sea Lab de@ne@manatee@movement@patterns@and@ High School Summer Program. 25 June, habitat use in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Mortazavi, B. 2012. Nearshore benthic Dauphin Island, Alabama. (Invited) National Space Science and Technology nitrogen cycling along a continuum of Center (NSSTC) Special Seminar, anthropogenic impact. University of Wilson, B. J.; B. Mortazavi, R. P. Kiene Huntsville, AL. Southern Mississippi, Department of and G. S. Starr. 2013. Coupled methane Marine Sciences, Stennis Space Center, and@carbon@dioxide@@uxes@in@coastal@ Carmichael, R., D. Dalrymple and W. MS, October 6. marshes along a salinity gradient. Walton. 2013. Bivalve enhanced N University of Alabama, Biological removal: Cape Cod, MA and Mobile Bay, Mortazavi, B. 2012. Nearshore benthic Sciences Colloquium, Tuscaloosa, AL, AL case studies. Nitrogen Removal by nitrogen cycling along a continuum of March 15. Oysters Workshop, VIMS, Eastern Shore anthropogenic impact. Rutgers University, Laboratory, VA. (Invited) Department of Biological Sciences, Patterson, W. F., III. 2013. Remotely Newark, NJ, October 9. operated vehicle marine research Carmichael, R., A. Jones, H. Patterson, applications in the northern Gulf of W. Walton, A. Pérez-Huerta, E. Park, K. 2012. Importance of Mexico. Deep-C GoMRI Consortium Overton, M. Dailey and K. Willett. 2012. strati@cation@on@salt@transport@in@a@northern@ Teacher ROV Workshop. 10 July, Dauphin Assimilation of oil-derived elements by Gulf of Mexico estuary. 4th International Island, Alabama. (Invited) oysters due to the Deepwater Horizon Conference on Estuaries and Coasts, oil spill ExxonMobil research colloquium, Water Resources University, Hanoi, Patterson, W.F., III. 2013. Stuff an Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL. (Invited) Vietnam, October 9. academic@@sheries@ecologists@gets@to@work@ on every day. Dauphin Island Sea Lab Cebrian, J. 2012. Dumping nutrients into Park, K. 2012. Mean and seasonal High School Summer Program. 25 June, shallow coastal systems: patterns, causes currents on the Alabama inner shelf in the Dauphin Island, Alabama. (Invited) and consequences of ecosystem change. northern Gulf of Mexico. Department of Florida International University, April. Oceanography, Seoul National University, Patterson, W. F. III, J. Tarnecki, Michael Seoul, Korea, October 18. (Invited) Norberg@and@Dustin@Addis.@@2013.@@Arti@cial@ Cebrian, J. 2012. Dumping nutrients into reef research in the northern Gulf of shallow coastal systems: patterns, causes Park, K. 2013. Transport and retention of Mexico.@Northwest@Florida@Arti@cial@Reef@ and consequences of ecosystem change. oyster larvae in Alabama coastal water: a Workshop. 19-20 February, Niceville, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, April. @eld@and@modeling@study.@@Department@of@ Florida. (Invited) Coastal Sciences, Gulf Coast Research Darrow, E., R. H. Carmichael, K. Calci Laboratory, University of Southern Patterson, W. F. III, J. Tarnecki, C. Jagoe, and W. Burkhardt III. 2013. Sedimentary Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS, March 8. I. Romero, D. Hollander, A. Kane and organic matter source shifts due to M. James. 2012. Acute and chronic land use change in a Northern Gulf of Park, K. 2013. A modeling study of effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Mexico estuarine system. College of Arts transport and retention of oyster larvae in on@northern@Gulf@of@Mexico@reef@@shes.@ and Sciences Research Symposium, Alabama coastal water. Department of SEDAR Episodic Mortality Workshop. 13- University of South Alabama. Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at 15 December, New Orleans, Louisiana. Galveston, Galveston, TX, March 28. (Invited) Drymon, J. M. 2013. Stable isotope analysis as a tool in elasmobranch Park, K. 2013. Oyster larval transport Workshops, Meetings Attended or feeding studies. University of North and retention in the tidal Mobile Bay Organized Florida Shark Ecology Course Guest system, Alabama. Virginia Institute of Ruth Carmichael Lecture. Marine Science, College of William and •@ NRDA Dolphin Health Assessments, Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, May 23. NOAA, Mississippi Sound, MS. 2013 Drymon, J. M. 2013. Fisheries (Invited) •@ Dolphin Safety Workshop, NOAA/ Oceanography. University of South ADCNR, Gulf Shores, AL. 2013 Alabama Introduction to Oceanography Park, K. 2013. Spring seasonal velocity •@ Nitrogen Removal by Oysters Guest Lecture. structure@on@a@river-in@uenced@inner@shelf.@ Workshop, VIMS, Eastern Shore Gordon Research Conference: Coastal Laboratory, VA . 2013 Drymon, J. M. 2013. Swimming, Ocean Circulation, University of New •@ Coastal Wetlands Grant Program thermoregulation and buoyancy control. England, Biddeford, ME, June 10-13. Workshop, USFWS, Five Rivers University of South Alabama Marine Delta Complex, Spanish Fort, AL. Vertebrate Zoology Lecture. Park, K. 2013. Modeling of physical 2013 mass transport: salt exchange for a micro- •@ Prescott Cetacean Stranding Heck, K. L. Jr. 2013. Shifting species tidal,@strati@ed@northern@Gulf@of@Mexico@ Workshop, FWC, Gulf Breeze, FL. interactions and the tropicalization of estuary. Department of Environmental 2013 the northern Gulf of Mexico. February, Engineering, Chungnam National •@ College of Arts and Sciences University of North Carolina, Institute of University, Daejeon, Korea, July 10. Research Symposium, University of Marine Science, Morehead City, NC. South Alabama. 2013

Annual Report 2013 - page 40 •@ Association for the Sciences of •@ Identifying likely sources of fecal •@ DISL Discovery Day, Dauphin Island, Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), contamination of Little Lagoon, AL (2009-2013). New Orleans, LA. 2013 Alabama, Little Lagoon Preservation •@ Coastal and Estuarine Research Society, Gulf Shores, AL, July 2013. Just Cebrian Federation (CERF) Argentina, Mar del •@ Completed Sakai 101, USA online •@ Regular meetings with residents Plata. 2012 program, September 2013 around our study sites in Perdido Bay (Big Lagoon State Park, Kee’s Bayou Marcus Drymon Kyeong Park and Gongora Drive) for environmental •@ Workshop on tagging technology •@ Participated in the 4th International education and stewardship (from 2000 development, November, Conference on Estuaries and Coasts, to present). NewFoundland, Canada. 2012 Water Resources University, Hanoi, •@ Participation in the Charrette led •@ Workshop on archival tagging in large Vietnam, October 8-11, organized by by@the@Urban@Planning@@rm@“Duany,@ marine verterbrates, April, Achotines, Water Resources University, 2012. Plater and Zyberk” to redevelop the Panama. 2013 •@ Chaired a session, entitled “Coastal town of Perdido Key, Florida. Dr. •@ 2 day workshop on Team Based Structure I”,” at the 4th International Cebrian was instrumental in such Learning at USA . 2013 Conference on Estuaries and Coasts, planning by providing examples of how Water Resources University, Hanoi, environmental protection can enhance Vietnam, October 9, 2012 the overall value of the area. October Ken Heck •@ Participated in the Mobile Bay 2012 •@ Workshop on the Tropicalization National Estuary Program 2013- of Temperate Ecosystems, The 2018 Comprehensive Conservation Marcus Drymon University of New South Wales, Management Plan Strategy •@ Alabama Coastal Fishing Association, and the Sydney Institute of Marine Development Meeting (Water Quality Presentation on Sharks in Mobile Bay, Science, Sydney, AU, November, 2012 Team), Mobile, AL, November 29, August 2013 2012, organized by MBNEP Ron Kiene •@ Participated in the Meeting for the Ken Heck •@ Presented Departmental Research Mobile Bay Sediment Budget Report, •@ Visiting Research Fellow during Integrity Workshop (annual half-day 5 Rivers – Alabama’s Delta Resource fall 2012 at the University of New seminar)-Fall 2012 Center, Spanish Fort, AL, February 4, South Wales where I delivered two 2013, hosted by MBNEP lectures and sat on a graduate student Jeff Krause •@ Participated in the Meeting for the advisory panel concerning careers in •@ Data workshop: NSF Project Mobile Bay Modeling Report by Tetra Marine Science. (Understanding the role of Tech, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL, picocyanobacteria in the marine February 8, 2013, hosted by MBNEP Ron Kiene silicate cycle) Investigator workshop. •@ Participated in the GCOOS Modeling •@ DISL Teacher workshop on climate Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, Task Team Meeting, Holiday Inn, change. Talk entitled: Global warming. NY, 30-31 May 2013 Houston, TX, February 15, 2013, June 2013 •@ Project Planning workshop: NSF hosted by the GCOOS •@ Boardwalk Talk, DISL Estuarium, Gas Proposal@to@Of@ce@of@Polar@Programs@ •@ Participated in the 4th Annual Hypoxia exchange in oceans and marshes. Oct Arctic Research (December 2013 Research Coordination Workshop and 3, 2012 submission). Bigelow Laboratory for the Gulf Hypoxia Modeling Technical •@ JPC@Law@Of@ce,@Provided@ Ocean Sciences, Boothbay Harbor, Review Meeting, Stennis Space measurements of tertiary-butyl ME, USA. 24-28 September 2013 Center, MS, April 17-18, 2013, hosted mercaptan in air samples collected by NOAA and NGI in Eight Mile, Alabama in support of Alice Ortmann •@ Participated in the Northern Gulf citizen action against Mobile Gas for •@ Oil dispersants promote microbial Coastal Hazards Collaboratory (NG- mercaptan contamination; Provided growth and disrupt food chains, Mobile CHC) 2013 Annual Meeting, Mobile, general advice about mercaptans to Bay.2012 AL, June 12-14, 2013, organized by citizens. •@ Audubon Society, 5 Rivers Delta NG-CHC Resource Center, Spanish Fort, AL, Jeff Krause October 2012 •@ Krause, J. W. and Lachenmyer, E. •@ Oil dispersants promote microbial Public Outreach & Other Service M. Don’t sink too fast – an activity growth and disrupt food chains, Ruth Carmichael on adaptation (lesson adapted from Science of the Spill: The Emerging •@ DISL’s MSN Volunteer Training, “Plankton Races”, COSEE OCEAN, Impacts of the BP Oil Disaster, Sierra Spanish Fort, AL. 2013. Dr. Bob Chen, [email protected]). Club, Spanish Fort, AL, December •@ ALMMSN Volunteer Training, Mobile, Dauphin Island Sea Lab: Discovery 2012. AL. 2013. Day, 20 April 2013. •@ Met and presented with scientists •@ MSN Manatee tag assembly and •@ Krause, J. W. Like to breathe? from Exxon-Mobil at DISL to discuss approach training, Dauphin Island, AL. Thank phytoplankton! (adapted from experiments with dispersants. 2012. 2013. “Breath Calculation” activity about •@ Exploring the microbial loop and •@ Mobile Boat Show, Mobile Convention phytoplankton, National Geographic bacterial diversity along a river Center, Mobile, AL. 2013. Education activity, www.education. dominated estuary, Gulf Ecology •@ Maintain Gulf Estuarine Research nationalgeographic.com). Dauphin Division Laboratory (EPA), Gulfbreeze, Society Facebook page (118 fans Island Sea Lab: Discovery Day. 20 FL, January 2013. from 4 Gulf of Mexico states and 2 April 2013. •@ The response of coastal microbes countries). 2011-present. •@ Krause, J. W. Like oxygen? Thank to oil and dispersant in experimental •@ Maintain DISL’s Manatee Sighting phytoplankton. Boardwalk Talk mesocosms, Sigma Xi Chapter at the Network Facebook page (1,668 fans series at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab University of Alabama, Birmingham, from 5 states and 15 countries). Estuarium. 6 February 2013. Birmingham, AL, April 2013. 2009-present.

Annual Report 2013 - page 41 •@ Krause, J. W. Silicon biogeochemistry. 2012-present restoration partnership in the Gulf Little Lagoon Preservation Society •@ President, Gulf Estuarine Research of Mexico (two working groups: (Gulf Shores, AL). 18 January 2013. Society (GERS), Coastal and “SAV” and “Nekton”) September Estuarine Research Federation 2011-present Behzad Mortazavi af@liate@(Regional@af@liate@of@national@ •@ Elected Contributing Member of •@ Participated@in@a@10-day@@eld@campaign@ federation). 2011-2013. “Faculty of 1000”, Marine and in New Jersey working with colleagues •@ Host and Planning Committee, Gulf Freshwater Ecology Section. at Rutgers. Made measurements of Estuarine Research Society (GERS) 2011-present. march@methane@ef@ux@and@determined@ Biennial Meeting, Dauphin Island, AL. •@ Contributing Editor, Marine Ecology the isotopic composition of the emitted 2012. Progress Series. 2007-present. methane. •@ Governing Board, Coastal and •@ Board Member, The Open Estuarine Research Federation Oceanography Journal. 2007-present. Alice Ortmann (International). 2011-2013 •@ Board Member, The Open Marine •@ Continued to work with Kevin Dolbeare 1. International Relations Biology Journal. 2007-present. and his classes at the Alabama Committee •@ Associate Editor, Gulf and Caribbean School of the Math and Sciences. I @@@@ 2.@Scienti@c@Advisory@Committee,@ Research. 2010-present. hosted several sample collection and CERF Argentina 2012 •@ Board Member, International processing days at my lab, with many •@ Member, Science Advisory Committee, Scholarly Research Network Ecology of my students participating. Mobile Bay National Estuary Program Journal2010-present. •@ Participated in Discovery Day at DISL (Regional). 2010-present. •@ Academic Editor, PLoS (Public Library from 2011 – 2013. •@ Advisor, Ecological Research of Science). 2011-present. •@ Animal Rescue Foundation – Development Group, Lewes, DE Volunteer, Grant Writer, Fostering, (Regional).2007-present. Marcus Drymon Fundraising •@ Member of SEAMAP HMS Advisory Just Cebrian panel, attended SEDAR 34 shark Keyong Park •@ Member of the Mobile Bay National assessment •@ DISL Boardwalk Talk, entitled Estuary Program stakeholder team “Modeling Mobile Bay: oxygen levels to@develop@a@@ve@year@strategy@for@ Ken Heck and oyster larvae movement” (January protecting and sustaining healthy •@ Editor, Gulf of Mexico Science 30, 2013) beachs and shorelines along the •@ Senior Sub-Editor, Marine Ecology •@ Examiner of Ph.D. Dissertation of Alabama Coast; “Beaches and Progress Series Li Li (8-9/2013), “Modelling the tide Shoreline” Team. Fall 2012 •@ President, Coastal and Estuarine and sediment dynamics in Darwin •@ Participation (DISL representative) in Research Federation (CERF) harbor, Northern Territory, Australia,” the Gulf of Mexico Alliance open-Gulf 2011-present School of Physical, Environmental and Round Robin nutrient comparison. Fall •@ Adjunct Professor, School of Plant Mathematical Sciences, The University 2012 Biology, University of Western of New South Wales, Canberra, •@ Member of the NOAA Integrated Australia Australia, (Major Advisor: X.H. Wang) Ecosystem Assessment-Ecosystem •@ Adjunct Faculty, Department of •@ Hosted a seminar, entitled “Linking Services Working Group led by Chris Biological Sciences, University of the statistics of animal movement to Kelble. May 2012-present Alabama their environment” by Chris Fleming •@ Advisory member of the NASA-funded •@ Member, U.S. Environmental (November 1, 2012), Smithsonian project: “The Application of Remotely Protection Agency Science Advisory Conservation Biology Institute, VA Sensed@Data@and@Models@to@Bene@t@ Board Nutrient Criteria Review Panel •@ Hosted a seminar, entitled “Where Conservation and Restoration along •@ Member:@Scienti@c@Advisory@ have all the oysters gone: the past the Northern Gulf of Mexico Coast” led Committee, Mobile Bay NEP and future of Texas oyster reefs, a by Maurice Estes •@ Member@of@the@Coral@Reef@Scienti@c@ geological perspective” by Timothy •@ Member of the Executive Committee and Statistical Committee, Gulf of Dellapenna (September 6, 2013), and Subject Matter Expert (Perdido Mexico Fisheries Management Council Department of Marine Sciences, Coastal Lagoons) for the GOM Digital •@ Chesapeake Bay SAV Restoration Texas A&M University at Galveston, Atlas Development Team organized Review@Panel@for@CB@Scienti@c@and@ Galveston, TX and coordinated by NCDDC (NOAA). Technical Advisory Committee, January 2011-present. 2009-present Will Patterson •@ State of Alabama representative for •@ Director, Shelby Center for Ecosystem •@ Assistant Judge, Alabama Deep Sea the Gulf of Mexico Alliance Steering Based Fisheries Management Fishing Rodeo, Mobile Jaycees Committee on Habitat Conservation •@ DISL Faculty Annual Review and Restoration. February Committee (Chair) Sean Powers 2011-present •@ Member@of@the@Ecosystem@Scienti@c@ •@ Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, Assistant •@ Member@of@the@Alabama@TNC@Scienti@c@ and Statistical Committee, Gulf Rodeo Judge, Mobile Jaycees, Advisory Council for the development of Mexico Fisheries Management •@ Nature Conservancy, Board Member, of restoration criteria in the 100:1000 Council. Global Oyster Task Force Restoration Partnership. •@ Member of the Science Advisory Ron Kiene Of@ces, Boards, Panels, Consulting Committee for the Mobile Bay National •@ Provided consulting services regarding Ruth Carmichael Estuarine Program. April 2011-present sulfur odor in Eight Mile Alabama •@ Academic Editor, PLoS ONE •@ Member of the Northern Gulf Institute (derived from t-butyl mercaptan spill/ (International). 2013-present. Council of Fellows. September leak). •@ Review Editor, Aquatic Biology 2011-present •@ Associate Editor , Marine Chemistry, (International). 2012-present •@ Member of the NOAA/Gulf of Mexico January, 1996 - present. •@ Editorial Board, Coastal and Estuarine Sea Grant Hydrological Restoration •@ Contributing Editor, Marine Ecology- Science News (CESN) (International). Monitoring Panel for successful Progress Series, January, 2008 –

Annual Report 2013 - page 42 present assessment Review Workshop for with W. Patterson •@ Member, Advisory Board, Chemical the 2013 Gulf of Mexico red snapper •@ Alabama Marine Mammal Pro@ciency@Testing@–@DMSP@ stock assessment (SEDAR 31) Stranding Network: A Strategy and@DMS@certi@ed@standard@ held April 29-May 3, 2013 in Biloxi, for strengthening and sustaining intercalibration. October 2011- MS; the stock assessment Review an@ef@cient@stranding@response@ present Workshop for the 2013 Gulf of and research unit, Alabama EMA, •@ Member,@Chemical@Pro@ciency@ Mexico menhaden stock assessment $1,262,355, 08/01/12 – 07/31/14, PI. Testing@–@DMSP@and@DMS@certi@ed@ (SEDAR 32A) held August 27-30, •@ Legacy effects of land-use change standard intercalibration. October 2013 in Morehead City, NC; and, the and nitrogen source shifts on a 2011- present stock assessment Review Workshop benchmark system: Building capacity for the 2013 South Atlantic blueline for collaborative research leadership Behzad Mortazavi tile@sh@stock@assessment@(SEDAR@ at the Grand Bay Reserve, NERR •@ Member, NSF-DEB Ecosystem 32) held August 27-30, 2013 in NSC, $354,750, 03/01/10 – Proposal Panel, October 2012 Morehead City, NC. 02/28/12; NCE through 08/31/14, •@ Director MS program in Marine •@ Consultant, Stratus Consultating, Co-PI with Calci, Burkhardt III, Wu, Sciences, University of Alabama Boulder, Colorado. Tasks include Walton •@ UA representative on the Board review of sampling design, data •@ Data Management in Support of on Oceans and Atmosphere at the analysis and interpretation, and NOAA’s Integrated Ecosystem Association of Public and Land Grant report preparation for Natural Assessment for the Gulf of Mexico Universities, serve at the discretion Resources Damage Assessment of through the NGI Ecosystem Data of Provost Bonner at UA since July northern Gulf of Mexico mesophotic Assembly Center, NGI/NCDDC, 2011 reefs following the Deepwater $73,170, 12/01/11 – 11/30/12, PI. Horizon Oil Spill. •@ Database management and Alice Ortmann enhanced tissue sampling to inform •@ Member, American Society of Sean Powers West Indian manatee status in Limnology and Oceanography •@ National Research Council (US). Alabama water, United States Fish & •@ Associate Member, American Society Member. Committee on U.S. Army Wildlife Service, $15,000, 09/01/12- for Virology Corps of Engineers Water Resources 09/31/13, PI. •@ Member, American Society of Science, Engineering, and Planning: •@ Data Management in Support of Microbiology Coastal Risk Reduction. 2013-2014. NOAA’s Integrated Ecosystem •@ Member, International Society for •@ Chair, Gulf States Fisheries Assessment for the Gulf of Mexico Microbial Ecology Commission, Blue Crab Stock through the NGI Ecosystem Data Assessment review. 2013. Assembly Center, NGI/NCDDC, Kyeong Park •@ Panelist, Gulf of Mexico Spanish $73,170, 12/01/11 – 11/30/12, PI •@ Member, GCOOS (Gulf of Mexico Mackerel Assessment workshop. •@ Database management and Coastal Ocean Observing System) 2013. enhanced tissue sampling to inform Modeling Task Team (November •@ Panelist, Gulf of Mexico Red West Indian manatee status in 2012-present) Snapper Benchmark Assessment Alabama water, United States Fish & •@ Member, Task Team for developing workshop. 2012-2103. Wildlife Service, $15,000, 09/01/12- a white paper, entitled “An Ocean •@ Member, Gulf of Mexico Fishery 09/31/13, PI Monitoring System for the Five Management@Council’s@Scienti@c@and@ •@ Acquisition of a Laser Ablation Gulf States” for the GOMURC (Gulf Statistical Committee. 2009-2013. Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass of Mexico University Research •@ NOAA Damage Assessment Spectrometer to Support Marine Collaborative) Board (July and Restoration, via Industrial Science Research and Education 2012-present) Economics. Fisheries and habitat in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, •@ Member, Review Committee for damage assessments for the National Science Foundation FSML, Mobile Bay Hydrodynamic and Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. 2010- $314,725, 8/1/2013-7/31/2014, Co- Water Quality Model, Mobile Bay 2013. PI with W. Patterson, J, Krause, K. National Estuary Program (April •@ Associate Editor, Gulf of Mexico Heck and S. Powers 2012-present) Science. 2004-present. •@ Advisor, GeoSystem Research Co., Just Cebrian Korea Grants in Force •@ Monitoring in small embayments as •@ Member, Advisory Committee, Korea Ruth Carmichael early warning system for ecosystem Maritime Institute, Korea •@ A circulation and transport model change on larger spatial scales, for@@shery@management@in@Mobile@ NOAA/NCDDC, $56,000, 11/13- Will Patterson Bay and Eastern Mississippi Sound, 10/14, PI •@ Member (2005-2013), Standing Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant •@ Ecosystem Services Provided by Statistical@and@Scienti@c@Committee@ Consortium, $149,876, 02/01/14 – Gulf of Mexico Habitats: Tools, of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 01/31/15, Co-PI with K. Park. Valuation, and Application, National Management Council •@ Enhanced monitoring of Alabama’s Sea Grant, $843,306, 02/12-01/14, •@ Chair (2013-2015), Standing tagged manatees and comparison Co-PI with D. Yoskowitz and C. Statistical@and@Scienti@c@Committee@ to the nGOM manatee opportunistic Carollo of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery sighting database, ADCNR, $42,429, •@ Monitoring of Little Bay restored Management Council 10/01/13 – 09/30/14, PI. marsh, Alabama Department •@ Member (since 2005), Standing •@ Acquisition of a Laser Ablation of Conservation and Natural Statistical@and@Scienti@c@Committee@ Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Resources, $18,000, 10/13-09/14, PI of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Spectrometer to Support Marine •@ Ecosystem services and restoration Management Council the Gulf Science Research and Education in of Mobile Bay: an analysis of the of Mexico and US South Atlantic the Northern Gulf of Mexico, NSF, environmental value regained with Ocean, including the stock $314,725, 07/01/13-06/30/14, Co-PI restoration of coastal habitats in

Annual Report 2013 - page 43 Mobile Bay, Mobile Bay National the Northern Gulf of Mexico, National and S. Powers Estuarine Program, $40,000, 08/12- Science Foundation - Improvements •@ Group-speci@c@diatom@silica@ 07/14, PI in Facilities, Communications, production in a coastal upwelling •@ Exploring the cost-effectiveness and Equipment at Biological Field system, National Science Foundation of@restored@marshes@as@@lters@of@ Stations and Marine Laboratories – Biological Oceanography, runoff pollution in a world of rising (FSML), $314,725, 8/1/2013- $119,374, 4/1/2013, Sub-award seas, NOAA/Science Collaborative, 7/31/2014, Co-PI with W. Patterson, granted (from PI Jeffrey W. Krause at $371,099, 10/12-09/14, Co-PI with J. R. Carmichael, J. Krause and S. UCSB), Co-PI with J. Valentine Cherry and C. Tobias Powers •@ Understanding the role of •@ Evaluation of the Pelican Point picocyanobacteria in the Habitat Restoration Project, National Ron Kiene marine silicate cycle, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, •@ Dimensions of Biodiversity. Science Foundation – Biological $87,654,05/13-04/15, Co-PI with K. Dimensions: Collaborative Research: Oceanography, $189,309, 4/9/2013 Heck Bacterial@taxa@that@control@sulfur@@ux@ (movement of funded project from •@ Addressing derelict vessels and from the ocean to the atmosphere, UCSB to DISL), Co-PI with M. habitat impairment in the Dog River National Science Foundation, USA Brzezinski Watershed, Mobile, Alabama, NOAA budget $513,777 Total project Marine Debris Program, $201,729, budget $1,977,972), January 1, Behzad Mortazavi 09/13-12/14, Co-PI with J. Dindo and 2014- December 31, 2018, Co-PI’s •@ Geo-Ecological modeling of riverine L. Yokel M. Moran, W. Whitman (UGA), C. habitat occurrence and nutrient •@ Cost-effectiveness analysis of Scholin & J. Birch (MBARI) retention, UA and Center for reduction of runoff pollution in coastal •@ Sulfur isotope ratio of Freshwater Studies, $120,753, 6/13 waters using black needlerush dimethylsul@de,@US-Israel@Binational@ to 5/15, Co-PI with Edmonds, Cohen (Juncus roemerianus) restoration, Science Foundation, 75,000 to and Davis (UA) The National Park Service, $20,000, Amrani; Travel costs only for Kiene, •@ Effects of dissolved organic nitrogen 04/12-03/13, Co-PI with C. Tobias January 1, 2012 – December 31, enrichment from contaminated •@ Ecosystem effects of potential 2013, Collaborative project with Dr. groundwater on nutrient availability mangrove expansion (Avicennia Alon Amrani, Hebrew University of and phytoplankton communities germinans) in the Northern Gulf of Jeruselem. in a coastal Alabama lagoon, NSF Mexico, The National Park Service, •@ CIGUAHAB: Ciguatera Investigations Graduate Research Fellowship, $40,000, 04/12-03/13 , Co-PI with in the Greater Caribbean Region: $126,000, 8/13 - 7/16, to support J. K. Heck Ecophysiology, Population Anders •@ Extension on Ecosystem Approach Connectivity, Forecasting, and •@ Benthic nitrogen cycling and the fate to Management for the Northern Toxigenesis, NOAA-EcoHAB, of nitrate in Weeks Bay, Alabama, Gulf of Mexico, The Northern Gulf USA budget portion $149,110 for DOC-NOAA National Estuarine Institute/NOAA, $6,000 01/12-12/12 research costs + $19,857 for boat Research Reserve Graduate , Co-PI with B. McAnally time; total $168,967, September 1, Fellowship, $20,000, 06/01/11 to 2011-August 31, 2016, Collaborative 05/30/13, to support R. Bernard Marcus Drymon project with FDA, WHOI and several •@ Supplemental to RAPID Accelerating •@ Assessing@reef@@sh@and@shark@ Universities. M. Parsons, Lead PI biodegradation of hydrocarbons populations in coastal Alabama via •@ Collaborative Research: from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill @shery@independent@surveys,@ADCNR@ Ecophysiology of DMSP and related in the Gulf of Mexico with naturally MRD , $95,000, March, 2013, Co-PI compounds and their contribution occurring marine substrates. with S. Powers to carbon and sulfur dynamics in NSF-CBET. $5,463, 05/25/12 to Phaeocystis antarctica, National 05/31/2013 Ken Heck Science Foundation – Polar •@ Evaluation of the Pelican Point Programs-Antarctic Sciences Alice Ortmann Habitat Restoration Project, National Division, $240,237, June 1, 2010 •@ Optimization of a protocol to obtain Fish & Wildlife Federation, $46,414, May 31, 2013, PI high quality RNA from estuarine 1/1/2013 – 6/30/2014, Co-PI with J. •@ Reassessment of dissolved DMSP sediments, USA Arts & Sciences Cebrian concentrations@and@turnover@@ux@ Support and Development Awards, •@ Black Mangrove Extension into the in the ocean, National Science $1,487, 01/2013, PI Gulf Islands National Seashore: Will Foundation Chemical Oceanography, •@ Determining the predominant Climate@Change@Result@in@Signi@cant@ $412,866, September 1, 2009 nitrogen and sulfur transformations in Ecosystem Level Changes?, August 31, 2012, 1-Year No-cost salt marshes using a metagenomics Department of the Interior – Fish and extension through Aug 31, 2013. approach, USA Faculty Development Wildlife Service, $46,673, Award, $ 4,994, 01/2013, PI 9/1/2011 – 10/1/2013, PI Jeff Krause •@ Residence time as a factor •@ Monitoring Seagrass Resources of •@ Investigators: William Patterson, controlling HABs and fecal coliform the Gulf Islands National Seashore, Ruth H. Carmichael, Kenneth L. bacteria in Little Lagoon, AL, National Park Service, $54,986, Heck, Jeffrey W. Krause, Sean Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant 8/31/2011 – 12/31/2013, PI Powers Consortium, $467,347. 2010-2012, •@ Submerged Aquatic Vegetation •@ Acquisition of a Laser Ablation Co-PI with H. MacIntyre and K. Park Restoration and Conservation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass with Baldwin County, AL, CIAP, Spectrometer to Support Marine Kyeong Park $200,000, 6/1/2012 – 5/31/2014, PI Science Research and Education •@ Research and education •@ Acquisition of a Laser Ablation in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, cyberinfrastructure investments Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass National Science Foundation FSML, to develop the coastal hazards Spectrometer to Support Marine $314,725, 12/14/2012, Co-PI with W. collaborator in the northern Gulf Science Research and Education in Patterson, R. Carmichael, K. Heck coast, NSF EPSCoR RII Track-2

Annual Report 2013 - page 44 Program, $232,573, 09/01/2010- Fish and Wildlife Conservation Kellison and B. Barnett 08/31/2013, Co-PI with S. Kimball Commission, $ 59,996, November 1, •@ Distinguishing three cohorts of •@ Integration of and regional 2013 to October 31, 2014, Co-PI with juvenile red snapper, Lutjanus enhancements to the Gulf of Mexico R. Snyder campechanus, in the northern and Coastal Ocean Observing System: •@ Modeling the impacts of gear southern Gulf of Mexico using otolith Enhancement of spatial coverage in regulations in the northern Gulf of chemical signatures, NMFS-Marine the central northern Gulf of Mexico, Mexico@recreational@reef@@sh@@shery,@ Fisheries Initiative, $75,800, January NOAA National Ocean Service, NMFS-Sea Grant, $ 77,000, June 1, 1, 2012 to December 31, 2013, Co- $366,823, 10/01/2012-09/30/2016, 2013 to May 31, 2015, Co-PI with S. PI with B. Barnett Co-PI with B. Dzwonkowski Garner •@ Examining Hook Selectivity in the •@ A circulation and transport model •@ Acquisition of a laser ablation Northern Gulf of Mexico Recreational for@@shery@management@in@Mobile@ inductively coupled plasma mass Reef Fish Fishery, NMFS- Bay and eastern Mississippi spectrometer to support marine Cooperative Research Program, Sound, Mississippi-Alabama Sea science research and education in $202,636, September 1, 2012 to Grant Consortium, $149,876 , the northern Gulf of Mexico, National August 31, 2014, Co-PI with c. Porch 02/01/2014-01/31/2016, Co-PI with Science Foundation, $314,725, June and A. Strelcheck R. Carmichael 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014), Co PI with •@ Effect of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill •@ Residence time as a factor R. Carmichael, J. Krause, K. Heck on@@sh@communities@associated@with@ controlling the effects of HABs and and S. Powers arti@cial@reefs@off@northwest@Florida,@ fecal contamination on ecosystem •@ Data management in support of Florida Fish and Wildlife Research health in Little Lagoon, Alabama, NOAAs integrated ecosystem Institute ,$352,053 (USA budget: Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant , assessment for the Gulf of Mexico $152,544), Award period: December $467,347, 02/01/2010-01/31/2013, through the NGI Ecosystem Data 1, 2011 to February 1, 2013, Co-PI Co-PI with A. Ortmann and H. Assembly Center: DISL’s Data with D. Hollander, A. Kane and M. MacIntyre Management Center, Northern Gulf James •@ Investigation of the three dimensional Institute, $68,622, June 1, 2013 to •@ Center for Integrated Modeling and Eulerian@@ow@@eld@and@resulting@ May 31, 2014, PI Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem Lagrangian transport pathways on •@ Examining vertebrae elemental (C-IMAGE), Gulf of Mexico Research the Alabama shelf, Gulf of Mexico signatures@as@nursery-speci@c@tags@of@ Initiative, $11,000,000 (USA budget: Research Initiative (GoMRI) RAPID, blacktip shark in the Gulf of Mexico, $471,966), January 1, 2012 to $177,975, 12/01/2010-12/31/2012, NMFS-Highly Migratory Species, December 31, 2015, Co-PI with S. Co-PI with B. Dzwonkowski, B. $10,000, August 1, 2012 to July 31, Murawski and 14 others Webb and A. Valle-Levinson 2014, Co-PI with J. Carlson •@ Acoustic@tracking@of@reef@@shes@ •@ Estimating potential nursery sources associated with EE-LAARS refugia Will Patterson for south Atlantic red snapper reefs, Florida Fish and Wildlife •@ Assessment of Escambia East Large populations using otolith chemistry, Conservation Commission, $98,139, Area@Arti@cial@Reef@Site@refugia@reefs:@ NMFS-Marine Fisheries Initiative, July 1, 2011 to October 31, 2013, Impacts@of@invasive@lion@sh,@Florida@ $64,700, January 1, 2012 to Funded to University of West Florida, December 31, 2013, Co-PI with T. PI

Annual Report 2013 - page 45 Sean Powers (Lutjanus campechanus) and •@ Acquisition of a laser ablation gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) inductively coupled plasma mass interactions, NOAA MARFIN, spectrometer to support marine $303,188, 2010-2012, PI science research and education in •@ Prince William Sound Herring the northern Gulf of Mexico, National Survey: Top-down regulation by Science Foundation, $314,725, June predatory@@sh@on@juvenile@herring,@ 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014), Co PI with NOAA Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee R. Carmichael, J. Krause, K. Heck Council, $678,900 ($210,000 U. and W. Patterson South AL.), 2009-2013, Co-PI with •@ Intra- and inter estuary movement M. Bishop. of tarpon and red drum in coastal Alabama., U.S. Fish and Research Projects Abroad Wildlife, Sportsman Restoration Just Cebrian Fund via Alabama Department •@ Universidad del Mar del Plata (Mar of Conservation and Natural del Plata, Argentina), Research on Resources, Marine Resources marsh ecology (regulation of marsh Division, $37,000, 2013-201, PI ecosystem function), March 2012, 3 •@ Alabama@Reef@@sh@surveys,@ weeks SEAMAP: NMFS via Alabama Marine Resources Division, Ken Heck $185,000, 2013-2014, PI •@ Participated@in@@eld@work@in@Finland@ •@ Ecosystem-Based Fisheries as part of DISL Field Marine Science Assessment of Reef Fishes in the course taught at Åbo Akademi Northcentral Gulf of Mexico, NMFS University, Husö Biological Station. MARFIN, $322,000, 2013-2015 Co- PI with J. Drymon •@ Red Snapper and Greater Amberjack research in the Alabama Arti@cial@Reef@Permit@Zone.,@U.S.@ Fish and Wildlife, Sportsman Restoration Fund via Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division, $204,660, 2013- 2014 Co-PI with R. Shipp •@ Assessment of decapod crustaceans as sentinel estuarine species, Collaborative with UNO and USM,. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, $1,200,000 ($399,300. U. South AL), 2012-2017, PI •@ Dendritic Polymers as Biocompatible Dispersants for Oil Spill Mitigation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, $500,000 ($204,000 U. South AL), 2012-2014, Co-PI with D. Ladner, P. Ke (Clemson) and A. Whelton (USA) •@ Oyster Reef Restoration Success Metrics-Post Doc Support, The Nature Conservancy, Marine Imitative, $44,000, 2012-2013,PI •@ A Decision Support Toolkit for the Functional Design of Structures in Living Shorelines, MS/AL Sea Grant, $130,000, 2012-2014, Co-PI with B. Webb, S. Douglas •@ Scienti@c@support@for@oyster@ damage assessment associated with the Deepwater Horizon Incident, NOAA, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, via Industrial Economics, Inc., $600,000, 2010- 2012, PI •@ Sustainable@coastal@pelagic@@sheries,@ NOAA, $750,000. 2010-2014, Co-PI with with J. Dindo and R. Shipp •@ Ecological@and@@sheries@ implications of red snapper

Annual Report 2013 - page 46 •@Board of Directors •@Executive Committee •@Program Committee

The Board of Directors is **Alabama A&M University Fax: (334) 844-9234 comprised of the Presidents President: Dr Andrew Hugine, Jr. Auburn University at of each of the 22 member Program Committee: Dr. Malinda Montgomery institutions. Westbrook Chancellor: Dr. John G. Veres [email protected] Program Committee: Dr. John The Executive Committee has Department of Natural and Aho full power and authority in the Physical Science [email protected] interval between meetings of 4900 Meridan Street, P.O. Box Department of Biology the Board of Directors to do all 422 Montgomery, AL 36124 acts and perform all functions Normal, AL 35762 Ph: (334) 244-3787 which the Board of Directors itself Ph: (256) 372-4803 Fax: (334) 244-3826 might do or perform, except that Fax: (256) 372-8288 it shall have no power to amend Birmingham Southern College the bylaws. Among its duties **Alabama State University President: Gen. Charles C. are to review and approve the President: Dr. Gwendolyn Krulak annual budget; approve curricular Elizabeth Boyd Program Committee: Dr. Andrew options and other major policies Program Committee: Dr. B.K. Gannon and procedures; and facilitate Robertson [email protected] and stimulate the development [email protected] Department of Biology of education and research Department of Biological Box 549022 programs. Sciences Birmingham, AL 35254 915 S. Jackson Street Ph: (205) 226-4899 The Program Committee Montgomery, AL 36104 Fax: (205) 226-3078 Members consists of one Ph: (334) 229-4423 faculty member, appointed by Fax: (334) 229-1007 Huntingdon College the President, from each of President: Rev. J. Cameron West the member institutions. These Athens State University Program Committee: Dr. Paul members serve as the primary President: Dr. Robert Glenn Gier liaison between the member Program Committee: Dr. [email protected] institution and the Sea Lab, and Christopher J. Otto Department of Biology are responsible for advising the [email protected] 1500 East Fairview Ave. Sea Lab’s Executive Director in 300 N. Beaty Street Montgomery, AL 36106 planning and implementing the Department of Biology Ph: (334) 833-4510 education, research and service Athens, AL 35611 Fax: (334) 833-4486 programs of the DISL. Ph: (256) 233-8255 Fax: (256) 233-8164 **Jacksonville State University The contact information listed President: Dr. William A. Meehan is for the Program Committee **Auburn University Program Committee: Dr. George Member. President: Dr. Jay Gogue Cline Executive Committee Member [email protected] **Schools with Graduate Program Committee: Dr. Anthony Department of Biology Programs G. Moss 700 Pelham Road North [email protected] Jacksonville, AL 36265-1602 Dept. of Biological Sciences Ph: (256) 782-5798 331 Funchess Hall Fax: (256) 782-5587 Auburn, AL 36849 Ph: (334) 844-9257

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Annual Report 2013 - page 48 Federal Awards/Grants

Federal Grantor/ Budget Pass-Through Grantor/ Assistance Federal Revenue Program Title Period Total Share Recognized Expenditures Research and Development Cluster U.S. Department of Commerce Direct Programs

Marine Fisheries Initiative 08/01/2009-07/31/2013 211,258.00 211,258.00 39,333.44 39,333.44 Marine Fisheries Initiative 09/01/2010-08/31/2013 749,250.00 749,250.00 196,539.00 194,654.12

Passed Through University of Southern Mississippi Sea Grant Support Oceanic and Atmospheric Projects 2/1/2010-1/31/2014 190,274.00 119,346.00 37,529.99 37,529.99 Sea Grant Support Oceanic and Atmospheric Projects 02/01/2010-01/31/2013 441,549.00 289,254.00 28,408.48 28,408.48 Sea Grant Support Oceanic and Atmospheric Projects 2/1/2012-1/31/2015 64,690.00 31,240.00 20,827.00 20,827.00

Passed through Alabama of Conservation and Natural Resources Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards 10/1/2011 - 3/31/2013 105,000.00 105,000.00 54,071.38 54,071.38 Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards 10/1/2011 - 3/31/2013 30,000.00 15,000.00 7,397.58 7,397.58 Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards 10-1/2012 - 9/30/2013 2,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards 4/1/2013 - 3/31/2014 22,000.00 15,400.00 7,606.34 7,616.34 Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards 10/1/2012-9/30/2013 30,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards 10/1/2012-09/30/2013 10,000.00 10,000.00 8,698.53 8,698.53 Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards 10/1/2011-9/30/2012 6,000.00 6,000.00 782.61 782.61 Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards 10/1/2012-9/30/2013 6,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards 10/1/2012-3/31/2014 88,000.00 88,000.00 55,634.66 55,634.66 Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards 10/1/2012-3/31/2014 105,000.00 52,500.00 48,645.00 48,645.00

Passed Through Mississippi State University (NOAA) Cooperative Institute 1/1/2012 - 6/30/2013 70,164.00 70,164.00 54,263.02 54,263.02 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institute 4/1/2012 - 8/1/2013 65,000.00 65,000.00 85,092.99 85,092.99 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Coastal Data Development Center 06/01/2013-05/31/2014 68,623.00 68,623.00 23,297.70 23,297.70 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 07/01/2012-11/30/2013 6,403.00 6,403.00 6,143.98 6,143.98

Passed Through The Nature Conservancy

Passed Through University of New Hampshire Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards 9/15/2010-9/14/2013 354,750.00 354,750.00 138,314.19 138,066.08

Passed Through Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Coastal Services Center 08/01/2009-12/31/2012 224,223.00 224,223.00 33,748.71 33,748.71

NGI - Northern Gulf Institute Passed through Mississippi State Univ. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 10/1/2011 - 3/31/2013 44,972.00 44,972.00 24,830.73 24,830.73 (NOAA) Cooperative Institute

U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Direct Program Food and Drug Administration-Research 9/21/2011-8/31/2013 250,000.00 250,000.00 125,427.44 125,427.44

National Science Foundation Direct Programs National Science Foundation 2/15/2013-12/31/2014 189,309.00 189,309.00 30,716.69 30,716.69

Passed Through Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) 10/01/2010-9/30/2013 151,708.00 151,708.00 29,597.91 29,597.91

Passed Through the Regents of the University of 4/1/2013 - 3/31/2014 70,024.00 70,024.00 19,121.96 19,121.96 California-Santa Barbara

Annual Report 2013 - page 49 Federal Grantor/ Budget Pass-Through Grantor/ Assistance Federal Revenue Program Title Period Total Share Recognized Expenditures

Passed Through The University of Alabama In Huntsville Exp. Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 10/01/2010-08/31/2013 239,283.00 239,283.00 82,431.89 82,431.89

Other Federal Awards US Department of Commerce Direct Programs Congrssionally@Identi@ed@Awards@and@Projects@@ @ @ 10/01/2009-09/30/2015@ @377,264.00@@@@@@@@@295,247.00@@ 63,580.03@@@@@@@@@63,580.03@ Congressionally@Identi@ed@Awards@and@Projects@@ @ @ 10/1/2008-03/31/2013@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@2,151,837.00@@@@@@@2,151,837.00@@@@@@@199,328.06@@@@@@@199,328.06@

Passed Through Gulf of Mexico Alliance (GOMA) Unallied Management Projects (M) 1/6/2012 - 12/31/2013 79,745.00 79,745.00 14,999.79 14,999.79 Unallied Management Projects (M) 1/1/2013-12/31/2013 36,000.00 36,000.00 30,916.03 30,916.03

Passed Through The Florida Aquarium Congrssionally@Identi@ed@Awards@and@Projects@@ @ @ 7/20/2010-8/20/2011@ @@ 122,580.00@@@@@@@@@@@@76,407.00@@ 14,278.61@@@@@@@@@14,278.61@

Passed ThroughTexas A & M research Foundation 06/01/2011-05/31/2013 53,365.00 53,356.00 23,330.71 23,330.71 U. S. Department of the Interior Direct Program Fish and Wildlife Service 9/1/2011 - 10/1/2013 46,673.35 46,673.35 27,516.66 27,516.66 Fish and Wildlife Service 9/1/2011 - 10/1/2013 60,000.00 60,000.00 37,961.40 37,961.40 Fish and Wildlife Service 08/01/2012-09/30/2014 20,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00

Passed Through Weeks Bay Foundation Fish and Wildlife Service 9/1/2012-8/31/2014 105,884.00 105,884.00 82,173.39 82,173.39

Passed Through Mobile County Public Works Beureau of Ocean Energy Management Coastal Impact Assisstance Program 07/21/2010-11/30/2012 249,998.17 249,998.17 54,189.65 54,189.65

Passed Through State of Alabama Beureau of Ocean Energy Management Coastal Impact Assisstance Program 1/1/2011-10/31/2012 100,000.00 100,000.00 16,161.96 16,161.96

Passed Through Baldwin County Commission Beureau of Ocean Energy Management Coastal Impact Assisstance Program 10/01/2010-12/31/2013 250,000.00 250,000.00 54,360.62 54,360.61 Coastal Impact Assisstance Program Shoreline/Habitat Restoration 04/20/2011-02/28/2013 200,000.00 200,000.00 73,898.01 73,898.01 Coastal Impact Assisstance Program 6/1/2012-5/31/2014 200,000.00 200,000.00 5,643.30 5,643.30

Passed Through Texas A & M University Gulf Coast Cooperative Studies Unit National Parks Service Gulf Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network 08/31/2011-12/31/2013 54,986.00 54,986.00 22,981.37 22,981.37 Gulf Coast Cooperative Studies Unit 08/16/2013-2/01/2014 12,517.00 12,517.00 377.16 377.16

Passed Through Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ADCNR-Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries 10/1/2012-09/30/2013 39,899.00 39,899.00 39,899.00 39,899.00

Environmental Protection Agency Direct Programs National Estuary Program 10/01/2006 -09/30/2012 4,204,701.00 2,102,350.00 10,386.68 200,249.02 National Estuary Program 10/01/2010-9/30/2013 2,822,600.00 1,411,300.00 800,868.20 988,220.02 National Estuary Program 2/14/2012-9/30/2015 645,600.00 645,600.00 542,012.86 542,012.86 Gulf of Mexico Program 05/01/2010-04/30/2013 319,797.00 239,925.00 32,006.61 32,006.61 Gulf of Mexico Program 12/01/2008-11/30/2011 229,765.00 205,965.00 17,324.00 17,324.00 Gulf of Mexico Foundation, Inc. 1/1/2011-12/31/2012 58,451.00 58,451.00 58,451.00 58,451.00

Passed Through State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection Nonpoint Source Implementation 9/15/2010-9/30/2012 51,152.14 51,152.14 83.73 83.73

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Passed Through University of South Carolina Science 12/15/2009-12/14/2011 22,725.00 22,725.00 4,794.38 4,794.38

$16,381,043.66 $12,218,724.66 $3,427,984.43 $3,803,075.59

Annual Report 2013 - page 50 Balance Sheet

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