About CReefs: Collaboration

Partnerships/Collaboration

Organization Name	Point-of-Contact (Name)	Nature of Relationship
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Smithsonian Institution, and World Bank	Nancy Knowlton	Principal Investigator
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center's Coral Reef Ecosystem Division	Russell Brainard, Megan Moews	Principal Investigator
Australian Institute of Marine Science	Julian Caley, Mary Wakeford, and Shawn Smith	Principal Investigator
NOAA:  NCCOS, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Marine National Monument, CoRiS	Mark Monaco, Alissa Barron, Andy Collins/Randy Kosaki, Parmesh Dwivedi	PRIDE data integration, outreach, outreach/management agency, Data integration
Florida Museum of Natural History	Gustav Paulay	CReefs Executive Committee,
Museum national d'Histoire naturelle	Philippe Bouchet	Collaborative Projects (Santo Expedition)
Berkley, Moorea Biocode Project	Chris Meyer	Project Coordinator Moorea Biocode Project
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology	Jo-Ann Leong	CReefs Executive Committee
University of Hawaii	Tom Schroeder/Alisson Sherwood	JIMAR resourses/ UH Botany
CSIRO, AIMS	Roland Pitcher/Peter Doherty	PIs for Seabed Biodiversity Project
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Don Palawski, Jim Maragos	NWHI Management agency
NBII Pacific Basin Information Node	Mark Fornwall, Derek Masaki	OBIS Regional Node, CReefs web host, data managment
Bishop Museum	Lu Eldredge	Advisory Committee
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County	Joel Martin, Leslie Harris and Gordon Hendler	Advisory Committee
Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS),	Mark Costello, Tony Rees, and Mark Fornwall	Collaboration, advisor
OBIS USA, State of Hawaii	Dan Polhemus, Philip Goldstein	NWHI Management agency,Collaboration
University of California, Merced	Monica Medina	Microbial consultation
Brown-Marine Biological Laboratory	Linda Amaral Zettler	Microbial consultation, ICoMM
BHP-Billiton	Melinda Buckland	Collaboration
San Diego State University	Forest Rohwer, Katie Barott	Scientific collaboration (molecular analysis of environmental samples)
Australian Museum	Patricia Hutchings	CReefs Australia Steering Committee
Western Australian Museum	Diana Jones	CReefs Australia Steering Committee
Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory	Barry Russell	CReefs Australia Steering Committee, Department of Natural Resources Environment and the Arts, Northern Territory
South Australian Herbarium	Andy Lowe	CReefs Australia Steering Committee
University of Puerto Rico, Caribbean	Ernesto Weil, Emmanuel Irizarry Soto	Scientific Consultation
University of the Philippines	Ed Gomez	Scientific Consultation
University of Hawaii	Cheryl Squair, Celia Smith, Les Watling, Kris Coontz	Scientific Consultation
University of Kansas	Daphne Fautin	Scientific Consultation
Independent Pacific Invertebrate Specialist	Corydon Pittman	Scientific Consultation
Independent Photographer	Susan Middleton	Outreach and Education (see outreach section)
Smithsonian	Jon Norenburg	Scientific Consultation
Universidad Federal do Ceara, Brazil	Tito Lotufo	Scientific Consultation
National Park Service	Rebecca Most	Scientific consultation
National Park Service	Caroline Rogers	Scientific consultation
Independent systematist	Kevin Tilbrook	Scientific Consultation, Bryozoan taxonomists
Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium (PARC--partnership of 10 institutions)	Healy Hamilton, Eleanor Sterling, Stuart Sandin	Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium (Calif. Acad. Of Sci, Amer. Mus. of Nat. Hist., UCSD-SIO) collaboration to conduct CReefs biodiversity census at Palmyra and Kingman Atolls.
Murdoch	Rainbo Dixon	PhD algal taxonomy
Australian Institute of Marine Science	Dr Katharina Fabricius	Octocoral taxonomist
Queensland Museum	Dr Merrick Ekins, Dr Monika Schlacher, Patrisha Hendricks, Dr Niel Bruce; John Hooper, Gary Cranitch	Octocoral/sponge/isopod taxonomists; CReefs Australia Steering Committee (Hooper), photographer (Cranitch)
Museum Victoria	Dr Phil Bock, Dr Magda Blazewicz, Tim O’Hara	Bryozoan/tanaid/echinoderm taxonomists; CReefs Australia Steering Committee (O’Hara)
CERF	Dr. Camille Mellin	Post doc
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory	Dr Chris Glasby, Dr Charlotte Watson, Gavin Dally, Steven Gregg	Polychaete taxonomists, taxonomic support
South Australian Herbarium /University of Adelaide	Dr Fred Gurgel, Elizabeth Perkins, Corey Bradshaw	Algal taxonomy
Western Australian Herbarium /Murdoch University	Dr John Huisman	Algal taxonomist
Museum Victoria	Ms Joanna Browne	PhD student- Gelatinous zooplankton
National Geographic	Mr. Greg Marshall, Birgit Buhleier, Enric Sala	Outreach and Education.  Documentation of scientific efforts to conserve coral reef biodiversity
University of Miami	Carla Hurt	DNA Bar-coding

Closely Related/Linked CoML Ocean Realm Projects 

Project Name	Cross-Over Person(s)	Nature of Relationship
NaGISA	Sogin/ Knowlton (Hiro Fukami is Japan POC for CReefs)	Coral reef ecosystems/shore areas
ICoMM	Mitch Sogin, Linda Amaral Zettler/Knowlton	Microbes/cruise and protocols
ToPP	Randy Kochevar	Outreach
FMAP	Camilo Mora, Ransom Myers	Coral Reefs--future

HMAP

Nancy Knowlton

Coral Reefs--past

Liaisons to CoML Cross-Cutting Groups

Project Name	Liaison Name & Institution	Nature of the Relationship
OBIS	Mary Wakeford/Julian Caley	Data provider, tool builder
HMAP	Nancy Knowlton	Collaboration
FMAP	Julian Caley/Nancy Knowlton	Collaboration
SCOR Tech Panel
E&O	Russell Brainard/Megan Moews	Liaison
Barcoding	Nancy Knowlton	Major contributor to the Barcode of Life initiative