This website is a collaborative effort between NOAA’s Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) in partnership with the Perry Institute for Marine Science (PIMS) and Pim Bongaerts of The University of Queensland.

Pim Bongaerts – webmaster, co-editor Centre for Marine Studies The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia ph: +61 7 3365 1475 fax: +61 7 3365 4755 pimuq.edu.au UQ website

Pim is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Marine Studies (University of Queensland, Australia). His research is focused on the ecology and community structure of mesophotic coral communities and the genetic connectivity of these communities with their shallow-water counterparts.

Pim - Australia

Lara Hinderstein, co-editor Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration N/SCI2, SSMC4 Rm. 8234 1305 East-West Hwy. Silver Spring, MD 20910 ph: 301-713-3338 x112 fax: 301-713-4044 lara.hindersteinnoaa.gov NOAA website

Lara is a Sea Grant Knauss Fellow at the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (NOAA, USA). Lara completed a PhD at Texas A&M University on the biology and ecology of cave adapted animals found in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.

Lara - Mexico

Felix A. Martinez, co-editor Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration N/SCI2, SSMC4 Rm. 8205 1305 East-West Hwy. Silver Spring, MD 20910 ph: 301-713-3338 x153 fax: 301-713-4044 felix.martineznoaa.gov NOAA website

Felix is Program Manager of the Regional Ecosystems Research Branch at the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (NOAA, USA).

Felix - Puerto Rico