CORAL: Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory

NASA CORAL Project My major responsibility for the NASA CORAL Project is to serve as the lead for the coral reef biogeochemistry measurements at each of the cal/val locations. This includes the following: ? design of the Lagrangian and gradient flux approaches to measure coral reef calcification, primary production, and respiration, including the design of instrument moorings and stands for field deployment ? travel to each of the cal/val sites to deploy instruments and collect data for the biogeochemical measurements ? analysis of data from each of the sites and work with other science team members to relate the biogeochemistry to benthic community structure and remote sensing products ? supervision of the postdoctoral scholar who will work exclusively on this project ? advising and supervision of the graduate student who will work on this project ? preparation of manuscripts for publication based on the field measurements and work with other science team members to prepare manuscripts on the coupling of reef biogeochemistry with benthic community structure ? manage the budget of the subaward to CSUN and assume all financial responsibility for the subaward A second major responsibility will be to work with the Lead PI and other science team members on the large-scale relationships between coral reef structure/function with environmental drivers over a Pacific Ocean-wide scale.