Charles Birkeland,¹ Margaret W. Miller,² Gregory A. Piniak,³ C. Mark Eakin,³ Mariska Weijerman,⁴ Paul Mcelhany,⁵ Matthew Dunlap,⁶ Russell E. Brainard<sup>7

1</sup>Charles Birkeland ( ) is an emeritus professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, in Honolulu. charlesb@hawaii.edu
²Margaret W. Miller is a research ecologist at the Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, in Miami, Florida.
³Gregory A. Piniak is a supervisory ecologist at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations (NOAA) National Ocean Service National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, in Silver Spring, Maryland.
⁴C. Mark Eakin is the coordinator of the NOAA Coral Reef Watch, at the Center for Satellite Applications and Research, in College Park, Maryland.
⁵Mariska Weijerman is a coral ecology researcher and Matthew Dunlap is a marine ecosystems research specialist at the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
⁶Paul McElhany is a research ecologist with the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, in Seattle, Washington.
⁷Russell E. Brainard is the division chief of the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division of the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, in Honolulu, Hawaii.