Mirella Shaban¹, Donglai Gong², Nicole Trenholm³, Krystian Kopka⁴, Rosanyely Santana⁵, Michael Digilio⁴, Gail A Scowcroft⁶, Clark Richards⁷, Shannon Hope Nudds⁸, Daniel J Torres⁹, Brice Loose¹⁰ and David Clar¹¹, (1)Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States, (2)Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, (3)Ocean Research Project, Annapolis, MD, United States, (4)City College of New York, United States, (5)Florida International University, Institute of Water and Environment, North Miami, FL, United States, (6)University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States, (7)Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Halifax, NS, Canada, (8)Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, (9)WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (10)University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States, (11)David Clarke, Inc., United States