Douglas G Capone, University of Southern California, Marine & Environmental Biology, Los Angeles, United States, Ajit Subramaniam, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, Yubin Raut, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, Joseph Peter Montoya, Georgia Inst Technology, Atlanta, United States, Miles Furnas, Australian Institue of Marine Sciences, Townsville, Australia, Margaret R Mullholland, Old Dominion University, Ocean and Earth Sciences, Norfolk, United States, Edward J Carpenter, SF State University, Estuary & Ocean Science Center, Tiburon, United States and Joseph Montoya