Acknowledgments
This book project has been a remarkable journey. Since its inception following the
International Coral Reef Symposium in 2008, the book quickly gained momentum
and grew in scope and dimension, taking almost 4 years in the making. All of the
individual authors and editors contributing to the book deserve thanks for scraping
time out of their busy schedules to create a unique resource for the coral reef
community. Their efforts persevered despite the intrusion of earthquakes, tsunamis,
floods, sicknesses, deaths, and births. A heartfelt debt of gratitude also goes out to
reviewers Dr. Deepak Mishra, Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State
University, and Dr. Pete Mumby, School of Biological Sciences at University of
Queensland, who expertly took on the task of reviewing the book as a whole. The
result is an achievement of which we are all proud. Thank you.
J. Goodman is grateful for support from: the University of Puerto Rico at
Mayagüez, particularly colleagues and staff, Miguel Vélez-Reyes, Samuel
Rosario-Torres, Maribel Feliciano-Ruiz, Richard Appeldoorn, Francisco Pagán,
Milton Carlo and Godoberto López-Padilla; the Bernard M. Gordon Center for
Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems, under the Engineering Research
Centers Program of the National Science Foundation #EEC-9986821; colleagues
and staff at Northeastern University, Michael Silevitch, Anne Magrath, John
Beaty, Phil Cheney, and Mariah Nobrega; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, under award
#NA05NOS4261159 to the University of Puerto Rico for the Caribbean Coral Reef
Institute; the Puerto Rico, National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
EPSCoR Program award #NNX09AV03A; HySpeed Computing for time and
resources to complete this book project; the staff at Springer, Petra van Steenbergen,
Cynthia de Jonge, and Hermine Vloemans; the Department of Marine Geology and
Geophysics at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, particularly Pamela Reid, for providing an academic home in Miami;
Susan Ustin at the University of California at Davis who was an instrumental
influence to my remote sensing career; editing assistants Bubba, Demi, Ras and
Alley; and a vast array of coral reef and remote sensing colleagues who have
contributed their knowledge throughout the years. And especially to my family for
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This book project has been a remarkable journey. Since its inception following the
International Coral Reef Symposium in 2008, the book quickly gained momentum
and grew in scope and dimension, taking almost 4 years in the making. All of the
individual authors and editors contributing to the book deserve thanks for scraping
time out of their busy schedules to create a unique resource for the coral reef
community. Their efforts persevered despite the intrusion of earthquakes, tsunamis,
floods, sicknesses, deaths, and births. A heartfelt debt of gratitude also goes out to
reviewers Dr. Deepak Mishra, Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State
University, and Dr. Pete Mumby, School of Biological Sciences at University of
Queensland, who expertly took on the task of reviewing the book as a whole. The
result is an achievement of which we are all proud. Thank you.
J. Goodman is grateful for support from: the University of Puerto Rico at
Mayagüez, particularly colleagues and staff, Miguel Vélez-Reyes, Samuel
Rosario-Torres, Maribel Feliciano-Ruiz, Richard Appeldoorn, Francisco Pagán,
Milton Carlo and Godoberto López-Padilla; the Bernard M. Gordon Center for
Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems, under the Engineering Research
Centers Program of the National Science Foundation #EEC-9986821; colleagues
and staff at Northeastern University, Michael Silevitch, Anne Magrath, John
Beaty, Phil Cheney, and Mariah Nobrega; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, under award
#NA05NOS4261159 to the University of Puerto Rico for the Caribbean Coral Reef
Institute; the Puerto Rico, National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
EPSCoR Program award #NNX09AV03A; HySpeed Computing for time and
resources to complete this book project; the staff at Springer, Petra van Steenbergen,
Cynthia de Jonge, and Hermine Vloemans; the Department of Marine Geology and
Geophysics at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, particularly Pamela Reid, for providing an academic home in Miami;
Susan Ustin at the University of California at Davis who was an instrumental
influence to my remote sensing career; editing assistants Bubba, Demi, Ras and
Alley; and a vast array of coral reef and remote sensing colleagues who have
contributed their knowledge throughout the years. And especially to my family for
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