Contacts

For general questions or data availability on this ocean time series, please contact Laura Lorenzoni (laural@marine.usf.edu)
For instructions to ship CARIACO material to Margarita, please contact(yastor@edimar.org)

Frank Müller-Karger - University of South Florida (Frank Müller-Karger)
Ramon Varela - EDIMAR (rvarela@edimar.org)
Robert Thunell - University of South Carolina (Thunell@geol.sc.edu)
Mary Scranton - State Univeristy of New York, Stony Brook (mscranton@notes.cc.sunysb.edu)
Gordon Taylor- State Univeristy of New York, Stony Brook (gtaylor@notes.cc.sunysb.edu)
Yrene Astor - EDIMAR (yastor@edimar.org)
Eric Tappa - University of South Carolina (ejt@geol.sc.edu)
Rick Cole - University of South Florida (rdc@marine.usf.edu)
Eduardo Klein - Universidad Simón Bolívar (eklein@usb.ve)
Alejandro Ruiz - FII/CPDI (alejandror@fii.org)

Acknowledgments

This ocean time series work was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF Grants OCE-9216626, OCE-9729284, OCE-9401537, OCE-9729697, OCE-9415790, OCE-0118566, OCE-9711318 and OCE 0326268), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA Grants NAG5-6448 and NAS5-97128), and the Fondo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (FONACIT, Venezuela, Grant 96280221). We are indebted to the personnel of the Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Estación de Investigaciones Marinas de Margarita (FLASA/EDIMAR) for their enthusiasm and professional support. In particular we thank the Hno. Ginés (Dr. Pablo Mandazen Soto), founder of the Fundación La Salle and the Hno. José Pereda, president, for their confidence in our activities. We also thank the crew of the R/V Hermano Ginés (FLASA) for their able support at sea. Aitzol Arrellano, Glenda Arias, José Jesús Narvaez, Javier Gutierrez and Juan Capelo (all at FLASA/EDIMAR) regularly provide essential field and laboratory support. Jonnathan Garcia, Anadiuska Rondon, John Akl, Ana Lucia Odriozola, Luis Troccoli, Wilfredo Patiño, Luis Sanchez, William Senior, José Rafael Díz have been part of the project, enriching it with their own expertise. We also thank all the research scientists that have taken an interest in the Cariaco Basin. Through their meticulous studies, they have enabled the scientific community and general public to understand ocean processes a little better, highlighting the importance of ocean conservation and long term ocean time series.

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