JOHN K. REED, M.S.

jreed@hboi.edu

(Florida Atlantic University, 1975 - Marine Ecology)

Senior Scientist
Collections and Taxonomy Program
Division of Biomedical Marine Research (DBMR)
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution

Senior Scientist for the Collections and Taxonomy Program within the Division of Biomedical Marine Research (DBMR) at HBOI. Chief Scientist in charge of organizing and supervising worldwide expeditions for the collection of marine organisms to discover pharmaceutically active compounds. Curator of DBMR's museum collection of 30,000 specimens of marine organisms. Diving Safety Officer for diving activities from Harbor Branch vessels and by a staff of 60 research divers. Mr. Reed's research on the deep-water Oculina coral banks off Florida since 1976 has resulted in >100 publications and the establishment of a 300-square-mile sanctuary for these reefs.

Selected Publications:

Reed, J.K., A. Shepard, C. Koenig, K. Scanlon, and G. Gilmore. 2005. Mapping, habitat characterization, and fish surveys of the deep-water Oculina coral reef Marine Protected Area: a review of historical and current research. Pp. 443-465, In (A. Freiwald, J. Roberts, Ed.), Cold-water Corals and Ecosystems, Proceedings of Second International Symposium on Deep Sea Corals, Sept. 9-12, 2003, Erlanger, Germany, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.

Reed, J.K. and S. Ross. 2005. Deep-sea reefs off the southeastern USA: recent discoveries and research.Ê Current- The Journal of Marine Education 21(4): 33-37.

Reed, J.K., S. Pomponi, A. Wright, D. Weaver, and C. Paull. 2005 (in press). Deep-water sinkholes and bioherms of South Florida and Pourtales Terrace- Habitat and Fauna. Bulletin of Marine Science.

Reed, J.K., D. Weaver, S.A. Pomponi . 2005 (in review). Habitat and fauna of deep-water Lophelia pertusa coral reefs off the Southeastern USA: Blake Plateau, Straits of Florida, and Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science.

Reed, J.K. 2004. General description of deep-water coral reefs of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina: A summary of current knowledge of the distribution, habitat, and associated fauna. A Report to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, NOAA, NMFS, 71 pp.

Reed, J. K., A, Wright, S. Pomponi. 2004. Medicines from the Deep Sea: Exploration of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico. In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 23th Annual Scientific Diving Symposium, March 12-13, 2004, Long Beach, California, p. 58-70.

Reed, J.K. 2003. Deep-water coral reefs off Southeastern USA. National Geographic Society, Classroom Exploration of the Oceans, 2003, Keynote presentation. [http://www.coexploration.org/ceo]

Reed, J. K. 2002. Deep-water Oculina coral reefs of Florida: biology, impacts, and management. Hydrobiologia 471: 43-55.

Reed, J. K. 2002. Comparison of deep-water coral reefs and lithoherms off southeastern U.S.A. Hydrobiologia 471: 57-69.

Pomponi, S., M. Kelly, J. Reed, and A. Wright. 2001. Diversity and bathymetric distribution of lithistid sponges in the tropical western Atlantic region. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 10: 344-353.

Southeast Area Mapping and Assessment Program- South Atlantic (SEAMAP-SA). 2001. Distribution of Bottom Habitats on the Continental Shelf from North Carolina through the Florida Keys. SEAMAP-SA Bottom Mapping Workgroup, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Washington, DC. 166 pp.

Reed, J. and S. Pomponi. 2000. Sustainable use of deep-sea organisms collected for biomedical research. MarCuba 2000, 5th Congress on Marine Sciences, Havana, Cuba.

Clark, M., J. Reed, and H. Augustus. 2000. Sea Profiles: An Interactive Journey of Ocean Exploration. Educational 2 CD ROM set. The Media Lab, HBOI (International TV Association Gold Medal for New Media).