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AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION STANDARD FORM 330 (REV.3/2013) PAGE 1 E. RESUMES OF KEY PERSONNEL PROPOSED FOR THIS CONTRACT (Complete one Section E for each key person) 12. NAME Mauricio Lopez Padierna 13. ROLE IN THIS CONTRACT Senior Scientist 14. YEARS EXPERIENCE a. TOTAL 10 b. WITH CURRENT FIRM 0.5 15. FIRM NAME AND LOCATION (City and State) Pinnacle Ecological, Inc., Boynton Beach, Florida 16. EDUCATION (Degree and Specialization) M.S. Marine Biology and Coastal Zone Management (2017) Nova Southeastern University B.S. Biology (2005) Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico 17. CURRENT PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION (State and Discipline) 18. OTHER PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (Publications, Organizations, Training, Awards, etc.) • Lopez Padierna, M. 2017. Stony coral abundance, distribution and health at the Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano (PNSAV). A Management Perspective. Master’s Thesis. Nova Southeastern University. • Larson, E.A, Gilliam, D.S., Lopez Padierna, M., Walker, B.K. 2014. Possible recovery of Acropora palmate (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) within the Veracruz Reef System, Gulf of Mexico: a survey of 24 reefs to assess the benthic communities. Revista de Biologia Tropical 62 (Suppl. 3) pp.75-81. • Diving Certifications: Open Water (NAUI-1997), Enriched Air Diver (PADI-2009), Advanced Open Water (PADI-2009), Rescue Diver (PADI-2009) 19. RELEVANT PROJECTS a. (1) TITLE AND LOCATION (City and State) Port Everglades Navigation Improvement Project Baseline Data Collection Broward County, Florida (2) YEAR COMPLETED 2018 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Benthic Assessment CONSTRUCTION (If Applicable) N/A (3) BRIEF DESCRIPTION (Brief Scope, size, cost, etc.) AND SPECIFIC ROLE Check if project performed with current firm Senior Marine Scientist – Mr. Lopez Padierna conducted baseline surveys in coral reef habitat located offshore Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The objective of the surveys was to support project planning and State and Federal environmental resource permit application(s) in association with the proposed Port Everglades Navigation and Improvement Project (PENIP). The PENIP would include dredge expansion of the Port as well as the Port entrance channel. Data were collected using two different survey protocols: Endangered Species Act (ESA) Listed Coral Species Survey Protocol (ESA Surveys) and Reconnaissance Survey Protocol (RECON Surveys).The objective of the surveys will be to support project planning and State and Federal permit applications. ESA Surveys were designed to quantitatively estimate the presence of the seven (7) species of stony corals currently listed in the US Endangered Species Act, a total of 163 sites were surveyed. At each ESA site, one fifty (50) meter by four (4) meter transect was surveyed in each of the cardinal directions (North, East, South, West). Each colony representing any of the listed species observed along the 50x4 meter transect (was measured, mapped, and photographed. RECON surveys were designed to collect data in order to assess the condition of the natural communities surrounding the Port Everglades entrance channel and the 150 meter mixing zone adjacent to the channel, 195 sites were surveyed. Video transects were recorded at all RECON sites to obtain a visual record of the habitat at the time of surveying. A thirty (30) meter by one (1) meter belt transect was conducted at each RECON site to record, photograph and map the species, size, and condition of all stony corals at the site, as well as the size class and condition of the Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia muta). Benthic cover data was obtained along the 30-meter transect using the BEAMR method (Makowski, 2009) by surveying seven (7) 0.5 meter2 quadrats in which octocorals were counted, measured and identified to genus, sponges were classified by morphotype and counted by size class, maximum sediment depth and maximum hardbottom relief were measured, and the total benthic cover of 14 functional groups were recorded. Size: Surveys were distributed over 695 acres of hardbottom habitat Cost: $27,000 b. (1) TITLE AND LOCATION (City and State) (2) YEAR COMPLETED 2018 102