This Task Agreement supports the acquisition and open-source curation of at least two-decades worth
of scientific datasets and metadata from PIs conducting research at Palmyra Atoll. Dr. Jennifer Caselle,
UCSB-MSI, will direct a Junior Specialist in requesting data from scientists who previously conducted
research at Palmyra Atoll (focusing efforts on past members of the Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium
(PARC)), and submitting received datasets into the Environmental Data Initiative (EDI) open source data
repository. EDI is an NSF funded program that actively promotes and enables curation and re-use of
environmental data. EDI assists researchers from field stations, individual laboratories, and research
projects of all sizes to archive and publish their environmental data. The creation of the Palmyra Atoll
science data library within the EDI data repository shares over 2 decades of scientific investment at
Palmyra Atoll with the world and provides a robust knowledgebase for current and future scientific
investigations tied to Palmyra Atoll. In concert with the acquisition of historic datasets, Dr. Caselle’s
team will collaborate with TNC science staff to collect information from the same Palmyra Atoll PI’s to
assess the conservation impact associated with two-decades of scientific research at Palmyra; the
impact assessment will be submitted for publication.